Senior Product Specialist, Retail Sales - Canva...
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) is owned by Franklin Templeton, a dynamic firm that spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, giving us many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. With clients in over 150 countries and offices on six continents, you'll get exposed to different cultures, people, and business development happening around the world.O'Shaughnessy Asset Management (OSAM) operates independently as a Specialist Investment Manager and is a research and money management firm based in Stamford. Our approach to managing money is transparent, logical, and completely disciplined, leading to long-standing relationships with our clients. We are a leading provider of Custom Indexing services via CANVAS®. CANVAS® is a platform offering financial advisors an unprecedented level of control and ease in creating and managing client portfolios in separately managed accounts (SMAs). Advisors can set up custom investment templates, access factor investing strategies, utilize passive strategies, actively manage taxes, and apply ESG investing and SRI screens according to the specific needs, preferences, and objectives of individual clients.For more firm information, please visit is the Senior Product Specialist responsible for?The primary role of the Senior Product Specialist is sales growth within the Central Division. This is achieved by:
- Partnering with the Franklin Templeton generalist sales team to sell to Wirehouse, Independent, Bank and Regional financial advisors
- Being an expert on direct indexing and custom indexing
- Effectively collaborating with other members of the OSAM Client Service, Portfolio Management, Operations, Tech and Relationship Management teams
- Demonstrated success selling to financial advisors
- Excellent communicator including comfort with main stage presentations
- Deep understanding of direct and custom indexing and the competitive landscape
- Comfortable working with and explaining advanced technological solutions
- Passion for collaborating with financial advisors and working to improve their businesses
- Keen curiosity and ability to understand details of investment processes and practices
- Experience with SMAs
- Effective facilitator of innovation
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team.
- Preferred location is major city within the Central US (Chicago, etc.)
- Travel expectations of 25-50%