Investment & Retirement Consultant

Canada Life

$63K — $105K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of retirement product experience in the insurance or financial services industry
  • Active LLQP life licensed
  • CFP or PFP designation preferred; additional designations like CIM or CLU advantageous
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent work experience
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Excellent listening and communication skills
  • Reliable and detail-oriented with analytical skills

Responsibilities

  • Deliver exceptional customer experience in every interaction
  • Enhance business development by contacting terminated and retired members
  • Strive to retain members within group plans at Canada Life
  • Analyze individual member situations and explain investment options
  • Identify opportunities for asset consolidation and offer complementary products
  • Conduct virtual or in-person meetings with members approaching retirement
  • Collaborate with the Investment & Retirement Solutions team for a best-in-class experience

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards program includes variable compensation
  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility
  • Opportunity for career advancement
  • Supportive and collaborative work environment
  • Access to continuous learning and professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
Base + Comm

Reporting to the Associate Manager, Investment & Retirement Solutions, the Investment and Retirement Consultant serves our Group Customer plan members who are approaching retirement or have left their employer, with the objective of retaining their assets at Canada Life. If you are a highly effective listener and communicator, have a deep knowledge of retirement savings and income products and pension legislation, are keen to work in a collaborative and competitive environment and are driven to delight our customers, this may be a rewarding opportunity for you.

What you will do:

You live our vision - customers are at the centre of what we do. In doing so, you will:

  • Deliver an exceptional customer experience in every interaction you make
  • Enhance business development by proactively contacting terminated, retired and retiring members
  • Strive to retain members within group plans at Canada Life
  • Understand and analyze each member's situation, explain their investment and retirement options, provide solutions and guide them through the complex transition to retirement income
  • Identify opportunities for consolidating assets and offering complementary products, as needed
  • Conduct one-on-one meetings virtually or in person with plan members approaching retirement
  • Participate in member and client meetings or finalist presentations
  • Work collaboratively with the Investment & Retirement Solutions team to provide a best-in-class customer experience


What you will bring:
  • 3+ years of retirement product experience in the insurance or financial services industry
  • Active LLQP life licensed
  • CFP or PFP designation is considered an asset; additional beneficial industry designations or courses include: CIM, CLU, Canadian Securities Course
  • Post-secondary education or equivalent work experience
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Always puts the customer first
  • Excellent listening skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec
  • Expertise in pension, savings, investment and insurance products and planning concepts
  • Highly independent, disciplined worker requiring minimal oversight
  • Analytical and detail-oriented
  • Ability and willingness to learn quickly, adapt to change, modify behaviours and contribute to creative solutions
  • Reliability Status security clearance - this is a personnel security status that is required before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website


The base salary for this position is between $63,450 - $105,750 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Requisition ID: 6214

Category: Sales and Business Development

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