Institutional Sales Associate

Ameriprise Financial - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

10,001+ employees

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

Central resource for the Institutional Sales team; based on assigned territories, to support the Senior Sales Staff and sales leadership. Duties include territory and competitive analysis, meeting preparation and follow-up, RFP review, research active leads, identify new sales opportunities, and support prospect interaction to allow for max time in field. While primarily an internal support role for the Senior Sales Staff, this role will also be asked to represent the firm at conferences and events and may be externally facing at times which requires interpersonal skills, industry knowledge, and a passion for the asset management business.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with sales, Cr, investment teams, marketing, product managers and other subject matter experts to draft content for both internal and external meetings and follow-up.
• Prepare competitive analysis and briefing documents, review RFPs & Databases, create and finalize agendas and request custom materials.
• Attend and participate in internal & external meetings as necessary and appropriate.
• Develop and execute strong territory management plans, research active leads, opportunities and searches, identify new sales opportunities, design supporting content as needed.
• Analyze data and drive analytics to sales/product conclusions and expeditiously resolve inquiries to maximize territory managers' time in the field.
• Coordinate with internal partners to prepare presentation content, competitive analysis and custom materials for prospect meetings.
• Plan and manage calling programs to maximize pipeline build in a collaborative manner across teams.
• Maintain sales reports and sales reporting templates, clean up sales records, drive CRM report development and maintenance.
• Develop and maintain data-driven analytical dashboard, territory and metrics report suite as needed, and respond to distribution reporting requirements as requested by leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (4-years)
• 3 - 5 years relevant Experience
• Series 7, and state securities agent registration (Series 63 or Series 66) or the ability to obtain within a defined period of time
• Series 3 or the ability to obtain within a defined period of time

Nice-to-haves

• 3 years' experience within investment management industry.
• Ability to analyze data and drive analytics to sales/product conclusions.
• Familiarity with CRM systems and data warehouses, particularly Salesforce and eVestment.
• Ability to navigate complex systems, statistical and coding skills (i.e. Excel Macros).
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Prior experience working within a distribution team, ideally, institutional. Progress toward MBA or CFA a plus.