Financial Advisor at Kellogg Community CU – Battle Creek, Michigan

Kellogg Community Credit Union has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Advisor!

Market and explain the Investment services to customers at branch offices of our financial institutions. Serve as a “needs based” resource for all securities-related products and services. Transmit orders on behalf of customers, relay data and investment advice to customers. Manage customer relationships and handle all Investment related transactions, following appropriate, well-defined procedures with minimal supervision, to ensure regulatory compliance and in keeping with the philosophy of the company. Actively support the company’s total marketing concept.

Job Functions:

• Facilitate the sales process by accepting and placing securities orders
• Meet, qualify and open new accounts for those customers who don’t require a meeting with the Financial Advisor
• Coordinate and manage all seminars, marketing campaigns and sales literature for those offices within their markets
• Develop and direct branch training and referral campaigns
• Establish all brokerage accounts, including all necessary documents required to open a brokerage account
• Cashiering-booking checks and stock certificates, including obtaining necessary legal requirements for stock certificates, into brokerage accounts
• Follow up on all outstanding paperwork
• Process journals between brokerage accounts
• Manage all communications with corporate office to resolve problems
• Set up mutual fund periodic investment plans and systematic withdrawal plans
• Set up money lines; ACH or EFT money movements for trade settlements

• College degree or equivalent business experience is required (Appropriate experience may substitute for education)
• Series 7 and 63 securities licenses and State Insurance License
• 2 years’ experience
• Clean U – 4
• Customer relations/sales experience required
• Actual business experience required
• The ability to learn detailed requirements of the position is required
• Participate in all required compliance training, including Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering training, as well as internal and external training programs, online training, meetings, and seminars/conferences, etc.

This position has the ability to be based in Battle Creek, or Kalamazoo Michigan as well as the ability to serve our entire footprint.

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