Financial Advisor: Training Provided & Career Changers Encouraged

Northwestern Mutual

Launch Your Career with Purpose at Northwestern Mutual

At Northwestern Mutual Financial Advisors strive to understand their clients' goals and visions to uncover financial solutions that put them on a path to achieve their financial objectives. As you build your financial planning practice, you bring together the right insurance and investment strategies for clients to guide them every step of the way. Our Advisors are emerging professionals who come from varying backgrounds and experiences to build rewarding practices and relationships with their clients.

Northwestern Mutual is more than a job, it’s a chance to build a business you believe in, with a team who believes in you. Whether you’re a former athlete, a student leader, or someone who thrives in competitive environments, this could be the career that matches your ambition.

Join the Best: #1 Growth Office in the company nationwide for new advisor and veteran Advisor growth and development

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Who We’re Looking For

Are you a recent college graduate ready to make a big impact?

Did you balance a packed schedule with sports, internships, leadership roles, or work?

Have you always been self-motivated, entrepreneurial minded, and eager to grow?

If this sounds like you, you might be a perfect fit.

At Northwestern Mutual, we’re seeking ambitious early-career professionals with backgrounds in:

  • College athletics or competitive sports
  • Business or sales internships
  • Student leadership roles or entrepreneurial ventures
  • Family business or small business environments

It is not required to have industry experience or a degree in finance. Some of our top advisors started with no financial background, but what they had was grit, discipline, and the ability to connect with people. We provide all the training and mentorship to help you succeed.

What You’ll Do as a Financial Advisor

  • Develop Comprehensive Solutions: Understand clients' goals to create comprehensive financial plans, including retirement, insurance, investments, estate planning, and more, while enhancing their financial literacy for long-term security.
  • Build Your Practice: Enjoy autonomy and flexibility in establishing your own business within a successful framework of support including network of specialists, paid training, and mentoring. You're in business for yourself, but not by yourself.
  • Impact Lives: Achieve personal satisfaction through meaningful client relationships that emphasize integrity, while offering personalized solutions to protect and grow assets.
  • Grow Sustainably: Establish a book of business through organic, sustainable, client-focused growth by building rapport, maintaining communication, and fostering long-term relationships.
  • Leverage Expertise: Utilize Northwestern Mutual's products and market insights, backed by a strong team, to address individual client needs effectively.

We Offer You

  • Nationally ranked training programs to launch your career
  • Mentorship and professional development training throughout your entire career
  • Development stipends and expense allowance
  • Sponsorship of Licensing/Credentialing (SIE/Series 6/Series 63, Life & Health Ins)
  • Leadership opportunities
  • Leading industry products and solutions built on an integrated technology platform
  • Comprehensive benefits: Health, dental, vision, group life, disability, parental leave, retirement plan
  • A culture that promotes diversity, teamwork, work/life balance, recognition and rewards
  • A rewarding career, with extraordinary income potential and a variable compensation model including recognition and bonuses, where hard work directly relates to your sales results

https://www.northwesternmutual.com/office/or/portland/87822542

What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Strong communication skills
  • A self-starter mindset with resilience and discipline
  • Sales, leadership, or client-focused experience is a plus through internships, athletics, or campus involvement
  • Willingness to commute to Portland, Lake Oswego, or Vancouver, WA

Job Type: Full-Time | In-Person

Location: Portland, OR | Lake Oswego, OR | Vancouver, WA

Compensation package Income Potential Year 1: $80,000 - $200,000+ (uncapped commissions + bonuses)

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Group Life and Disability income insurance
  • Parental leave
  • Retirement plan
  • Professional development assistance

Education: Bachelor's (Required)

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