Product Sales Consultant

Relationship Management Opportunity in Financial Services

Product Sales Consultant

Location(s):

Atlanta: 2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy SE, Suite750, Atlanta, GA 30339

La Vista:12325 Port Grace Blvd, La Vista, NE 68128

Oakdale: 7755 3rd St. N, Oakdale, MN 55128

Scottsdale: 18700 N Hayden Rd, Suite 255, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

St. Petersburg: 877 Executive Center Dr. W, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 Locations

Osaic has returned to the office on a hybrid schedule requiring a minimum of 4 days weekly in the office.

Role Type: Full-time

Salary: $80,000 - $85,000 per year + annual performance-based bonus

Actual compensation offered will be determined individually, based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, licensure, experience, and education.

Our competitive compensation is just one component of Osaic’s total compensation package. Additional benefits include health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, paid time away, volunteer days and much more. To view more details of what you can look forward to, visit our careers page: Osaic Benefits .

Summary:

The Product Sales Consultant will partner with financial professionals to provide value-added sales and marketing strategies aimed at building and maintaining their overall sales. This position will be responsible for achieving specific sales goals in commission-based products such as mutual funds, ETFs, annuities, life insurance, and alternative investments.

The position requires strong consultative sales skills and an ability to assist financial professionals with sales ideas, prospecting techniques, overcoming sales objections, plan design options, product positioning, and determining the best approach to closing sales opportunities, including developing strategies for point-of-sale meetings. In addition to the focus on products, the Product Sales Consultant will also assist other Product Sales Consultants (Generalists) in providing first-level sales support, promotion, and recommendation to our financial professionals of other product lines, our advanced sales and financial planning resources, our advisory services platform, and our partner firms.

Responsibilities:

• Provide timely industry, market, and product trends to internal business partners

• Identify and target sales opportunities within the firm’s existing network of financial professionals

• Maintain high queue service levels

• Proactively work on Partner calling campaigns.

• Development and execution of structured proactive outbound sales campaigns

• Assist financial professionals with strategic sales ideas and competitive product positioning

• Deliver outbound calls to affiliated financial professionals to drive attendance at company events

• Daily interaction with product carriers and distribution outlets (IMO’s)

• Participate in all scheduled training and educational workshops, events, webinars, study groups, etc.

• Interface with Partner Firms and ensure adequate access has been provided

• Provide financial professionals with guidance as to best-in-class solutions and resources from our Partner Firms

• Expand the firm’s presence in the industry by advocating for the resources, tools, services, and support we provide our financial professionals

• Accept calls from financial professionals pertaining to general sales-related issues, such as:

  • Detailed product information

  • Guidance on product selection

  • Case design assistance

  • Education on technology/research tools

  • Resolving escalated issues

  • Offer plan design options and overall general support

  • Generate and review proposals, when required

  • Identify opportunities for service/support enhancements

  • Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree preferred, high school diploma (or equivalent) in combination with significant practical experience will be considered in lieu of degree. Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Basic Requirements:

The ideal candidate for the Internal Sales Consultant will have the following:

• Minimum of four years’ experience in the securities industry, with at least two years of experience in mutual fund, annuity, alternative investments, and life insurance product sales.

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including experience presenting in front of groups

• Demonstrated ability to build professional relationships

• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work with multiple computer software programs, including proprietary and licensed program packages

• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities, achieve goals, set and meet deadlines

• An ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Ability to communicate new ideas and concepts to colleagues at various levels of the organization

• Ability to establish and maintain high standards and measures while working with deadlines

• A working knowledge of most securities and insurance product categories, including:

  • Mutual Funds

  • Variable Annuities

  • Alternative Investments

  • Life Insurance

  • Fixed and Equity Indexed Annuities

Preferred Requirements:

• FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses desired

Osaic is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and we hire the most qualified candidates without regard for age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, language differences, nationality or national origin, family or marital status, physical, mental, and developmental abilities (or the perception of a disability), genetic information, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, skin color, social or economic class, education, work and behavioral styles, political affiliation, military service, caste, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants for employment in the US must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the US by Osaic.

Osaic does not consider applications from candidates who do not meet the minimum qualifications stated in the job posting.

Osaic only accepts candidates from contracted recruiting firms and only for searches approved prior to submissions. Fees will not be paid for unsolicited submissions.