Financial Advisor

Wilmington Trust
  • Fairfield, Connecticut
    20 days ago

    Job Description

    Financial Advisor (Greater Bridgeport Market)

    -Bridgeport, CT & surrounding area

    Build your book with a strong referral network.

    M&T Bank is hiring a Financial Advisor to grow and manage a book of business in the Bridgeport market. This role offers access to a robust referral network across Retail, Business Banking, and Wealth partners—giving you the opportunity to focus on what you do best: building relationships and delivering advice-based solutions.

    What You’ll Do:

    • Build and grow a book of business through referrals, new client development, and a defined territory of retail branch partnerships across the Bridgeport market

    • Deliver personalized investment and insurance solutions aligned to client goals

    • Partner with branch, business banking, and wealth teams to generate consistent opportunities

    • Conduct portfolio reviews and recommend tailored strategies to grow and protect assets

    • Manage the full client lifecycle—from discovery to long-term relationship management

    What You Bring:

    • 4+ years of investment and/or insurance sales experience

    • Proven track record growing client relationships and assets under management

    • Strong business development and networking skills

    • Ability to work independently while leveraging internal partnerships

    Education and Experience Required:

    • Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years' sales, sales administration, financial services, and/or retail banking experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 6 years' higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 2 years' sales, sales administration, financial services, and/or retail banking experience

    Licenses Required:

    • Series 7, 63, and 65 or 66

    • Life/Variable Insurance license

    Why Join M&T:

    • Established referral network to accelerate your book growth

    • Access to a broad suite of investment and insurance solutions

    • Collaborative, relationship-driven environment

    • Opportunity to build a scalable, long-term practice

    About Wilmington Advisors @ M&T:
    Wilmington Advisors @ M&T is a brand name used by LPL representatives to offer securities, advisory, and insurance services and is not a separate legal entity. Registered representatives of LPL using the Wilmington Advisors @ M&T name are employees of M&T Bank. LPL and its affiliates are entities separate from, and not affiliates of, M&T Bank.

    M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. Compensation for this role is based on commission - a draw will be advanced. The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

    Location

    Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationFairfield, Connecticut

    Skills

    • Asset Managementunmatched
    • Banking Servicesunmatched
    • Business Bankingunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Financial Planningunmatched
    • Financial Servicesunmatched
    • Higher Educationunmatched
    • Insuranceunmatched
    • Insurance Salesunmatched
    • Life Insuranceunmatched
    • Relationship Managementunmatched
    • Retailunmatched
    • Retail Bankingunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Administrationunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched

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