Full-Time

Private Wealth Advisor

Private Client / Personal Strategy

Posted on 10/1/2025

Deadline 10/8/25
Empower

Empower

Personalized financial guidance, savings, investing platform

Compensation Overview

$98.5k - $139.2k/yr

+ Bonus + Sales Incentives

No H1B Sponsorship

Boston, MA, USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid position; candidates can work from either Boston, MA or New York, NY.

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Financial analysis
Word/Pages/Docs
Salesforce
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Bachelor Degree in Business or related discipline or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years related work experience in financial services and client experience
  • FINRA Series 65 required
  • FINRA fingerprinting required
  • Sufficient knowledge of wealth management strategies, financial planning, tax and income optimization, and estate planning
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; detail oriented; able to manage many time-sensitive tasks simultaneously; pro-active self-starter, strong situational awareness and contextual thinking, and strong organizational and presentation skills
  • Exceptional at delivering effective client consultations – always composed, professional, and skilled at establishing trust and building long-term client relationships
  • Proven ability to navigate multiple client needs, deliver on multi-product goals, and analyze and present investment portfolios to clients
  • Proficient in or ability to quickly learn: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Salesforce, NetX360, and other proprietary and recordkeeping systems
Responsibilities
  • 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 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.
  • Identify and drive planning opportunities and coordinate financial planning information gathering.
  • Financial planning & analysis: provide comprehensive financial planning services tailored to clients’ individual needs and goals. Present planning deliverables individually or alongside your advisory team.
  • Investment management: recommend, implement, and review investment strategies that align with clients’ risk tolerance and financial objectives. Remain informed about market trends, economic conditions, and regulatory changes impacting investments.
  • Assist with monthly audit reviews in collaboration with various EPW stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with Portfolio Management to drive relationship clearance, manage customization, and accommodate client requests.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience as a high performing Advisor & Planner in the Personal Strategy solution
  • CFP preferred

Empower is a financial services provider focused on helping people save, invest and receive advice. It serves both organizations and individuals, offering tools, guidance and support to reach financial goals. Its products work by giving users access to personalized financial advice and resources, combining advisory support with digital tools to manage accounts and investments. The company differentiates itself through its large, diverse client base (over 71,000 organizations and 17 million individuals) and its emphasis on trust, integrity and personalized guidance, aiming to deliver financial well-being at scale. Its goal is to empower financial freedom for all by delivering clear advice, tailored guidance and essential support throughout the financial journey.

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Headquarters

Flower Mound, Texas

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Q1 2026 base earnings hit $314 million, up 23% year-over-year.
  • Workplace Solutions added 335,000 participants and $26 billion in plan sales.
  • Personal Wealth earnings surged 65% from strong net flows and advice demand.

What critics are saying

  • Schlichter Bogard lawsuit filed August 15, 2025, triggers DOL scrutiny and $100M+ settlements.
  • Fidelity pricing and Vanguard low-cost recordkeeping erode Empower's 2-5% market share by 2028.
  • Great-West Lifeco ownership forces divestiture or resource cuts within 24-48 months.

What makes Empower unique

  • Empower administers $2 trillion in retirement assets for 20 million investors.
  • Workplace Solutions serves 61,000 plans across corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors.
  • Neuberger Berman partnership introduces private equity to defined contribution plans.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Volunteer Time

Company News

The Coupons App
Feb 2nd, 2026
Quicken vs. The New Guard: Staying King of the Hill

Quicken vs. The new guard: staying king of the hill. The personal finance space in 2026 is more crowded than ever. With competitors like Monarch Money and Empower gaining ground, Quicken has had to fight to maintain its legacy crown. However, recent industry data suggests that Quicken's "Classic" desktop power remains its greatest advantage in a mobile-only world. The "power user" Advantage. While newer apps focus on "set it and forget it" budgeting, Quicken has leaned into its complexity. The 2026 version of Quicken Classic is reportedly faster and more robust when handling massive investment portfolios. For the "Financial Hobbyist" - the person who wants to track every dividend reinvestment and cost basis - there is still no real substitute for Quicken's reporting engine. The open banking battle. A major current affair in the fintech world is the stability of bank connections. Quicken has made massive strides here by introducing a Real-Time Sync Status Indicator. By giving users a visual "health check" for their data connection, Quicken is solving the number one complaint in the industry: broken syncs. This focus on reliability over "flashy" features is why their retention rates remain at industry highs. A multi-generational approach. By diversifying its product line into Simplifi for the mobile-first crowd and Classic for the data-heavy power user, Quicken isn't just surviving the fintech revolution - it's attempting to own every stage of a person's financial life, from their first paycheck to their estate distribution.

401(k) Specialist
Jan 21st, 2026
Smolen to Lead Empower's Workplace Solutions Unit

Smolen to lead Empower's Workplace Solutions unit. Empower today announced that Joe Smolen has been promoted to President of the Denver-based recordkeeper's Workplace Solutions business unit, a role in which he will oversee strategy, growth, relationship management and product for the country's second largest retirement services provider. "Joe brings a strong track record of leadership to the role and extensive experience, having previously served as regional sales director for Empower and Executive Vice President and head of Empower's Core & Institutional Market segments," said Empower President and CEO Edmund F. Murphy III in a LinkedIn post announcing the news today. "Joe is a proven leader who consistently delivers results while keeping clients and partners at the center of everything he does," added Rich Linton, president and COO of Empower. "His deep understanding of the workplace retirement landscape, combined with his ability to lead high-performing teams, makes him exceptionally well suited to lead our Workplace Solutions business as we continue to innovate and grow." Empower's Workplace Solutions business encompasses service to more than 61,000 employer-sponsored retirement plans and over 18.8 million plan participants; assets under administration are approximately $1.9 trillion, as of Sept. 30, 2025. Workplace Solutions serves all segments of the employer-sponsored retirement plan market: government 457 plans; small, mid-size, large and mega corporate 401(k) clients; nonprofit 403 (b) entities and private-label recordkeeping clients. The business offers defined contribution, defined benefit, non-qualified and consumer-directed healthcare plans as well as stock plan services. A Colorado resident, Smolen is a long-serving Empower leader, having joined the company as a regional sales director in 1999. Following a progression of increased leadership roles, he took the reins of the core markets in 2017, adding Mid-Market in 2024. Stolen also recently completed a tenure as Board Chair for the Society of Professional Record Keepers and Asset Managers (SPARK). Munro to lead Core & Mid-Market segments. As part of this leadership transition, Empower also announced today that Ken Munro has been appointed Executive Vice President and head of the Core & Mid-Market segments, succeeding Smolen in the role. Munro will be responsible for advancing the segment's strategic priorities and supporting continued growth and service excellence. He joined Empower in 2006 and was appointed to his current role as SVP, National Sales Director in 2021. "Ken's experience, operational expertise, and commitment to our clients position him well to build on the strong foundation Joe established," Linton added. "This transition reflects the strength of our leadership bench and our continued focus on developing talent from within the organization." Reporting relationships will remain unchanged: Smolen will continue to report to Linton, and Munro will continue to report to Smolen. These changes are effective immediately. Empower's Core & Mid-Market segments work closely with advisors to serve and administer plans with assets up to $150 million, including start-up plans, pooled employer plans (PEPs) and multiple employer plans (MEPs). In total, the segment provides services to more than 44,000 retirement plan sponsors, encompassing more than $360 billion in assets under administration on behalf of more than 4.8 million plan participants, as of Sept. 30, 2025.

401(k) Specialist
Sep 26th, 2025
Empower Welcomes CMO, Advisor CRM Launches AI Email Assistant

Empower has appointed Sangita Woerner as its new chief marketing officer (CMO).

October Three Consulting
Sep 14th, 2025
Schlichter firm files broad fiduciary complaint against Empower

On August 15, 2025, plaintiffs' law firm Schlichter Bogard, LLC, filed a lawsuit on behalf of their clients against Empower (Williams-Linzey, et al. v. Empower Advisory Group, LLC; Empower Retirement, LLC; Empower Financial Services, Inc.; and Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America).

Ignites
Aug 19th, 2025
Empower Sued Over Managed Account Practices

Empower sued over managed account practices.

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