Open Positions
Who we are:
Cresta Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisory firm in Laredo, Texas. We guide investors in identifying, setting, and achieving their financial goals. We provide comprehensive financial advice to our clients and deliver solutions via investment management, retirement planning, and insurance alternatives.
We are a fast-growing advisory firm compromised of young and dynamic professionals. Our team is collaborative and there is an emphasis on brainstorming, feedback, and innovation. Our positions offer a long-term career development within the financial services industry.
Position Overview:
Work with entire team to coordinate all client service activities with a focus on delivering the ultimate client experience. This position is critical to building client advocacy and ensuring continued profitability of the practice through identifying organic growth and referral opportunities. This individual spends almost all of his or her time in client-facing activities so that the advisors can focus efforts on growing the practice through marketing and sales activities.
Title:
Client Service Associate
Qualities:
- Possesses a passion to help team and clients
- Dedicated and loyal to trusted people
- Reliable, follows through on commitments
- Balances people and task responsibilities
- Patient and methodical approach to work
- Exceptional listening skills
- Detail-oriented
- Able to prioritize tasks
- Strong organization and communication skills
- Strong team player with very positive attitude
- Seeks stability and security
- Can take direction and execute a plan
- Prefers a conflict-free environment
- Flexible and accommodating
- Can assure people and put them at ease
Functional Responsibilities:
- Serve clients at the highest possible level to ensure that any and all wealth management concerns are promptly and accurately addressed
- Support the Advisors and clients in the account opening process
- Facilitate the transfer of funds on behalf of clients
- Coordinate service activities and delegate appropriate tasks to team members
- Manage relationships with clients and internal and external resource providers
- Ownership of Client Service Menu and Ultimate Client Experience
- Generate and manage client communications and strategies by telephone, mail and Internet
- Organize all client appreciation events
- Generate call lists of clients and prospects for Advisors
- Participate in team meetings, team projects, and other tasks to advance the growth of the business and improve the process by which we serve our clients
Educational and Experience Requirements:
- An undergraduate degree in finance, business or economics is preferred not required
- Background and experience in the financial services industry is preferred not required
- Knowledge of customer relationship management (CRM) software is preferred not required
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required
Employee Benefits:
- Health plan available
- Paid Time Off
- 401K Plan
- Base Salary
Cresta Advisors is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.
Industry:
Financial Services
Employment Type:
Full-time
Who we are:
Cresta Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisory firm in Laredo, Texas. We guide investors in identifying, setting, and achieving their financial goals. We provide comprehensive financial advice to our clients and deliver solutions via investment management, retirement planning, and insurance alternatives.
We are a fast-growing advisory firm compromised of young and dynamic professionals. Our team is collaborative and there is an emphasis on brainstorming, feedback, and innovation. Our positions offer a long-term career development within the financial services industry.
Position Overview:
The Associate Advisor position, sometimes referred to as Junior Advisor, is a support role to the lead advisor. Relative to the lead advisor, who is primarily focused on developing new business, the associate advisor is primarily responsible for the retention of existing client relationships. The position requires an individual who has a thorough knowledge of the financial services business and who is committed to being part of the team that delivers a comprehensive client solution. This individual must have strong relationship management skills. They must be reliable, organized and deadline driven. A qualified applicant must be dedicated, goal oriented and able to work well in a self-directed and collaborative environment.
Title
Associate Financial Advisor
Qualities:
- Knowledge of key financial, investment and risk management concepts
- Able to lead review meetings with existing clients.
- Can assure people and put them at ease.
- Comfortable with presentations and telephone conversations X Excellent listener X Possesses a passion to help team and clients.
- Possesses strong analytical skills.
- Reliable and follows through on commitments.
- Systematic approach to tasks
- Ability to see big picture and handle details.
- Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet); ability to learn in-house programs and tools.
- Skilled in basic statistics and quantitative products portfolio theory
- Able to prioritize, deadline and detail sensitive.
- Takes direction and executes a plan.
- Dedicated to developing a career within the financial services industry.
Functional Responsibilities:
- Support the Lead Advisor
- Relationship management
- Accountable for the ongoing retention of a defined group of existing clients
- Can identify and deliver to changing advice needs.
- Performs ongoing fact-finding to uncover organic growth opportunities, multi-generational opportunities, cross-selling and important personal information.
- Delivers excellent service supporting the generation of referrals from existing clients.
- Prepares financial plan and other client meeting preparatory.
- Investment research
- Conducts research on topics that may include the economy, financial markets, individual securities, mutual funds, annuities, third-party money managers and alternative investments.
- Portfolio analysis and monitoring
- Compiles and analyzes client data to develop financial plans.
- Simulation modeling using Monte Carlo and other statistical techniques.
- Passive/active management analysis
- Asset allocation strategies including alternatives.
- Tax gain/loss analysis
- Portfolio management
- Assists in the development of complex and highly customized financial portfolios for high-net worth individuals.
- Assists with investment recommendations based on research, including rebalancing and asset allocation.
- Prospecting
- Develops an ability to articulate the story of the practice and identify ideal qualified prospects.
- Assembles customized proposals for clients and prospective clients.
- Assists in building, tracking, and maintaining prospect pipeline and prospecting plan.
- Performs client fact finding.
- Provides insurance quotes.
- Meets with private account managers on an ongoing basis.
- Liaise with Other Team Members
- Works with client services associate or portfolio administrator on client documentation, client meeting, preparation, and processes
- Participates in regular team meetings.
- Participates in annual business planning strategy session as requested.
- Administrative and Operational Responsibilities
- Data input
- Inputs portfolio transaction data into portfolio analysis or performance measurement software (if applicable)
- Enters client data (from the investment questionnaire)
- Directs and monitors workflow required to service clients.
- Documents processes for all client analysis, financial planning, and research activities in the absence of an operations manager
- Generates requested reports.
- Develops and maintains standardized proposals, presentations, and resource library.
- Ensures that all investment management programs are updated (and upgraded) on a timely basis (this would include asset allocation and spreadsheet software and manager databases)
- Client interaction
- Meets, greets, and provides concierge service for visiting clients or prospects as needed.
- Prepares for and leads ongoing client review meetings and supports the delivery of ongoing service to existing clients.
- Responds to advice-related client calls.
- Makes outgoing client courtesy calls.
- Queries clients for updated information pending annual and semiannual reviews.
- Intakes applications and forms as needed.
- Coordinates portfolio reviews
- Participates in client meetings with lead advisor to develop client acquisition skills and to support the conversion of prospects to clients.
- Miscellaneous
- Assists in development, coordination, and maximization of vendor and external resource providers.
- Supports special projects as assigned.
- Assists members of the team when needed.
- Maintains strong compliance documentation related to research and trading.
Educational and Experience Requirements:
- An undergraduate degree in finance, business or economics is preferred not required
- Background and experience in the financial services industry is preferred not required
- Licenses and credentials: Series 7, 63, 66, Life and Health Insurance is preferred not required. Position will require licensing and registration to be obtained shorty after being hired.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required
Employee Benefits:
- Health plan available
- Paid Time Off
- 401K Plan
- Base Salary + Incentives Potential
Cresta Advisors is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.
Industry:
Financial Services
Employment Type:
Full-time
Who we are:
Cresta Advisors is a Registered Investment Advisory firm in Laredo, Texas. We guide investors in identifying, setting, and achieving their financial goals. We provide comprehensive financial advice to our clients and deliver solutions via investment management, retirement planning, and insurance alternatives.
We are a fast-growing advisory firm compromised of young and dynamic professionals. Our team is collaborative and there is an emphasis on brainstorming, feedback, and innovation. Our positions offer a long-term career development within the financial services industry.
Position Overview:
The Assistant Portfolio Manager-Trader provides all advisory roles with support that enables them to work effectively with clients. This role works with the CIO and advisory team to ensure full understanding of the firm investment philosophy and gains a deep understanding of investment products by researching, gathering information and analyzing the market. This position communicates with the senior portfolio administrator to monitor client portfolios and ensure target allocation is maintained. If target allocation is not being met, the trader will work with the advisors to rebalance client portfolios.
Title:
Assistant Portfolio Manager-Trader
Qualities:
- Significant understanding of the financial planning process and financial markets.
- Developing knowledge of financial planning and trading software
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Notable analytical skills
- Strong customer service experience
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to listen, take direction and prioritize tasks
- Displays initiative and willingness to learn
- Proven client and team-centric mentality
Functional Responsibilities:
- Works closely with the operations manager, CIO and advisors to manage all trading activity daily
- Develops a deep understanding of firm model portfolios and individual client portfolios
- Provides servicing support to all advisor roles
- Provides maintenance of all client activities in CRM system
- Works closely with the operations manager to support client service efficiencies and the client experience.
- Maintains professional competencies and adheres to the firm’s ethical standards and cultural values
Educational and Experience Requirements:
- An undergraduate degree in finance, business or economic is preferred not required
- Background and experience in the financial services industry is preferred not required
- Trading software knowledge and understanding
- Successful portfolio management track record
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required
- Licenses and credentials: Series 7, 63, 66, Life and Health Insurance is preferred not required. Position will require licensing and registration to be obtained shorty after being hired.
Employee Benefits:
- Health plan available
- Paid Time Off
- 401K Plan
- Base Salary + Incentives Potential
Cresta Advisors is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.
Industry:
Financial Services
Employment Type:
Full-time