Assistant to Financial Advisor

Posted Friday, November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM

People Drive Our Success

Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated, and have a strong work ethic? If yes, come join our team! At Cathay Bank – we strive to provide a caring culture that supports your aspirations and success. We believe people are our most valuable asset and we proudly foster growth and development empowering you to achieve your professional goals. We have thrived for 60 years and persevered through many economic cycles due to our team members’ drive and optimism.

Together we can make a difference in the financial future of our communities.

Assist Financial Advisor (FA) with all administrative related tasks. Provides sales, processing, operational, administrative, and customer service support to Financial Advisor. Assist in the coordination of activities, travel arrangements, scheduling conferences/meetings, managing Financial Advisor’s calendar, and other projects as assigned. Act as a liaison between the client, Financial Advisor, and back office.

• Answer telephone calls (responding, screening, and delegating calls as appropriate), and provide other assistance to callers if possible.
• Manage Financial Advisor’s calendar and schedule appointments.
• Arrange customer seminars and branch employee training.
• Assist in coordinating activities, prepare presentation materials, and support Financial Advisor for business-related functions.
• Process documents, open client account, and upload to Smartworks Docupace.
• Assist Financial Advisor in marketing activities, use Marketing Central and maintain client relationship management database.
• Establish and maintain customer files.
• Help Financial Advisor prepare for auditing.

• Education:
  
  College degree with business classes preferred but not mandatory.
• Experience:
  
  2-5 years of applicable administrative experience required.
• Skills/Ability:
  Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook); strong communication and presentation skills; excellent follow‑up and organizational skills; ability to work successfully both independently and as a team player. Be well organized, detail‑oriented, manage multiple tasks and priorities, and have excellent customer service and computer skills.

Without License: $20.00 – $21.63 / hour

With License: $21.64-$25.00 / hour

Pay determined based on job‑related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This position may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Cathay Bank offers its full‑time employees a competitive benefits package which is a significant part of their total compensation. It is our goal to provide employees with a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs which includes coverage for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, long‑term disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health saving account (HSA) with company contributions, voluntary coverages, and 401(k).

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