The posting
Symetra has an exciting opportunity to join our Individual Life Insurance Distribution team as an Advanced Markets Consultant!
About the role
As an Advanced Markets Consultant, you will serve as a subject matter expert supporting financial advisors, wealth managers, insurance professionals, and internal sales teams with sophisticated planning strategies for high-net-worth individuals, business owners, executives, and affluent families. You’ll provide technical expertise in estate planning, business succession, executive benefits, charitable planning, retirement distribution strategies, asset protection, and tax-efficient wealth transfer concepts.
The consultant partners with advisors to identify client opportunities, develop customized planning solutions, and support the implementation of advanced insurance and wealth management strategies while maintaining compliance with applicable regulations and company guidelines.
This role also contributes to sales enablement and advisor education by creating and updating advanced markets marketing materials, planning resources, sales concepts, and presentations. The consultant will partner with internal stakeholders to build out advanced planning concepts for the illustration system, helping ensure that complex strategies can be demonstrated clearly, accurately, and practically for advisor and client use.
What you will do
- Provide case consultation and technical guidance for sophisticated planning scenarios involving high net worth individuals, business owners, executives and affluent families.
- Identify planning opportunities and position advanced strategies in a clear and compliant manner.
- Create, update and maintain advanced markets marketing materials, planning resources, sales concepts, presentations, technical guides, case studies, and advisor facing content.
- Ensure materials remain current, accurate, practical, and aligned with applicable product, tax, legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
- Partner with product, sales, technology, illustration, marketing, legal, and compliance teams to help build out advanced planning concepts for the illustration system.
- Translate planning strategies into practical illustration concepts, inputs, assumptions, outputs, and narratives that advisors can use to demonstrate client solutions.
- Develop and deliver training, presentations, planning resources, and case studies that strengthen advisor knowledge and confidence.
- Help simplify complex strategies so they can be more easily understood, illustrated, and implemented.
- Work closely with internal teams to support complex cases, improve advisor experience, enhance marketing resources, and contribute to broader business initiatives involving advanced markets tools, systems, and content.
Why work at Symetra
“We're big enough to make an impact on the country, but small enough to care and know who you are and what you're contributing to the organization. All new ideas are welcome!” Stephanie F., VP Customer Service & Operations
“If you're looking for a place to call home, grow professionally and personally and most importantly, be yourself, Symetra is the right fit.” - Daniel P., Senior Underwriter
What we offer you
We don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.
- Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
- Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
- Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
- Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
- Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview
Compensation
Annual Salary: $87,900 - $146,500 annually plus eligibility for Company Annual Bonus program.
Who you are
- High school diploma required
- College Degree or related work experience required
- 5-8 years of Advanced Markets experience in the Life Insurance industry
- Extensive knowledge of Advanced Planning, wealth transfer strategies and complex client planning through life insurance solutions
- Understanding of illustration concept development and marketing and sales materials generation
- Strong background in project ownership, cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication
We empower inclusion At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We're building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute.
Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspective, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here.
Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we're guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price, we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they're buying, and we design products--and operate our company--to stand the test of time. We're committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom.
For more information about our careers visit: https://symetra.eightfold.ai/careers
Work Authorization Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.
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Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in:
- Disqualification from the recruitment process
- Withdrawal of a job offer
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