The document outlines a typical job description for a financial advisor, detailing key duties, qualifications, and work conditions. It emphasizes the importance of generating leads, conducting meetings, and providing client service, while also requiring a four-year degree and relevant experience. Additionally, it introduces the KSA (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities) model for setting up job descriptions and offers resources for career development in finance.

1. financial advisor job
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2. Key duties/responsibilities for financial advisor
1. Generating leads through contacting personal networks, generating
referrals, attending local seminars and trade shows, creating workplace
partnerships, advertising, joining networking groups and utilizing web
based marketing venues
2. Scheduling meetings with clients and prospects
3. Conducting meetings with clients/potential clients
4. Analyzing data
5. Proposing strategies and potential solutions
6. Providing ongoing client service to help clients stay on track of their
financial goals

3. Key job qualifications for financial advisor
1. Previous 5 years of work experience in client acquisition, sales, leadership or
entrepreneurial work in a fast paced work environment.
2. Entrepreneurial drive to build your own business by leveraging your personal
network (natural market). Demonstrated ability to generate new clients.
3. Ability to provide information on goal accomplishments, promotions,
commendations and awards, and advanced certifications of a successful career.
4. Ability to build relationships, provide superior customer service, recover from
rejection, learn a complex business, and have the self-discipline to focus on
activities that will drive results.
5. Must not have worked in the Financial Services Industry as a Trainee or Financial
Advisor in the past 10 years.
6. Ability to obtain required securities and state licenses within 150 days of hire.
7. High level of confidence, perseverance and a strong desire to achieve and succeed
in a commissioned sales environment.
8. Four-year college degree from an accredited institution.
9. Outstanding verbal, written and listening communication skills. -Willingness and
desire to be part of a team environment and to learn through a mentoring
relationship.

4. Format for financial advisor job description
A typical job description includes 4
main part as follows:
1. Job information
This part includes: job title, reporting
relationships, department, job
location, manager/supervisor’s title,
job code, purpose and objective of the
job.
2. List of main task
3. Contents of Job Specifications
• Knowledg/education.
• Skill requirements.
• Experience.
• Abilities. Ability include physical
ability, metal ability, aptitudes.
4. Contents of working conditions
• Environmental conditions
• Job hazards / safety
• Machine, tools and equipments

5. KSA model in setting up job description
1. What is KSA model?
KSA model is a competency model of individual. KSA is the same KSAO.
KSA include Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (also called KSAs model) that an
applicant must have to perform successfully in the position.
2. Components of KSA:
Knowledge
• A body of information needed to perform a task.
• For example, Human Resources Knowledge include knowledge of personnel
recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and
negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Skills
• Skills are the proficiency to perform a certain task.
• For example, skill in operating computer peripherals such as printers.
Abilities
• Abilities are an underlying, enduring trait useful for performing tasks.
• For example, oral comprehension – the ability to listen to and understand
information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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development, consulting, communication, clinical research, design, software
development, product development, interior design, web development,
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software, web, clinical, hr, infrastructure, business, erp, creative, ict, hvac,
sales, quality management, uk, implementation, network, operations,
architectural, environmental, crm, website, interactive, security, supply chain,
logistics, training, project management, administrative management…
The above job description also can be used for job title levels: entry level
financial advisor, junior financial advisor, senior financial advisor…