Overview & Salary
Overview
Advise clients on financial plans using knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives. May also buy and sell financial assets for clients.
On the job, you would:
- Interview clients to determine their current income, expenses, insurance coverage, tax status, financial objectives, risk tolerance, or other information needed to develop a financial plan.
- Recommend to clients strategies in cash management, insurance coverage, investment planning, or other areas to help them achieve their financial goals.
- Manage client portfolios, keeping client plans up-to-date.
Education
- bachelor's degree
- certificate after college
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $48,730
Annual median $99,580
Annual 90th percentile $239,200
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- accounting and economics
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- psychology
Safety and Government
- law and government
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Personality & Abilities
Personality
Enterprising
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Concern for Others
- Achievement/Effort
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems