Career, Scope and Opportunities in Financial Advisor

By | October 12, 2020
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Financial Advisor

Typically, a financial advisor offers or sells you services or products. The job goes by a lot of names, including financial planner, financial advisor and personal financial consultant, but it’s rarely called what it typically is: financial products sales. A financial planner helps people to choose investments, insurance and other financial products. They counsel for retirement planning, college funding, and estate planning and general investment analysis.

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Key to Success

To be successful as Financial Advisor you should have/ develop:

  •   Ability to communicate well
  •   Aptitude for mathematics
  •   Ability to analyze, compare and interpret facts and figures quickly
  •   Analytical mind
  •   Self-starter
  •   Power of logical reasoning

Scope and Opportunities

Opportunities in Financial Planning are expected to grow faster in future. As per the changing demands of people, planners have to study the various newer areas in this field.

Lifestyle & Social Status

  • It’s an Indoor as well as outdoor job.
  • Just like other professionals like doctors and lawyers Financial Planners are also considered professional
  • Better social status by joining the league of professionals
  • One of the high paid jobs

Job Profile

Financial Planners job is to listen, understand client’s situation and find out the proper solution.

Tasks vary depending on the role but typically involve:

  • Study and research on marketplace, providers of financial products and give updates of new financial products to clients
  • Analyze information and prepare plans, best suited to individual clients’ requirements
  • Design financial strategies
  • Promote and sells financial products to meet sales targets
  • Stay up to date with financial products and legislation
  • Study, in-depth reviews of clients’ financial conditions, current provision and future aims
  • Conduct workshops and seminars on financial planning

Skill Sets

  • Good written & oral communication
  • Problem solving
  • Computer skills

Work Value

  • Accuracy
  • Persistent
  • Decision Making

Current Job Scenario

  • Trainees and executives with wealth managers, banks and product distributors can earn Rs. 2-3 lakh per annum
  • Sales manager, Relationship manager, wealth manager having 2-3 years of experience can earn Rs. 4-7 lakh per annum
  • Retirement specialist, tax specialist and business or regional heads can earn above Rs. 10 lakh per annum

Top Recruiters

  • Financial Institutions
  • All Mutual Fund Companies

 Course Synopsis

Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Course Options

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER MBA Finance

Academic Eligibility

Class 10+2  Pass Any Graduate

Fees

Rs. 30,000 per annum inclusive coaching and exam Rs. 4lakhs to Rs. 8lakhs
Expenditure in Metro and Tier-1 Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs
Expenditure in Tier-2 Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs

Duration

5-6 months 2 Years

Mode

  Full Time

Entrance Exam

  CAT, XAT, MAT/ State/Institute level entrance exam

Specialization

   

Education Loan

   

Scholarships

   


Career prospect

  1. Equality trader
  2. Financial manager
  3. Fund manager
  4. Investment banker
  5. Risk manager
  6. Stockbroker
  7. Tax examiner/revenue agent
  8. Personal financial adisor

Exam

  • CFP Exam

Success stories

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4d9q492qgM
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0DwtfnYDRU
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ztVOMsKKk
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQ4D5PBkUc
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwAcRYKfYhg
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr6MMsoWAog
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