Lead Financial Planner

Apply for this Full-Time Virtual Lead Planner position ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE:

• Charging a Flat Fee for Planning & Investment management is clearly better for clients than a % AUM fee (which drives excessive fees and is rife with conflicts)

• Lead Planners do their best work serving clients and NOT prospecting for them

• A Lead Planner’s core purpose is to help clients achieve the feeling of relaxed confidence in their financial lives

• Great heroes for a Lead Planner include Jack Bogle, Wade Pfau, Bill Sharpe, Fama & French

• Lead Planner core values should include Service, Curiosity, Transparency, Humility & Tenacity

• Personal finance is 80% personal and 20% finance

We’re a disruptive band of flat fee retirement income experts providing outstanding client service. We’re about to pass $1B at Schwab, and we’re having a lot of fun.

So, do you believe what we believe?

“MUST HAVE” QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience and Credentials

  • Hold your CFP designation

  • 7 years of analytically rigorous financial planning

  • 3 years running high net worth relationships

  • 10 years of total work experience

• Planning and Analytical Chops

  • Created (from scratch) 200 complete financial plans in leading software (MoneyGuide Pro, eMoney, or RightCapital), at least 75 of which have been for high net worth

  • True Expert in at least one of the 3 leading financial planning softwares to the point where you can confidently test multiple scenarios, create custom reports, conduct insurance needs analysis, evaluate tax planning strategies, and more

  • Microsoft Excel geek - pushing data around, using pivot tables, lookup tables, driving insights that you can't drive from planning software

• Excellent Communicator and Cultural Fit

  • Very clear thinker and communicator (verbal & written)

  • Well organized and respectful of client service standards (deadlines)

  • Very good at detailed work AND "connecting" it to the bigger picture and seeing how your planning tasks at hand dovetail into the broader client situation

  • Very comfortable saying “I don’t know” and “I need help”

  • Consistently demonstrate our core values (curiosity, tenacity. service, rigor, clarity)

"NICE TO HAVE" QUALIFICATIONS

• Expertise in MoneyGuidePro

• Bring something new to the table to expand the capability of our team (e.g. CPA, CFA, Trading, Behavior, etc.)

• Experience in an RIA (preferably fee-only & growth oriented)

• Familiarity with Schwab

• Track record of effective remote work

• Track record of thriving in a small company "start-up" culture

COMPENSATION PACKAGE

• Full-time W2

• Base Salary $125-150K (commensurate with skills & experience)

• 401-K Match (4%)

• Health, Dental, & Vision

• Long-Term Disability, HSA, Dependent Care FSA

• Professional development stipend

• Unlimited PTO – Just get your work done!