Wintrust Wealth Management serves the financial needs of private clients, including high net worth individuals, business owners, and institutions. Since our founding in 1931, we have been helping clients meet their increasingly complex financial goals with the highest standards of service and integrity. Through our four companies, Wintrust Investments LLC, The Chicago Trust Company N.A., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, and The Chicago Deferred Exchange Company LLC, we offer comprehensive wealth management solutions, including investment, trust, and asset management services. Wintrust Wealth Management is a division of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $50 billion in assets.

One of the largest and most established Chicago-based wealth management firms, Wayne Hummer Investments, LLC, seeks a Financial Associate professional to join our sales team to provide sales and administrative support for our Financial Advisor located in Appleton, Wisconsin. Responsibilities: Provide a full range of services including answering client inquiries for account and portfolio information and handling client requests, acting as the point person for client-related issues. Responsibilities include opening and maintenance of client accounts, handling account paperwork, client correspondence, trade execution, asset movement, report generation, cost basis evaluations, and other account related activities. Possess relationship management skills and cultivate a service environment targeted towards enhancing the client experience. Thorough understanding of a client service environment is required. Analyze/prob

Registered Financial Associate

Wintrust Wealth Management serves the financial needs of private clients, including high net worth individuals, business owners, and institutions. Since our founding in 1931, we have been helping clients meet their increasingly complex financial goals with the highest standards of service and integrity. Through our four companies, we offer comprehensive wealth management solutions, including investments, trust, asset management, and 1031 exchange services. Wintrust Wealth Management is a division of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $36 billion in assets.

Wintrust Investments, LLC, seeks a full-time Registered Financial Associate professional to provide sales and administrative support to a Sales team located in our Chicago loop office.

Responsibilities:

• Provide a full range of services including answering client inquiries for account and portfolio information and handling client requests, acting as the point person for client-related issues.
• Responsibilities include opening and maintenance of client accounts, handling account paperwork, client correspondence, trade execution, asset movement, report generation, cost basis evaluations, and other account related activities.
• Possess relationship management skills and cultivate a service environment targeted towards enhancing the client experience. Thorough understanding of a client service environment is required.
• Analyze/problem solving, both independently and with the advisors/consultants.
• Monitor/escalate service issues to ensure a high quality response to clients.

• Possess knowledge on a wide array of financial products and services.
• Other duties, as they arise.

Requirements/Qualifications:

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  Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook; knowledge of First Clearing system, Morningstar, and Bloomberg desirable.
• Customer service experience in financial industry strongly preferred.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

We provide an engaging, dynamic work environment, and an excellent compensation package which includes 401k, an employee stock purchase plan, medical/dental insurance, life insurance, and more!

EOE. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. We request applicants refrain from disclosing current or historical compensation information during the recruitment process; any disclosed detail will not be taken into account as applicants are considered for employment.

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.