Financial Planning, Senior Director

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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. ("Oppenheimer") is a leading middle‑market investment bank and full‑service broker‑dealer with roots tracing back to 1881. The company engages in a broad range of financial‑services activities, including retail securities brokerage, institutional sales and trading, investment banking (corporate and public finance), equity and fixed‑income research, market making, trust services, and investment advisory and asset‑management services.

Oppenheimer seeks a Senior Director to join the Financial Planning team within the Asset Management Department. The Senior Director will serve as a value‑added extension of a financial professional’s practice, partnering with financial professionals to deliver a premier client experience around goals‑based planning, and promoting, educating, and coaching the firm’s financial professionals and teams on Oppenheimer’s financial‑planning capabilities. The position reports to the Managing Director and Head of Financial Planning and may be based in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.

• Engage with financial professionals to develop business opportunities with new and existing clients via Oppenheimer’s goals‑based financial‑planning process.
• Educate financial professionals on best practices for integrating these capabilities and the financial‑planning process into their business practices.
• Collaborate with financial professionals to attend, participate, or lead client discovery and/or plan presentation meetings.
• In certain circumstances, drive, partner, or serve as a consultant on the development of an actual plan for presentation.
• Speak and present at seminars, webinars, and presentations, sometimes to large groups on various financial‑planning related topics.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert for financial professionals and affluent UHNW clients on topics related to financial planning and remain knowledgeable and up‑to‑date on issues that impact financial planning, including regulations and law changes.
• Build strong, trustworthy, value‑driven relationships with financial professionals, branch managers, business partners, and senior management at the firm to promote financial planning.
• Act as a bridge to the platforms that represent the firm’s product offering, such as Oppenheimer Asset Management, Oppenheimer Life Agency, and Oppenheimer Trust Company of Delaware.

• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in financial services, including financial planning, goals‑based investing, engagement with affluent/HNW and UHNW clients, managed advisory programs, insurance and annuities, and retirement strategies.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related field.
• Active CFP® designation.
• FINRA Registration:
  Series 7 and 66 (or 63 and 65) required.
• Active state life and health insurance license required.
• Knowledge of branch functionality and advisor/client relationships preferred but not required.
• Strong understanding of and experience with Money Guide Pro  financial‑planning software or similar.
• Ability and flexibility to travel, approx. 10‑25% of the year.
• Intelligent, enthusiastic self‑starter with proven ability to work closely with financial professionals and other team members.
• Excellent time‑management skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple planning opportunities at different stages with different financial professionals at any given time.
• High ethical standards geared toward putting the clients’ best interest first.
• Exceptional presentation skills suitable for audiences ranging from 1–2 to 50+ individuals.
• Passion for coaching, training, and educating colleagues with varied experience levels.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong attention to detail.

For job postings in New York State, Oppenheimer is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role. The current base salary range is $130,000 – $150,000 at the time of this posting. Certain positions are eligible for additional compensation such as discretionary bonus.

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