Financial Advisor/ Registered Representative

Leighton Investment Services (LIS) is a division of Leighton State Bank (LSB), a locally owned financial institution serving surrounding communities. Since the founding of Leighton Investment Services in 1994, we have been dedicated to educating and assisting our communities as they seek to achieve their financial goals. Whether it's a life-changing event such as retirement or the beginnings of savings plan, we are here to help along the way. LSB/ LIS takes pride in cultivating close relationships with its customers, ensuring exceptional service that meets individual needs.
 

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site position for a Financial Advisor/Registered Representative, based in Pella, Iowa. The role includes providing comprehensive financial planning services, developing customized investment recommendations, and creating strategies to assist clients in meeting their financial goals, including retirement planning. The Financial Advisor/ Registered Representative supports the bank’s Investment Division by delivering high-quality financial planning services, strengthening client relationships, and generating and maintaining quality investment and asset management services. The role combines client advisory work, product knowledge, and ongoing professional development to ensure clients and prospective clients receive trusted, holistic financial guidance aligned with contributions to the bank’s growth objectives and profitability benchmarks within the established regulatory framework.    

Qualifications

A. Education and Experience

• Possess a degree in a field of study preparing a candidate to proficiently perform Financial Advisor duties.
• Will need to obtain and maintain; Series 7 licensing and life / health insurance licensing. Progress toward Certified Financial Planner (CFP) or other advanced credentials is an asset.    
• Ideally individuals will have prior experience in financial planning, investment advisory, or wealth management roles within a bank or financial services environment.

B. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Leadership. Demonstrated influence of positive leadership, confidence and encouragement. Be a respected leader with a clear sense of direction and vision, able to lead in an environment of constant change. Be able to challenge, inspire and motivate a team to achieve high goals.
• Customer Service. Demonstrated use of principles and processes for providing outstanding customer service. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services and evaluation of customer satisfaction. 
• Judgment and Decision Making. Demonstrated ability to systematically consider relative costs and benefits of potential actions; critically analyze related variables; and logically apply reasoning when selecting goals and making plans.
• Communication. Demonstrated use of communication to understand and correctly interpret information and ideas presented through non-verbal, verbal and written modes as well as to convey information and ideas professionally to diverse individuals and groups through presentation of words, actions, and documentation.  
• Sales and Marketing. Demonstrated use of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques and sales control systems. 
• Technology. Demonstrated use of computers, Microsoft Office Suite software, internet and other electronic means to gather and disseminate information; communicate with colleagues and customers; construct and revise Word and Excel documents; and store and retrieve data.
• Economics and Accounting. Demonstrated use of economic and accounting principles/practices, financial market/investment industry analysis and succinct/accurate reporting of financial data.