Financial Professional / Fast Track to Executive Partner

New York Life Insurance & Investments
Louisville, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 5/24/2024

NEW YORK LIFE ACCELERATED PATH TO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Are you looking for a job where you can use your experience to propel your career into management? At New York Life, we will invest in you from the start to help you learn and grow as a financial Advisor. First, we’ll train you in valuable skills, such as marketing, business development, and customer relationship management, and provide you with the tools you need to further your career. Then we’ll train you and provide you with access to the tools you need for a career in management.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for people who want to make a lasting impact on the financial well-being of individuals, families, and small businesses—

motivated people who can answer yes to one of the following questions:

  • Do you have 2 years sales or managerial experience in another industry?
  • Have you previously run your own business?
  • Do you have an MBA or other equivalent degree?

In the Accelerated Path to Management Program, you’ll start off as a Financial Advisor, learning how to sell our products, building client relationships, and meeting specific requirements before transitioning into a management role. You’ll then undergo a six-month intensive training program designed to prime you for success as a manager. You will use that experience to understand how to recruit and coach others to success.

What we offer

Your first year

You’ll learn firsthand about a financial Advisor's role and day-to-day work by working as a Financial Advisor for the first year of your career journey with New York Life. We will provide you with complete training, access to digital tools, and a comprehensive product suite.

Training and resources

You will receive top-notch training that will give you an understanding and appreciation for the strength and value of New York Life. Beyond this training and support, New York Life will provide access to the resources you need to succeed day-to-day, including experts on hand to answer your questions and a suite of digital sales, prospecting and marketing tools that will help you attract and retain your clients with web, social and email content.

Product Solutions

You will learn about our robust products and services that can help clients and their families achieve their financial goals. Together with its subsidiaries, New York Life provides a range of competitive insurance and financial products, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, and investment products such as mutual funds through our broker-dealer, NYLIFE Securities LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. You will be required to hold securities licenses and FINRA registrations and affiliate with NYLIFE Securities as a registered representative before you can offer investment products.

How we will compensate you

When you begin with New York Life as a financial Advisor, you will receive income that is commission-based. If after 12 months you meet the minimum requirements and approvals to become an Associate Partner, you will receive a salary. You’ll have significant income potential because our field managers’ compensation is directly aligned with their recruiting performance and the production level of their team of financial professionals. The average income among our 586 Managers at all levels in 2023 was $270,890 plus you will be eligible for additional compensation related to the agents you recruit and develop (“R&Ds”). R&Ds are additional compensation that is designed to increase your income and to reimburse for any reasonable and necessary expenses we do not otherwise reimburse. You will also be eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits, life, long-term disability, and accidental death and dismemberment coverages, a pension plan,4 and a 401(k) savings plan. New York Life will value and reward your hard work and success.

LICENSED FINANCIAL ADVISOR / AGENT

Are you a leader who has the following traits?

  • Competitive
  • Entrepreneurial
  • Coachable
  • Communicative
  • Self-disciplined
  • Authentic

If yes, consider becoming an insurance agent to drive positive impact in the lives of families every day. At New York Life, you’re in control of your career journey. Backed by a Fortune 100 company that is a leader in the financial services industry, New York Life will invest in you from the start, training you in valuable skills such as marketing, customer relationship management (CRM) and communication, and providing you with a development team and sales support to guide your success.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for people who want to make a lasting impact on the financial well-being of individuals, families and small businesses. This is not just a sales job—it’s a career with purpose and opportunity. You’ll provide peace of mind to your clients while helping them navigate challenges that many of them find complex and confusing, such as preparing for retirement and saving for college. As an insurance agent, you will have the opportunity to see the positive impact of your work for years to come. You will grow personally and professionally along with your clients.

What we offer

Training and development

We’ll equip and train you with a multi-faceted approach that includes an industry-leading learning platform, personalized coaching from dedicated training professionals and the ability to obtain industry professional designations. We are so committed to training that we’ll subsidize it in your first two years, providing you with additional funds to help keep you on your feet while you complete our training program and grow your business. You’ll also get rewarded and acknowledged with sales incentives and professional development trips for our top performing insurance agents.

Digital tools

Beyond this training and support, New York Life will equip you with the tools you need to succeed day-to-day, including experts on hand to answer your questions and a suite of digital sales, prospecting and marketing tools that will help you attract and retain your clients with web, social and email content.

Products and solutions

Together with its subsidiaries, New York Life provides a range of products, including life insurance, annuities, long term care insurance, disability income insurance and investment products such as mutual funds through our broker-dealer arm NYLIFE Securities LLC (member of FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency, ensuring that the solutions you develop with your clients can help them and their families achieve their financial goals. You’ll also be able to specialize and gain expertise in different areas, such as by becoming a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our investment advisory division to offer wealth management and advisory services, estate planning strategies and business solutions.

Human guidance

When you join New York Life, you’re joining a strong team with peer-to-peer support options like study groups, mentorship and other opportunities to engage with your fellow insurance agents.

How we will compensate you.

You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation. Across our diverse agent population of nearly 12,000 agents, the average income in 2023 was $116,351.3 Individual agent performance will determine their income. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) and pension.

About New York Life

New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for over 175 years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on long-term success for our clients. To prepare for the future, we are constantly innovating and looking ahead to find more ways to increase value for our clients

Awards & Accolades

We’re proud of our financial strength.

  • A Superior (A.M. Best)
  • AAA Exceptionally Strong (Fitch)
  • Aaa Exceptional (Moody’s)
  • AA Very Strong (Standard & Poor’s)

We’re proud of our position in the industry.

  • New York Life named a 2021 “Elite Gold Organization” by Chief Learning Officer magazine7
  • Training Magazine’s Training Top 100 for 20218 We’re proud to be recognized by organizations that also value diversity.
  • Human Rights Campaign: 2022 Corporate Equality Index
  • Forbes 2022: America’s Best Employers for Diversity
  • Latino Leaders 2022 Best Companies for Latinos to Work We’re proud of the help we’ve provided and continue to provide our clients.
  • 5.5 million LIVES PROTECTED. Includes all owners of individual life insurance and annuity policies
  • $938 million LIFETIME ANNUITY INCOME PAID. Includes all payouts on individual income annuity products.
  • $4.9 billion IN LIVING BENEFITS AWARDED. Includes life and annuity cash value accumulation and qualifying policy dividends paid. Dividends are not guaranteed.
  • Over $1.1 trillion LIFE INSURANCE PROTECTION IN FORCE. Includes term, whole, and universal life.

New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $62,475.00 - $250,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus opportunities
  • Commission pay

Weekly day range:

  • Monday to Friday

Work setting:

  • In-person
  • In the field
  • Office

Application Question(s):

  • Do you currently hold any Insurance or Investment Licenses?

Education:

  • Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

  • Sales: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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