Financial Advisor Development Program - July 2025

Your role

Are you passionate about finance and eager to embark on a rewarding career in wealth management? Are you a great listener and clear communicator? Are you someone who is goal-oriented and highly motivated to succeed? Do you hold your SIE or plan to complete your SIE soon? If yes, then we’re looking for someone like you to join our July 2025 Training Program that will prepare you to become a financial advisor.

Your development matters

The UBS Financial Advisor Development Program will offer you the opportunity to:

• develop a strong foundation in customer service, product knowledge, financial markets, financial planning, investment strategies, consultative selling, and wealth management solutions through interactive training sessions, live client interactions, and ongoing learning & development opportunities with experienced leaders
• grow professionally throughout an extensive and structured paid Financial Advisor Development Program
• build and deepen relationships with our existing client base by providing them with an exceptional client experience
• acquire your Series 7 & Series 66 FINRA Licenses
• obtain your Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation, the standard of excellence in financial planning, as part of our tuition reimbursement program
• launch a successful career in a growing wealth management business with strong earning potential and career advancement

Job Responsibilities

• support a wide range of back and front office operational functions that will help you learn how the firm operates and how to effectively serve our clientele
• promptly answer client phone calls, manage all appointments, and outreaches assigned, delivering exceptional service and advice
• collaborate across the firm to solve client inquiries, follow up, and own client requests to ensure positive client outcomes
• understand and adhere to regulatory requirements, compliance, and operational procedures to protect our clients
• build and maintain strong relationships with clients through deeper conversations to identify opportunities that lead to more holistic client experiences
• deepen existing client relationships by conducting discovery conversations, implementing UBS’s digital planning tools, and delivering expert financial advice, including portfolio management, asset allocation, and investment selection
• participate in development workshops that include interactive training sessions, live client interactions, and ongoing learning & development opportunities with experienced leaders

Your team

The UBS Wealth Advice Center is a UBS branch located in Weehawken, NJ and Charlotte, NC committed to providing advice and guidance to Emerging Affluent clients through a consistently delivered hybrid digital client experience.

The UBS Wealth Advice Center currently serves over ~200,000 clients. Our clients are served over the phone by a team of more than 300+ professionals including both Financial Advisors and Client Service Associates—who work individually with clients to understand their needs and assist them in achieving their goals.

The UBS Wealth Advice Center leadership team supports career advancement and internal mobility and will help guide you in your career journey at UBS. All new UBS Wealth Advice Center employees must commit to staying in the WAC for a minimum of three years before becoming eligible to transfer to another role internally.

Your expertise

• you will need to have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2025 graduates welcome
• SIE required to be completed 30 days prior to joining UBS
• Series 7, and Series 66 will need to be obtained within 150 days of employment (Series 66 may be completed prior to start, highly recommended)
• background in business administration, wealth management, financial planning, or finance (preferred)
• completion of coursework on financial planning through a CFP Board Registered Program (preferred)

You are:

• investment savvy with a foundational understanding of financial markets
• passionate about financial planning and wealth management solutions
• someone who champions a client centric culture
• empathetic and curious
• goal-oriented and highly motivated to succeed
• personable and professional
• an excellent communicator with strong verbal and written skills, including active listening
• able to work well in a collaborative environment
• an individual who is capable of receiving and implementing feedback to better oneself