Integrated Financial Planning Associate

Who We Are

At Northwestern Mutual, our financial advisors are ready to meet you where you are and stay with you long-term. Get financial clarity with a people-first plan designed to uncover new opportunities and potential blind spots. The right time to plan is right now. With $265.0 billion in assets under management, $28.1 billion in revenues, and over $1.8 trillion in life insurance protection in force, we've served more than 4.5 million people through our life, disability income, and long-term care insurance, annuities, brokerage, advisory services, trust services, and discretionary portfolio management solutions. Our wealth management company and investment services manage over $125 billion in client assets. We're proud to support our growing field force of financial advisors across the country, as well as our corporate office employees in Milwaukee and New York. As we continue to grow, we believe diversity makes us stronger in shaping the future of financial security.

Who You Are

The Integrated Financial Planning Associate integrates sales execution, risk-product support, financial planning, and investment operations to help advisors achieve production, planning, and client-service goals. The Associate serves as a central partner to advisors by delivering high-quality risk, investment, and planning work while maintaining operational excellence and strong collaboration with underwriting, Home Office, and internal teams.

This position is full-time and supports advisors through integrated risk, investment, planning, and operational services.

What You'll Do

Sales Execution & Risk Support

• Create risk-production illustrations for life, disability income, and long-term care insurance.
• Prepare feed lists (e.g. birthday and age-change) to support advisor proactive client outreach.
• Schedule medical examinations using AppsLive, ExamOne, and other approved resources.
• Pre-check, submit, and track applications with a goal of 100% process reliability.
• Serve as liaison between advisors and Home Office underwriting, monitor Daily Sales Reports, and secure outstanding requirements.
• Initiate eSign processes, track Policy Delivery Acknowledgements, process policy-owner service requests, and prepare policy-change estimates, including Insurance Service Account maintenance, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) changes, and ownership or beneficiary updates.

Financial Planning & Investment Support

• Create high-quality financial plans and investment proposals using Morningstar, Envestnet, NetX360, and other approved planning tools.
• Provide case consultations and strategic planning insights that help advisors prepare for client conversations.
• Open and maintain investment accounts, facilitate money movement, and execute trades in accordance with approved procedures.
• Track assets and transactions through systematic reporting and process registration, representative-code, address, and beneficiary changes.
• Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of investment paperwork and documentation.

Advisor Partnership & Collaboration

• Build close, responsive, and supportive working relationships with advisors.
• Collaborate with mentors, District Directors, Home Office teams, and internal partners to apply best practices and resolve issues.
• Support onboarding of new advisors to these services and financial-planning resources.
• Participate in meetings to remain aligned with productivity and office growth goals.
• Cross-train across risk, investment, and planning functions to expand team capacity and provide consistent service.

Performance Expectations

• Maintain advisor and subscriber satisfaction scores of 80% or higher.
• Deliver planning, risk, and investment work within 24 to 48 hours.
• Maintain at least 95% accuracy across submitted work.
• Support achievement of the office’s first-year commission goal.
• Improve advisor productivity and confidence, strengthen advisor-client relationships, and reduce errors through smoother workflows.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience in financial planning support, investment operations, insurance operations, advisor support, or a related financial-services role.
• Working knowledge of life, disability income, and long-term care insurance workflows, financial-planning deliverables, and investment account servicing.
• Strong organizational and case-management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, requirements, and advisor relationships.
• Exceptional attention to detail, follow-through, and commitment to accurate, compliant work.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and related financial-services systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Morningstar, Envestnet, NetX360, AppsLive, ExamOne, or comparable platforms.
• Experience preparing insurance illustrations, supporting underwriting, servicing investment accounts, facilitating money movement, or executing trades.
• Applicable insurance (Life/Health) and/or securities registrations (SIE, S6/7/63), or the ability to obtain required credentials within 6-12 months.
• Experience supporting multiple advisors or teams in a high-volume, service-oriented environment.

What We Offer

Compensation & Bonus Opportunity

Compensation structure: Base salary:  $75,000 

Benefits

Northwestern Mutual Houston is committed to building a team that loves what they do and creating a work environment that supports long-term career growth. The compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive medical coverage with employer contribution.
• Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer match.
• Annual discretionary bonus opportunity.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay.
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Dynamic career growth opportunities.
• Employer-sponsored licensing, professional development, and education opportunities.
• Flexible work arrangements, where applicable.

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