POSITION SUMMARY:
The Investment Consultant - Relationship Manager on a FA/PWA team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and oversight of relationships with new and existing clients. The Relationship Manager combines personal skills with all the resources of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney for the purpose of helping clients realize their financial goals. In collaboration with the Financial Advisor Team, Relationship Managers are responsible for assessing a client's circumstances and objectives to provide individualized, highly strategic Investment consulting. Relationship Managers have access to a full range of wealth building, managing, and preserving services throughout the Firm that they will offer to the clients of the Financial Advisor teams they join.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Advise clients in accordance with the Team's agreed upon strategy
• Analyze investment opportunities and client needs, and recommend appropriate strategies
• Maintain and develop client relationships by developing strategies to meet their financial goals through the use of financial planning and wealth management
• Prepare and deliver presentations/seminars to clients and prospects for business development purposes, as needed
• Comply with all industry rules and regulations
• Additional tasks as needed
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
• Minimum of bachelor’s degree or comparable professional certification required
• Active Series 7, 63 and must maintain investment adviser representative (RA) registration, where required, in their place of business state and any other state(s) where the individual maintains a physical place of business. Additional product licenses may be required
•Product and state licenses must be in parallel to Financial Advisors on the Team
• At least 5 year(s) of business experience and proven success in a previous career
• Minimum of 5 years FINRA Registration preferred
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
• Extensive knowledge around financial industry and product knowledge
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of applicable compliance rules and regulations and firm policies
REPORTS TO:
• Branch Manager or Associate Market Manager
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:
At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $68,000 - $135,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.
Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background. Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
Skills Required
- Minimum of bachelor's degree or comparable professional certification
- Active Series 7, 63 and investment adviser representative registration
- At least 5 years of business experience
- Minimum of 5 years FINRA Registration preferred
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What We Do
Morgan Stanley mobilizes capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. For over 85 years, the firm’s reputation for using innovative thinking to solve complex problems has been well earned and rarely matched. A consistent industry leader throughout decades of dramatic change in modern finance, Morgan Stanley will continue to break new ground in advising, serving and providing new opportunities for its clients. Morgan Stanley is committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have always defined the firm. At its foundation are five core values — putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back — that guide its more than 60,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 41 countries.
