Job Description:
Merrill Wealth Management is a leading provider of comprehensive wealth management and investment products and services for individuals, companies, and institutions. Merrill Wealth Management is one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world specializing in goals-based wealth management, including planning for retirement, education, legacy, and other life goals through investment advice and guidance.
Merrill's Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Client Associates help clients pursue the life they envision through a personal relationship with their advisory team committed to their needs. We believe trust comes from transparency. Our trusted advisory teams are equipped with access to the investment insights of Merrill coupled with the banking convenience of Bank of America.
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At Merrill, we empower you to bring your whole self to work. We value diversity in our thoughts, business, and within our employees and clients. Our Wealth Management team represents an array of different backgrounds and bring their unique perspectives, ideas and experiences, helping to create a work community that is culture driven, resilient, results focused and effective.
The Merrill International Division services HNW & UHNW clients that primarily reside in 29 Core and Limited coverage jurisdictions. The International Supervision Managers role is to supervise our International Clients and/or our International Financial Advisors to ensure full compliance with laws, and policies specific to the countries where the Client resides. These managers are client centric leaders in the organization. They are key partners with clients and IFA's in risk management to ensure risk is appropriately managed. The International Supervision Manager is responsible for a variety of supervision, compliance, and risk management functions. Many of these functions are focused on managing risk in client outcomes, partnering with the Regional Managing Director or Market Executive and coaching the Advisors. Their functions are related to the Regional Managing Director's or Market Executive's overall responsibilities for the branch offices delegated to the International Supervision Manager.
Each Market Executive of a NRC Referring Office is supported by on-site MWM OMT and International Supervision Managers. The Market Executive delegates certain supervisory responsibilities of the IWA/IFA activities and business with Non-Resident Clients to International Supervision. The International Supervision Manager operates with minimal guidance, monitors adherence to policies, acts as the independent voice on risk, supports the company's business objectives, and contributes to branch office profitability by influencing IFAs business practices in ways that minimize regulatory, financial and reputational risks. In addition, the International Supervision Manager partners with Centralized Supervision Collectively, the branch and central supervision teams are responsible for ensuring robust supervision is conducted, and ensuring solutions around client needs and concerns are managed in alignment with client goals.
What you'll accomplish
- Manage delegated compliance, administrative and business functions related to the Merrill Wealth Management Market Executive's overall managerial responsibilities for parent and associate offices
- This individual functions independently, or with minimal guidance, but must keep the Market Executive informed on significant matters and must determine when the Market Executive should be directly involved
- Monitor advisor and client activity including financial transactions to ensure compliance with firm and regulatory requirements and minimize risk
- Coach advisors in supporting the company strategy and continuing to grow their businesses.
Responsibilities:
- Performs, monitors, and demonstrates adherence to internal and external standards, policies, laws, rules, and regulations related to client advice and recommendations, sales practice activities, and conduct of market personnel
- Manages day-to-day Financial Advisor (FA) business needs, while ensuring adherence to the bank's compliance policies and procedures
- Coaches FAs, Client Associates (CAs), and other market personnel to drive adherence of policies and procedures related to the sales practice conduct
- Partners with FAs, CAs, and other market personnel to manage risk of business growth initiatives, ensuring alignment with the bank's enterprise risk appetite
Required Qualifications:
- Currently hold SIE, Series 7 AND Series 66 (or Series 63 AND Series 65), Series 9 AND Series 10 (or Series 8) or equivalent licenses
- Series 3, 31 licenses, if warranted
- Minimum of 5+ years professional experience
- Proven ability to manage risk, make sound decisions by having a deep understanding of industry regulations, supervisory requirements, policies/procedures, wealth management concepts, and financial services products
Key Qualifications for the role:
- Ability to speak in terms of client needs and concerns, and coach Financial Advisors on aligning solutions to goals in a suitable and controlled way
- A deep appreciation and understanding of our client centric strategy
- Strong interpersonal skills to provide coaching to Financial Advisors to mitigate risk through segmentation, disciplined investment practices, and documentation
- Strong analytical skills with ability to identify trends, root cause and effects, and implement improved processes to mitigate risk
- Demonstrated strong and effective leadership style through clear communication and collaboration with others, making sound decisions with courage and conviction
- Strong time management and organization skills with the ability to prioritize appropriately
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in the International Market is a plus
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Market Supervision Manager experience, or completion of Merrill's Office Management Team Associate Development Program
Skills:
- Decision Making
- Influence
- Negotiation
- Problem Solving
- Risk Management
- Adaptability
- Business Acumen
- Collaboration
- Oral Communications
- Relationship Building
- Business Operations Management
- Client Solutions Advisory
- Planning
- Talent Development
- Written Communications
Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
Pay Transparency details
US - CA - San Diego - 701 B ST (CA0816)
Pay and benefits information
Pay range
$110,000.00 - $155,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
Benefits
This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.