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We Are Hiring: Financial Relationship Manager “Advisor Assistant”

 

The following position description contains representative examples of work that will be performed in positions allocated to this classification. It is not required that any position perform all the duties listed, so long as primary responsibilities are consistent with the work as described. Roles and responsibilities can often be expanded to accommodate changing business conditions and goals, as well as to tap into the skills and talents of the individuals in the company. Accordingly, associates may be asked to perform duties that are outside the specific functions that are listed.

Please include a cover letter stating why you would be a good fit for this position and for CapSouth Wealth Management. Also, please describe your three most defining characteristics and attributes.

 

CapSouth Wealth Management is a growing Wealth Management company in Dothan, Alabama, with offices in 2 other states, and actively looking to expand.  We are currently looking for an individual who gets excited about taking on challenges and can multitask in a high-demand and fast-paced environment.  The right individual will also embody our core values and thrive on working with a team.  We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and potential for growth.

 

  1. MISSION

The Financial Relationship Manager “Advisor Assistant” acts as the primary point of contact for assigned clients. This individual is responsible for the management and monitoring of the client relationship, ensuring a consistent positive client experience, including working with the team to ensure all commitments are completed and followed through in a timely manner.  This position requires a pro-active approach and ability to independently carry out the duties of the position. The ideal candidate should exhibit high standards, excellent communication skills, good judgment, and ability to take initiative. The ability to effectively manage time and multi-task with attention to detail is critical to this role.  The term Advisor is used in referring to a Managing Director, Senior Wealth Advisor or Wealth Advisor.

 

  1. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Actively participate in all assigned Advisor client meetings
  • Demonstrate the ability to escalate potential client issues to Advisor as appropriate
  • Actively document all notes and action items during client meetings and ensure all commitments made by the Advisor are being completed in a timely manner (this may include personally completing task or assigning task to other team members for completion)
  • Review task assignments for each client and work directly with team members to ensure all follow-up and action items as a result of client meetings are documented in Salesforce and completed within the specified time frame
  • Under the direct oversight of the Advisor, actively engage in Client Case Prep meetings and providing recommendations and feedback relative to the client’s financial plan, as appropriate
  • Responsible for maintaining an ongoing agenda for the next meeting immediately following completion of the current meeting (this agenda should be modified with new information as developed and finalized several days in advance of the next meeting)
  • Create, or assist in creating, presentations, case documentation, and deliverables for all assigned clients
  • Ensure compliance requirements are adhered to
  • Be responsible for the onboarding process for new clients, ensuring all guidelines are adhered to throughout the process
  • Act as the primary point of contact for all client interactions, working with team members to ensure a timely response to all client questions and concerns
  • Establish and maintain positive relationships with existing clients to ensure client satisfaction
  • Constantly seek for ways to improve operations

 

III. POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Experience and Education:

  • A Bachelor’s degree is preferred
  • Prefer 3-5 years working in a Client Service
  • Some knowledge of financial industry preferred
  • Willingness to pursue Series 65 license

 

Skills and Knowledge:

  • Demonstrates analytical ability, good judgment, problem solving, responsibility, personal integrity, and able to deal with confidential information daily
  • A self-starter with a strong sense of ownership, positive professional attitude, and demeanor
  • Must be able to exercise judgment, tact, and diplomacy on behalf of supervisors when dealing with other executives and levels of management
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
  • Experience in Salesforce highly desired
  • Excellent customer service
  • Professional and articulate with strong attention to detail and excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work efficiently, effectively, and independently to see projects through to conclusion
  • Excellent time management, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and anticipate potential problems

 

Core Competencies:

  • Comprehends the extreme confidential nature of the business and exhibits extreme care in handling confidential information
  • Evaluates and assess timely completion of client deliverables, allocation of internal resources, and client liaison
  • Able to interpret and disseminate information, prepare reports, and use of the appropriate mode of communication
  • Orientated to provide excellent Customer / Client service
  • Computer literate – comfortable with technology and the use of standard office programs and networks

 

Benefits include:

  • Off every Friday at 1 pm
  • 401k plan with match, non-elective contribution, and potential for profit-sharing contributions
  • 10.5 annual holidays
  • Paid time off starting at 8 days the first year, increasing to 13 days in year two
  • Great medical benefits (partially subsidized by the company), along with the option to add a supplemental medical coverage, dental, vision, long-term disability, life, and voluntary life

 

Cash Flow Management

Cash Flow Management

 

You’ve probably heard the saying that “cash is king,” and that truth applies whether you own a business or not. Most discussions of business and personal “financial planning” involve tomorrow’s goals, but those goals may not be realized without attention to cash flow, today.

 

Management of available cash flow is a key in any kind of financial strategy. Ignore it, and you may inadvertently sabotage your efforts to grow your company or even build personal wealth.

 

Cash flow statements (CFS) are important for any business. They can reveal so much to the owner(s) and/or CFO, because as they track inflows and outflows, they bring expenditures to light. They denote your sources and uses of cash, per month and per year. Income statements and P&L statements may provide inadequate clues about that, even though they help you forecast cash flow trends.

 

Cash flow statements can tell you what P&L statements won’t. Are you profitable, but cash poor? If your company is growing by leaps and bounds, that can happen. Are you personally taking too much cash out of the business? That may inadvertently transform your growth company into a lifestyle company. Are your receivables getting out of hand? Is inventory growth a concern? If you’ve arranged a loan, how much is your principal payment each month and to what degree is that eating up cash in your business? How much money are you spending on capital equipment?

 

A good CFS tracks your operating, investing, and financing activities. Hopefully, the sum of these activities results in a positive number at the bottom of the CFS. If not, the business may need to change.

 

In what ways can a small business improve cash flow management? There are some fairly simple ways to do it, and your CFS can typically identify the factors that may be sapping your cash flow. You may find that your suppliers or vendors are too costly; maybe you can negotiate (or even barter) with them. Like many companies, you may find your cash flow surges during some quarters or seasons of the year and wanes during others. Maybe you could take steps to improve it outside of the peak season or quarter.

 

What kind of recurring, predictable sales can your business generate? You might want to work on the art of continuity sales – turning your customers into something like subscribers to your services. Perhaps price points need adjusting. As for lingering receivables, swiftly preparing and delivering invoices tends to speed up cash collection. Another way to get clients to pay faster: offering a slight discount if they pay up, say, within a week (and/or a slight penalty to those who don’t). Before you go to work for a client or customer, think about asking for some cash up front (if you don’t do this already).

 

Relatively few small business owners look to home equity as a source of a business loan or a line of credit. Only 7%, in fact, according to the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, only 6% explore a mortgage refinancing. But why are there so few? It could be that the repayment terms might be intimidating as well as the inherent risk of placing your home on the line. That said, it may be a suitable option for some seeking to start a small business.[i]

 

Be that as it may, there is a temptation for an owner of a new venture to get a high-limit business credit card. It might be better to shop for one with cash back possibilities or business rewards in mind. If your business somehow isn’t set up to receive credit card payments, think about how the potential for added cash flow could render the processing fees utterly trivial.1

 

How can a household better its cash flow? One quick way to do it is to lessen or reduce your fixed expenses, specifically loan and rent payments. Another step is to impose a ceiling on your variable expenses (ranging from food to entertainment), and you may also save some money in separating some or all those expenses from credit card use. Refinancing – if you can do it – and downsizing can certainly help. There are many free cash flow statement tools online where you can track family inflows and outflows. (Your outflows may include items like long-term service contracts and installment payment plans.) Selling things you don’t want could make you money in the short term; converting a hobby into an income source or business venture might help in the long term.

 

Better cash flow boosts your potential to reach your financial goals. A positive cash flow can contribute to investment, compounding, savings – all the good things that tend to happen when you pay yourself first.

 

To learn more about CapSouth Wealth Management and the services we provide, call our office at 800.929.1001 or visit our website at www.capsouthwm.com.

 

Investment advisory services are offered through CapSouth Partners, Inc., dba CapSouth Wealth Management, an independent registered Investment Advisory firm. Information provided by sources deemed to be reliable.  CapSouth does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information.  This material has been prepared for planning purposes only and is not intended as specific tax or legal advice.  Tax and legal laws are often complex and frequently change.  Please consult your tax or legal advisor to discuss your specific situation before making any decisions that may have tax or legal consequences.

 

This article contains external links to third party content (content hosted on sites unaffiliated with CapSouth Partners). The policies and procedures governing these third-party sites may differ from those effective on the CapSouth company website, as outlined in these Disclaimers. As such, CapSouth makes no representations whatsoever regarding any third-party content/sites that may be accessible directly or indirectly from the CapSouth website. Linking to these third-party sites in no way implies an endorsement or affiliation of any kind between CapSouth and any third party, including legal authorization to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyrighted materials belonging to either entity.

[i] entrepreneur.com/article/336037

A Bucket Plan for Your Bucket List

The baby boomers redefined everything they touched, from music to marriage to parenting and even what “old” means – 60 is the new 50! Longer, healthier living, however, can put greater stress on the sustainability of retirement assets.

 

There is no easy answer to this challenge, but let’s begin by discussing one idea – a bucket approach to building your retirement income plan.

 

The Bucket Strategy can take two forms.

 

The Expenses Bucket Strategy: With this approach, you segment your retirement expenses into three buckets:

 

*Basic Living Expenses – food, rent, utilities, etc.

 

*Discretionary Expenses – vacations, dining out, etc.

 

*Legacy Expenses – assets for heirs and charities

 

This strategy pairs appropriate investments to each bucket. For instance, Social Security might be assigned to the Basic Living Expenses bucket. If this source of income falls short, you might consider whether a fixed annuity can help fill the gap. With this approach, you are attempting to match income sources to essential expenses.[i]

 

The guarantees of an annuity contract depend on the issuing company’s claims-paying ability. Annuities have contract limitations, fees, and charges, including account and administrative fees, underlying investment management fees, mortality and expense fees, and charges for optional benefits. Most annuities have surrender fees that are usually highest if you take out the money in the initial years of the annuity contact. Withdrawals and income payments are usually taxed as ordinary income. If a withdrawal is made prior to age 59½, a 10% federal income tax penalty may apply (unless an exception applies).

 

For the Discretionary Expenses bucket, you might consider investing in bonds and large-cap stocks that offer the potential for growth and have a long-term history of paying a steady dividend. The market value of a bond will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. If an investor sells a bond before maturity, it may be worth more or less than the initial purchase price. By holding a bond to maturity an investor will receive the interest payments due, plus their original principal, barring default by the issuer. Investments seeking to achieve higher yields also involve a higher degree of risk. Keep in mind that the return and principal value of stock prices will fluctuate as market conditions change. And shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Dividends on common stock are not fixed and can be decreased or eliminated on short notice.

 

Finally, if you have assets you expect to pass on, you might position some of them in more aggressive investments, such as small-cap stocks and international equity. Asset allocation is an approach to help manage investment risk. Asset allocation does not guarantee against investment loss.

 

International investments carry additional risks, which include differences in financial reporting standards, currency exchange rates, political risk unique to a specific country, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets. These factors may result in greater share price volatility.

 

The Timeframe Bucket Strategy: This approach creates buckets based on different timeframes and assigns investments to each. For example:

 

  • 1 to 5 Years: This bucket funds your near-term expenses. It may be filled with cash and cash alternatives, such as money market accounts. Money market funds are considered low-risk securities but they are not backed by any government institution, so it’s possible to lose money. Money held in money market funds is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Money market funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 a share. However, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market fund. Money market mutual funds are sold by prospectus. Please consider the charges, risks, expenses, and investment objectives carefully before investing. A prospectus containing this and other information about the investment company can be obtained from your financial professional. Read it carefully before you invest or send money.
  • 6 to 10 Years: This bucket is designed to help replenish the funds in the 1-to-5-Years bucket. Investments might include a diversified, intermediate bond portfolio. Diversification is an approach to help manage investment risk. It does not eliminate the risk of loss if security prices decline.
  • Over 10 Years: This bucket may be primarily filled with longer term investments such as U.S. and international stocks.

 

Each bucket is set up to be replenished by the next longer-term bucket. This approach can offer flexibility to provide replenishment at more opportune times. For example, if stock prices move higher, you might consider replenishing the 6-to-10-Years bucket, even though it’s not quite time.

 

A bucket approach to pursue your income needs is not the only way to build an income strategy, but it’s one strategy to consider as you prepare for retirement.  To speak to a CapSouth advisor about retirement planning call 800.929.1001 or visit our website at www.capsouthwm.com to learn more about the services we provide.

 

 

Investment advisory services are offered through CapSouth Partners, Inc., dba CapSouth Wealth Management, an independent registered Investment Advisory firm. Information provided by sources deemed to be reliable.  CapSouth does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information.  This material has been prepared for planning purposes only and is not intended as specific tax or legal advice.  Tax and legal laws are often complex and frequently change.  Please consult your tax or legal advisor to discuss your specific situation before making any decisions that may have tax or legal consequences.

 

This article contains external links to third party content (content hosted on sites unaffiliated with CapSouth Partners). The policies and procedures governing these third-party sites may differ from those effective on the CapSouth company website, as outlined in these Disclaimers. As such, CapSouth makes no representations whatsoever regarding any third-party content/sites that may be accessible directly or indirectly from the CapSouth website. Linking to these third-party sites in no way implies an endorsement or affiliation of any kind between CapSouth and any third party, including legal authorization to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyrighted materials belonging to either entity.

[i] https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T037-C000-S002-how-to-implement-the-bucket-system-in-retirement.html

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