Personal Finance Advisor Full Time

Job Level

NV-05

As a personal finance advisor, you’re responsible for developing and maintaining lasting and trusting business relationships with members and clients, to ensure they’re satisfied.

Your role is to listen to members’ and clients’ needs, offer them advice that fits their financial situation and help them choose appropriate solutions to meet their financial goals. You work closely with a client base consisting of young people and individual members. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential.

You drive results by recommending investments, loans and insurance products. You serve as a financing expert advisor and resource person for the caisse. You use your expertise to balance member/client satisfaction, business objectives, profitability and sound and prudent risk management.

You work with various partners and experts to design integrated strategies that meet the needs of members and clients.

General Information on the Position

Main responsibilities

• Advise members and clients on the best strategies and work with them to identify expected results.
• Manage business relationships, assess member/client satisfaction and service quality, follow up and identify areas for improvement.
• Stay up-to-date on the financial services industry, market trends and best practices in your field.
• Participate in outreach activities and represent the caisse in the community.

Other working conditions

Number of job available : 1
Qualifications

Attestation of Collegial Studies
A minimum of one year of relevant experience
Please note that other combinaisons of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

For vacant positions available in Quebec, please note that knowledge of French is required
Specific knowledge

Be a licensed mutual fund representative
Knowledge of current financial, economic, political and legislative events
Knowledge of all products and services aimed at caisse members and those offered by Desjardins Business Centres, Desjardins components and distribution networks, and those offered by competitors
Knowledge of the integration of financial data into computer systems
Knowledge of debt management
Knowledge of compliance with legislation respecting the distribution of financial products and services
Understanding of the philosophy and fundamentals of financial services cooperatives
Knowledge of policies, legislation and standards related to products and services offered by the caisse
Knowledge of operating procedures pertaining to investment and financing activities Desjardins business processes
Knowledge of service standards
Knowledge of the techniques used to assess and monitor individual financing applications.
Desjardins Cross-sector skills

Action oriented, Collaborates, Customer Focus, Innovation

Key competencies for the job

Action oriented, Collaborates, Customer Focus, Drive results, Innovation, Interpersonal Savvy