Advisors Alliance – Graduate Management Associate

A Manager Aspirant is required to interact with clients for most part of his/her day and so good communication and presentation skills are a prerequisite for the job. This job also requires thorough financial and sector knowledge in order to provide sound and reliable advice to clients. The major skills and competencies that employers look for are:

Excellent communication and listening skills

Confidence and Presentation skills

Understanding and interest in financial / banking products and markets

Ability to analyze and research information

Ability to explain complex information clearly and simply

Good sales and negotiation skills

As such, selected candidates will go through comprehensive training with proper 1 to 1 mentorship.

Training starts early, and this begins when potential candidates are selected to attend courses, Power Evolution Programmes, so as to gain an understanding of full range of products even before they are contracted.

Following which, all new associates will go through a 90-day training programme conducted by Advisors Alliance. This course will enable them to cultivate a good habit of starting the day early and will provide them with a platform to discuss their daily activities with the managers that are coaching them. New candidates will share ideas and experiences in prospecting for clients, as well as problems faced during appointments. During these 90 days, they will also go through coaching sessions and the Kick-Start programmes.

Kick-Start programmes further equip new associates with essential skills, such as cold calling, prospecting, presentation, obtaining referrals, objections handling and after sales service. Coaching sessions are conducted by Charles Lim and other experience mentors and will be done as individual sessions or small group sessions. New associates must meet the minimum requirement of having eighty per cent attendance and specific sales targets during the 90 days before they can complete and 'graduate'. At graduation, they will be presented with a specially tailored jersey to mark their milestone.

The training will expose the candidates to the financial services industry of Singapore. 

On top of the above examination, candidates will be given training on the following

1) Financial Portfolio Analysis and Design
2) Corporate Risk Management
3) Client Acquisition and Client Servicing
4) Wealth and Asset Management 

Upon the successful completion of the training phase, the candidates will move on to the consultancy phase. They will be required to work together with the consultants to come up with appropriate solutions to address the clients needs and concerns. This can include either wealth accumulation or personal risk management solutions. It can include advising SMEs on their business portfolios. 

Candidates will also be required to submit a weekly report of their learnings throughout their training stint and a final report upon the completion of the training.
What We Offer

At Advisors Alliance Group, we are keenly aware of the differences between a merely perfunctory employee and an outstanding financial advisor. Our goal is to provide each and every advisor under our wing with the superior support and resources needed to realize their full potential in the shortest possible timeframe.

Mediocrity is not part of our vocabulary, and our financial advisors expect and enjoy world-class resources, support and training.

We Are The Premier Choice For A Financial Advisory Career

The success of a financial advisor hinges not only on his or her motivation but also on the resources at his or her disposal. The choice of which team to join is one that bears profoundly on a financial adviser’s progress in the industry.

With an exceptional track record and consistently outstanding results, Advisors Alliance Group is the first choice of aspiring financial advisers. We are consistently ranked as one of the top-performing groups in the Financial Industry. AAGroup was named market leader in 2013- 2015 and continues to offer some of Singapore’s most popular financial solutions on the market.

Remarkable Accessibility of Support

Complete accessibility of support from all levels of management is a hallmark of our approach, and one of the reasons our financial advisers achieve such consistently strong results.

We empower our financial advisers no matter how new they might be by ensuring there are no hierarchical boundaries to hamper their development. Support is readily obtained from all leaders regardless of their level of seniority, and corporate staff are on hand to assist each and every adviser.

Our Business Initiatives Help To Foster Client Relationships

One of every new financial adviser’s key concerns is building strong business relationships with clients.

We work with a range of experienced collaborators to provide our financial advisors with excellent support services and unconventional business initiatives that hasten the conversion of a stranger into a loyal client.

One example of our dynamic approach is our organisation of client-centric events to enable advisers to foster closer ties with their clients.

Top-Notch Training Platforms

The early days in a financial adviser’s career can be challenging, and it is important to us to ensure that each new financial adviser receives the best possible training.

The following programmes are open to all existing and new financial advisors:

The Financial Services Induction Programme – a comprehensive overview of the industry and the running of a financial services business unit.

Young Eagles Programme – a course designed to enable brand new financial advisors to hit the ground running in 90 days.

In-House Training Programmes – an ongoing series of programmes to enable financial advisers to continually hone their skills and enhance their knowledge of the financial services industry.

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Focus Group – MDRT is a prestigious association composed of the top 5% of the world’s financial services professionals, and our financial advisers have the opportunity to learn from the cream of the crop.

Training

At Advisors Alliance, we strongly believe in the importance of training our new associates. Training starts early, and this begins when potential associates are selected to attend courses, Power Evolution Programmes, so as to gain an understanding of full range of products even before they are contracted.

Following which, all new associates will go through a 90-day training programme conducted by Advisors Alliance. This course will enable them to cultivate a good habit of starting the day early and will provide them with a platform to discuss their daily activities with the managers that are coaching them. New associates will share ideas and experiences in prospecting for clients, as well as problems faced during appointments. During these 90 days, they will also go through coaching sessions and the Kick-Start programmes.

Kick-Start programmes further equip new associates with essential skills, such as cold calling, prospecting, presentation, obtaining referrals, objections handling and after sales service. Coaching sessions are conducted by Charles Lim and other experience mentors and will be done as individual sessions or small group sessions. New associates must meet the minimum requirement of having eighty per cent attendance and specific sales targets during the 90 days before they can graduate. At graduation, they will be presented with a specially tailored jersey to mark their milestone.

We Develop Well-Rounded Advisors

We encourage our advisers to explore training outside of the industry and business, as we believe that an entrepreneur benefits from breadth of vision.

Overseas trips to learn from our foreign counterparts are encouraged and many of our financial advisers have done exceedingly well in developing and expanding their own business units through the study of other markets.