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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, Missouri

About this job

Serving AK, KS, NE, IA, and MO markets.

Ascensus, a proven leader in the retirement industry, has unique opportunity for a self-starting sales professional with a successful track record in this arena. Specifically, we are not looking for a professional who is only concerned about closing sales. Rather, someone who has passion for their craft and will only sell if they believe in their product and the company they work for. At Ascensus, we believe you are a brand ambassador in the field and exhibiting our values is an expectation. Achieving success is both reaching productivity goals, and equally as important how you got there along the way. Developing relationships both internally and the right ones externally are critical to everyones success. Not to mention, you will have a leadership team that is second to none. They have over 70 years of combined industry experience to be a supportive resource when you need it. So if you have the right balance of technical and relationship building skills and can live company values, we encourage you to learn more about joining our team.

Candidate to live withing driving distance to any of the surrounding areas of: St. Louis, MO or Kansas City, MO.

Position Purpose:

The Regional Vice Presidents (RVP) primary responsibility is to facilitate the growth of retirement plan sales through Financial Professionals, TPAs, RIAs, and DC I/O Firms. This is accomplished through promoting both our product options and our alliance partners products, advising and assisting Financial Professionals during the prospecting stage, and attending sales calls as requested.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strong, in-depth ERISA and plan design knowledge

• Ability to discuss industry trends with high end DC focused Financial Professionals

• Ability to learn multiple platform/product solutions; assist Financial Professionals with a needs analysis to ensure recommending the appropriate solution

• Strong knowledge of key competitors with the ability to highlight our competitive advantages without negative selling

• Establish and maintain productive, working relationships with Financial Professionals with the goal of earning their retirement plan business

• Coordinate wholesaling efforts with Ascensus Retirement Coordinators (RCs/internal sales), ExpertPlan Internals, and Business Development Consultants (BDCs) to maximize coverage and effectiveness

• Remain current on industry, technical and product knowledge. Complete management reports, expense reports and other special tasks as requested.

• Conduct a minimum of fifty (50) Financial Professional meetings per month and document meetings in CRM

• Maintain a list of Elite, Key and Focus Financial Professionals to help develop territory practices/geographic rotation

• Ability to discuss Fiduciary [3(21)] Solutions, including various mutual fund share classes and impact on plan/cost

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (contd)

• Ability to discuss in detail operating expenses of investment products, impact of certain share classes on overall cost of services to Financial Professionals and Employers

• Assist existing employers and Financial Professionals in the retention of current business (as needed)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Strong working relationships with DCIO firms in region to promote our solutions to Financial Professionals

• Participation, as needed, in finals presentations

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• 3+ years of sales experience retirement plan industry (wholesale sales experience is a significant preference).

• Proven successful sales experience of full service defined contribution recordkeeping and administrative services

• Over-night travel is required

• Superior time management skills required

• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, unsupervised environment

• Series 6 and 63 (or the ability to obtain within six months of employment)

Ascensus is a place to have a career, not just a job. As the largest US independent retirement and college savings services provider, we put our focus on people. Our culture is guided by sound principles, is committed to high standards, operates with transparency, and welcomes diversity. When you join our team, you get to go to work every day knowing that you help over 6 million Americans save for retirement and college.
Ascensus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, citizenship, sex, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Ascensus also takes affirmative action to employ, and advance in employment, qualified women, minorities, and covered veterans. Ascensus also makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state laws