Associate Financial Advisor (In-house) Full Time

Job ID: 007HBA
Location: Hybrid Burlington, Vermont and Remote
Status: Full time

Salary

$55,000 – $70,000 commensurate with experience.

Firm Summary
Headquartered in Burlington, Vermont, One Day In July is a rapidly growing, award-winning investment firm committed to disrupting the financial industry with a focus on reducing fees and improving portfolio performance for investors.

One Day In July provides investment management and fiduciary financial advice, generally focused on index funds, to clients in Vermont and across the United States.

We are seeking highly motivated candidates ready to change careers, with a passion for learning about the investment industry and engaging with clients.

Job Description

As an Associate Financial Advisor, you will be responsible for helping the firm onboard new clients and manage existing client relationships. You will be working directly with clients. Working closely with our Investment Desk, you will review unique investment situations and trade client accounts, including rebalancing to target client asset allocations. You will utilize proprietary software and construct spreadsheets to execute trades.

You do not need prior financial industry experience, but a keen interest in learning about investing, economics, and financial markets is essential. This position offers ample opportunity for growth, making it an ideal fit for candidates looking to expand their knowledge and pursue a new challenge.

We will provide extensive on-the-job training and several paths for advancement.

In this role, you will:

• Work directly with new and existing clients.
• Analyze client asset allocations.
• Look to reduce client taxes incurred.
• Give each client situation careful attention and scrutiny.
• Work with the Investment Desk to coordinate trading and rebalancing.
• Process paperwork and other client requests.
• Construct spreadsheets for trading and sometimes for clients.
• Utilize CRM to carefully manage client portfolios and keep detailed records.
• Answer questions and help train new Advisors and staff members.

Qualifications

• You must have a Series 65 license to perform this job. You will have 4 months to obtain a license. Exam study hours are on your own time.
• Be an excellent communicator, both written and verbal.
• Have an interest in investing, finance, and economics.
• Possess a positive attitude, tremendous grit, and the ability to prioritize.
• Enjoy cultivating and managing long-term relationships with clients.
• Be skilled at developing trust with clients.
• Demonstrate excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
• Maintain a high standard for client service, attention to detail, and documentation.
• Be proactive: identify opportunities and problems and take them to the next level without being asked.
• Be able to “wear multiple hats” and quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Focus on processes and controls with the ability to assess risk.
• Have a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and ethical standards.
• Share our firm’s mission and investment philosophy of lowering fees and espousing the value of diversified, low-cost index funds.

What’s in it for you?

• One Day In July is a rapidly growing investment firm. If you have the drive to learn and execute effectively, there is significant room for growth and advancement.
• Feel great about offering an honest, transparent solution to Vermonters and Americans trying to save for retirement. One Day In July is a fiduciary: we are legally and ethically obligated to act in our clients’ best interest. (Only 12% of financial advisors are registered in a way that requires them to be fiduciaries on all accounts.)
• Win on price: our prices are almost always significantly lower than those of our competitors. It is fun to be in a firm that is winning and taking market share.
• Join an established but rapidly growing firm with a variety of career paths for associates.
• Enjoy a low-meeting culture.
• Be part of a friendly, hardworking team that prides itself on mutual respect for one another.
• Develop mastery of subject areas that help clients and other employees.
• Enjoy a beautiful office near the Burlington waterfront while spending Fridays working from home if desired. (Work-from-home Fridays are not available in the first three months due to training.)

Hours / In-person & Remote

• This job is full time.
• This job is primarily in-person in Burlington, VT, although you may work from home Fridays after the first 3 months.
• You must have a Series 65 license to perform this job. You will have 4 months to obtain a license. Exam study hours are on your own time.

Benefits

• Health care plan
• 401k plan with low-cost index funds and One Day In July strategy embedded. No high fee funds (this matters greatly, as you’ll learn if you work here)! Available after meeting eligibility requirements.
• 401k match. Available after meeting eligibility requirements.
• Paid vacation. Number of weeks commensurate with experience. Includes the luxury of being required (yes, required) by the firm’s founder to disconnect from work on your vacation days.
• An excellent Mac laptop with a fast processor and retina screen, a sit-down / stand-up desk, plenty of space to work comfortably, relatively private work areas, and other resources for top productivity. Our employees are not cogs in a machine and we don’t treat them that way.
• A plant for your desk. (Sometimes it’s even alive.)

To Apply

Please send the following to Burta Kelly at careers@onedayinjuly.com

• A resume in PDF format.
• A cover letter in PDF format. In your cover letter, let us know what is unique about you that we should know. Additionally in your cover letter, include at least one paragraph explaining what makes you stand out from other applicants. We are looking for previous demonstrations of excellence and commitment, and the more granularity you can provide, the better.
• In addition to your cover letter, submit a one-page, single-spaced PDF. On the top half, provide a brief argument explaining why someone should consider becoming a client of One Day In July. On the bottom half, share a recent experience where you learned something new and achieved a level of excellence that enabled you to teach others. Provide insight into the process used to acquire this skill.
• The Job ID at the top of this posting should start the subject line of your email.

We respond to all diligent applicants. We keep all applications private.

One Day In July LLC is an equal opportunity employer.