Genworth Financial Asset Management Product Specialist recruitment

About Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc.
Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc., a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc., is an investment management and consulting firm dedicated to helping financial advisors build great businesses. We provide a comprehensive fee-based investment management platform, robust client relationship management tools and industry-recognized practice management programs to over 6,000 advisors with over $20 billion in assets under management. Through innovative, growth-oriented initiatives, we continue to expand our services, and are making rapid progress toward our goal of becoming the top firm in our industry. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Phoenix, Chicago and several locations in southern California, we serve advisors across the United States.

About Genworth Financial, Inc.
Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) is a leading Fortune 500 insurance holding company dedicated to helping people secure their financial lives, families and futures. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, Genworth has approximately 6,400 employees operating through three divisions around the world. For more information on employment opportunities, please visit genworth.com/employment.

Product Specialist II, Genworth Financial Asset Management

The primary responsibility of this position is to communicate the strategies and activities of the Investment Management Department to internal and external audiences. Duties will include presentations at adviser/client meetings, conferences and other structured marketing events. Provide input and feedback regarding marketing collateral and product features. The position will reside within the Investment Department but will have primary responsibilities within the Sales Department. A significant degree of travel will be required.

Internal Responsibilities:
• Training and on-going support of internal wholesalers
• Provide feedback and suggested improvements for marketing collateral
• Collaborate with senior product, marketing and investment personnel in ongoing support of sales and business goals

External Responsibilities:
• Presentations at client/adviser meetings, regional conferences, and targeted wholesaler events.
• Participation in selected sales and product support calls

Basic Qualifications:
• 5-10 years of investment experience within the managed accounts industry
• Advanced degree or industry designations preferred
• Bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited 4-year college or university

Preferred Qualifications:
• Excellent presentation skills with small and large groups of varying investment sophistication
• Experience and capability in generating investment product sales and managing retention efforts
• Tremendous energy, strong reliability, results-oriented and a passion for investments
• Comfortable in an ever-changing environment subject to shifting priorities and task loads
• Should have experience and understanding of asset allocation, active management, global capital markets, performance attribution and the ability to understand and communicate complex investment strategies
• Familiarity with Webinar Technology, Microsoft Applications such as Excel, Outlook, and Word
• Knowledge or experience with analytical tools such as Morningstar, Zephyr etc.
• Familiarity with multi-manager strategy programs

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