Ameriprise Financial Work Values

Daily Duties at Ameriprise Financial:

• Established client base for financial planning practice in Harrisonburg, VA from 1983 through 1985, in Richmond, VA from 1985 through 2006, and in Mechanicsville, VA from 2006 through 2012. • Established a client base of over 200 clients, managing over $15,000,000 in client assets. Helped clients develop written financial plans for retirement, education planning strategies, retirement plan distributions, investment planning, estate planning, tax management strategies and protection planning strategies. Responsible for ongoing management of investment/insurance portfolios related to their financial goals. • Responsible for writing 50 to 200 page financial planning documents for each financial planning client annually. Each plan covered the six areas of financial planning. • Provided written summary of each meeting with clients, summarizing what was discussed during each meeting, any potential changes recommended to the client and any follow up needed on the items discussed. • Responsible for annual KYC review for each client. Responsible for confirming and updating KYC information for individual clients as a part of ongoing due diligence review and investigation. • Responsible for hiring and maintaining staff associated with managing client base. • Maintained Life and Variable Annuity license, Series 6, Series 7, Series 22, Series 65 and Series 63 licenses until September, 2012. Maintained continuing education requirements for the above licenses until September, 2012 • Recruit staff members and oversee training program. • Manage both veteran and new advisors for 4 years. Responsible for recruiting, hiring and training classes for all new advisors for last 3 years. • Responsible for review of each written financial planning document for both veteran and new advisors. • Participated in annual compliance reviews to develop best practices for written financial planning analysis • Performed peer editing and production review work for written financial plans • Performed compliance audits for all advisors under my supervision • Responsible for timely, accurate and effective alert dispositions associated with all servicer accounts, products or services. The daily work effort was focused on mitigating money laundering risks with home office and Ameriprise clients from illicit activities. • Worked with other district managers in local office to establish team policies and procedures for marketing, recruiting, training new and veteran advisors and diversity initiatives. • Responsible for development and writing diversity marketing plans, policies and procedures for Eastern Region, including Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. Richmond, Charlotte, and Atlanta

What they like about Ameriprise Financial:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Mantas, Lexus Nexus

Skills

Analytical Skills, Team Player, Management Experience, Public Speaking Experience, Problem Solving Skills

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Ameriprise Financial: