TIAA

Financial Planner - Central Advice Group

TIAA$74K — $90K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • 2+ years of relevant experience is required; 3+ years is preferred.
  • Must hold FINRA Series 7, 63, 65, or 66 registrations.
  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification required upon application.
  • Intermediate-level communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Prepares comprehensive financial plans for clients while ensuring quality and compliance.
  • Assists wealth management teams in identifying client needs and developing goal-based plans.
  • Provides timely planning advice and answers via email and phone support.
  • Responds to inquiries from advisors with professionalism and accuracy during helpdesk shifts.
  • Supports the use of planning tools by wealth management advisory teams.
  • Reviews plans from advisors to maintain departmental quality standards.
  • Leads small projects with moderate impact on business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards package designed for associate well-being.
  • Superior retirement program offerings.
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits to support physical and emotional well-being.
  • Opportunities for growth and development within the company.
Full Job Description
Financial Planner
The Financial Planner job within the TIAA Central Advice Group (CAG) writes and supports financial planning for wealth management advisors, financial advisory consultants and other client-facing associates. This job creates high quality, accurate, and compliant financial plans and uses intermediate-level communication skills to provide on demand support to wealth management advisory teams via the Advice and Planning Helpdesk Services through email and phone support lines.

Key Responsibilities and Duties
  • Prepares financial plans for Wealth Management clients while maintaining quality, content, and cycle time service level agreements.
  • Assists teams within wealth management advisory services to identify the most critical client needs and builds, reviews, and approves goal based financial plans which are modeled to address client concerns or show comparisons between alternatives when appropriate.
  • Provides planning points via email to financial advisory consultants to address client concerns and planning considerations.
  • Responds to questions from wealth management advisors pertaining to specific plans, general planning questions or status updates on in process work, during scheduled shifts of the Advice and Planning Help desk, with accuracy, objectivity, and professionalism.
  • Assists and supports wealth management advisory teams in their use of desktop planning tools.
  • Contributes to department and company quality standards by reviewing plans built by wealth management advisors and other client-facing associates.
  • May lead small projects and make decisions that have moderate impact on the business.
Educational Requirements
  • University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
  • 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred
FINRA Registrations
  • SRC Indicator: Series 7; Series 63; Series 65; Series 66
Licenses and Certifications
  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP) - Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards required Upon Hire
Physical Requirements
  • Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
6IC

NOTE:

  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP) - Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards required at the time of application

Related Skills

Accountability, Adaptability, Business Acumen, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Critical Thinking, Data-Based Decision Making, Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Influence, Relationship Management, Story Telling, Strategic Thinking, TIAA Products/Services Acumen, Variance Analysis

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2026-08-01

Base Pay Range: $74,300/yr - $90,000/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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