Senior Financial Planning Expert

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Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
SoFi’s mission is to help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions.
The Role
Lead the evolution of SoFi's AI-powered financial coach by ensuring quality financial guidance, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and directly interacting with members.
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Who we are:

Shape a brighter financial future with us.

Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.

We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.

The role:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Sr. Financial Planning expert to serve as the subject matter lead for SoFi’s AI-powered financial coach. This pivotal role will work alongside our Legal, Compliance, Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) teams to build and refine a customer facing Gen AI product that provides personalized, actionable, and compliant financial guidance to our members.

As the lead domain expert, you will be instrumental in shaping the intelligence and integrity of the SoFi Coach. Your deep expertise in financial planning will ensure the AI delivers safe and effective guidance, helping us achieve our mission to empower members to reach financial independence.

What you’ll do:
  • Serve as the primary financial planning subject matter expert on SoFi’s AI powered financial coach helping to evolve the AI from providing generic information to delivering more actionable and personalized insights.
  • Work  alongside our technology team to translate complex financial topics and regulations into requirements and AI guardrails.
  • Establish and lead the ongoing domain-expert evaluation of AI Outputs  to ensure quality, compliance, and accuracy.
  • Partner with Legal & Compliance to create and verify the AI knowledge base and behavioral guidelines that power the SoFi Coach.
  • ~20% of time working directly with our Members as part of SoFi’s Certified FInancal Planning team, with the goal of continued iteration for how we can make the AI experience meet our Member’s needs.
What you’ll need:
  • 10+ years of professional experience working directly as a financial advisor (e.g., Certified Financial Planner, Wealth Management).
  • Credentials: CFP® designation
  • Licenses: Series 7 and 65
  • Problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret member questions, AI outputs, and regulatory guidelines to inform product improvements.
  • Demonstrated experience translating complex domain knowledge to a wide-variety of stakeholders (e.g. Customers, Technical Stakeholders, Regulators)
  • A keen ability to learn quickly and a passion for how advancements in AI can unlock meaningful opportunities for our Members

Self-starter with a proven ability to move-the-ball forward while working across diverse, cross-functional teams to deliver on tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have:
  • Experience working in a 0 to 1 environment building new products and/or services from the ground up
  • Prior experience in financial technology (fintech), and Personal Financial Management offerings are a ✓++
  • Familiarity with AI/LLM technologies and their application in providing personalized guidance.
  • Experience directly working with technical teams
Compensation and Benefits
The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. 
 
To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page!
SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law.The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.New York applicants: Notice of Employee RightsSoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email [email protected].Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
4,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

For over a decade, SoFi has helped transform the Fintech industry by creating financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, and protect their money better, so they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions. Whether it’s owning a home, saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, or helping our members invest - SoFi is there every step of the way. Want to learn more about how it works? Check it out here: https://www.sofi.com/how-it-works/

Our core values are at the center of how we help our millions of members get their money right. They are our guiding principles for how we think about serving our members, building our company, and most importantly, how we work together. At SoFi, it’s not just what we do - but how we do it.

SoFi is also proud to be the naming rights partner of SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams.

For more information, visit SoFi.com

Why Work With Us

Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation Fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront.

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