Client Advisor Resume
Roanoke, VA
SUMMARY:
Investment Planning Professional, with 25+ years’ sales and marketing and management experience.
KEY ASSETS:
- Results Driven/Assertive
- Enjoys A Challenge
- Customer - Oriented
- Persistent /Takes Initiative
- Goal & Team Oriented
- Highly Dedicated
PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Roanoke, VA
Client Advisor
Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of approximately 120 clients with investable assets between 500K - 10MM with annual revenue of 5K+.
- Proactively profile clients using financial planning and needs assessment process to understand client goals and aspirations.
- Help clients define goals and objectives.
- Develop client relationship plan for all clients to ensure that service standards are established and met.
- Acquire new clients through targeted prospecting, strong client relationships, referral sources and centers of influence.
- Maximized first year bonus payout at 100%
- Position eliminated 04/30/11 due to business changes that resulted in a Reduction of Force.
Confidential, Roanoke, VA
Direct Sales Agent
Responsibilities:
- Actively sell Medicare products for the states
- Exceeded first month goal by 250% and exceeded following months by 110+%
Confidential, Roanoke, VA
Investment Counselor
Responsibilities:
- Expanded existing main branch program into seven Confidential Branches.
- Responsible for management and training of four platform Confidential employees.
- Conduct weekly investment and referral training for branch personnel.
- Market and promote VWMS to both bank and non - bank customers through the bank s retail branch system.
- Averaging $250,000 in new asset growth per week.
- Position eliminated 12/31/08 due to slowing economy.
Confidential, Franklin County, VA
Investment Counselor
Responsibilities:
- Primary point of contact for individuals, institutional and corporate customers to provide sound personalized financial advice and planning.
- Conduct investment product education seminars for bank personnel, customers and potential customers.
- Provide integrated delivery of financial planning, asset management, personal trust and estate planning, insurance and risk management services to affluent clients
Confidential, Winston Salem, NC
Investment Advisor
Responsibilities:
- Provided financial planning analysis to new and existing clients using Financial Profiles planning software and used results to coach clients on ways to maximize returns within client s constraints.
- Made ongoing recommendations concerning portfolio asset allocation, emergency reserve accountsemployer sponsored retirement accounts, retirement planning reviews and insurance requirementsi.e.
Confidential, High Point, NC
Financial Advisor
Responsibilities:
- Built a book of business from zero dollars to approximately one a million dollars in five months, during a bear market, through identification of target markets, strategic networking and focused planning.
- Developed and implemented a client - first approach to investment strategies; researched and identified improved Long-Term-Care product for client portfolios with projected savings to client of $100,000 in premiums over a 20 year period.
Confidential, Greensboro, NC
Local Sales Manager
Responsibilities:
- Managed, motivated and mentored staff through highly competitive and difficult period of transition.
Confidential, Greensboro, NC
Classified Sales Representative
Responsibilities:
- Increased sales by $400,000+ in a limited territory with respected, established competition.
Confidential, Greensboro, NC
Account Executive / Marketing Associate
Responsibilities:
- Highly instrumental in all phases of start - up for this progressive television network in the Piedmont
- Triad market, producing the #1 rated station in the Confidential group (out of 78 stations).
- Built over seventeen major accounts from an account base of zero.
- Initiated relationships with all regional cable systems to establish and maintain a strong cable presence.
- Gained and disseminated knowledge to other staff members involving non-traditional television advertising infomercials, grass-roots marketing, packaging, inventory management (managing specials)market-branding, co-op advertising opportunities, all in an effort to maximize revenue opportunities.