Private Wealth Advisor

Empower$104K — $148K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in financial services and client experience
  • Strong knowledge of wealth management strategies and financial planning
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
  • Proactive self-starter with situational awareness
  • Ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships
  • FINRA Series 65 required

Responsibilities

  • Provide exceptional client service through proactive and reactive engagements
  • Manage outreach campaigns and guide clients through financial planning milestones
  • Collaborate with advisory teams to nurture long-term client relationships
  • Deliver tailored financial planning services addressing individual client goals
  • Recommend and review investment strategies based on clients' risk tolerance
  • Monitor market trends and regulatory changes affecting investments
  • Assist with monthly audits alongside internal stakeholders
  • Work with Portfolio Management to customize and accommodate client requests

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Generous 401(k) plan with company matching contributions
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Flexible dress code in a business-casual environment
  • Generous paid time off policy including holidays and floating holidays
  • Paid volunteer time of 16 hours per year
  • Comprehensive leave of absence programs including parental leave and disability
  • Inclusive Business Resource Groups for community and collaboration
Full Job Description

The Private Wealth Advisor will be an essential member of a dedicated client practice team servicing Empower clients.

In partnership with the Practice Lead and the Client Experience Specialist, the Wealth Advisor delivers high-touch, highly personalized support to our clients. Focus is on relationship management and delivering thoughtful, strategic planning conversations within your area of expertise. Coordinate ongoing financial reviews, support the execution of planning campaigns, and help identify opportunities to deepen relationships and expand wallet share within an elite client base.

This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and proactive advisor who brings deep curiosity, strong financial acumen, and a commitment to delivering an experience that is Easy, Personal, and Enlightening—an essential part of our mission to empower financial freedom for all and our vision to transform financial lives through advice, people, and technology.

This Private Wealth Advisor must be based in Southern California.

What you will do

  • Provide a best-in-class client experience through servicing proactive and reactive client engagements related to client onboarding, financial planning, and investor education

  • Lead clients through an optimal experience by effective management of outreach campaigns and Financial Planning milestones

  • Client relationship management: collaborate with your advisory team to grow and maintain strong long-term relationships with highly valued clients

  • Financial planning & analysis: provide comprehensive financial planning services tailored to clients’ individual needs and goals

  • Investment management: recommend, implement, and review investment strategies that align with clients’ risk tolerance and financial objectives

  • Track market trends, economic conditions, and regulatory changes impacting investments

  • Assist with monthly audit reviews in collaboration with various internal stakeholders

  • Collaborate with Portfolio Management to drive relationship clearance, manage customization, and accommodate client requests

What you will bring

  • Bachelor degree in Business or related discipline or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years related work experience in financial services and client experience

  • Demonstrated knowledge of wealth management strategies, financial planning, tax and income optimization, and estate planning

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills

  • Detail oriented while managing multiple time-sensitive tasks simultaneously

  • Proactive self-starter, strong situational awareness and strong organizational skills

  • Exceptional at delivering effective client consultations – always composed, professional, and skilled at establishing trust and building long-term client relationships

  • FINRA Series 65 required

  • FINRA fingerprinting required upon hire

What will set you apart

  • CFP preferred

  • Proficient in or able to quickly learn: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Salesforce, NetX360, and other proprietary and recordkeeping systems

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
  • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
  • Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
  • Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
  • Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
  • Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
  • Business Resource Groups (BRGs) –  BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

$104,800.00 - $148,075.00

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***

Job Posting End Date at 12:01 am on:

05-30-2026

About Empower

Empower is a retirement plan recordkeeping financial holding company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States. It is the second-largest retirement plan provider in the United States.
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