Senior Advisor, Personal

Job summary

You will develop and maintain business relationships with clients while providing tailored strategic advice to meet their complex needs. Additionally, you will lead sales and service initiatives to boost organizational profitability and represent the unit before decision-making bodies.

Job details

As a senior personal advisor, you help serve, prospect for, solicit, and develop and maintain business relationships with members and clients. You provide service tailored to client needs in accordance with current strategies and practices. You lead clients and practitioners on sales and service development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact multiple business sectors. You take a strategic mindset to boost the organization’s development and profitability while retaining clients and stakeholders and ensuring their satisfaction. You draw on your networking skills and interpersonal savvy to develop and maintain business partnerships with important clients who have complex, diverse needs. Your complex, strategic initiatives require extensive knowledge of sales and service. You analyze highly complex problems and develop and implement personalized solutions tailored to client needs. You serve as specialist and resource person for your unit, members and clients and represent your unit before decision-making bodies. You help represent Desjardins and enter the organization into important agreements with clients. More specifically, you will be required to : Evaluate and act on business and partnership opportunities to boost the organization’s development and profitability Advise members, clients and stakeholders to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic initiatives See to member, client and stakeholder development, retention and satisfaction. Develop retention tactics and strategies Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your specialty area and make recommendations. What we offer* Competitive salary and annual bonus 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement Group insurance including telemedicine Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment *Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria. #LI-Hybrid What you bring to the table Bachelor's degree in a related field A minimum of six years of relevant experience Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered Knowledge of French is required Action oriented, Decision quality, Drive results, Interpersonal Savvy, Persuades Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve. If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask! Trade Union (If applicable) Job Family Member/client sales and service (FG) Unposting Date 2026-09-28

What you’ll do

You will develop and maintain business relationships with clients while providing tailored strategic advice to meet their complex needs. Additionally, you will lead sales and service initiatives to boost organizational profitability and represent the unit before decision-making bodies.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a related field and possess a minimum of six years of relevant experience. Proficiency in French is required, along with strong interpersonal and strategic decision-making skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Annual bonus • 4 weeks of flexible vacation • Defined benefit pension plan • Group insurance • Telemedicine • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses • Telework equipment

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• Sales · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Business development
• Relationship management
• Strategic planning
• Sales
• Client retention
• Networking
• Interpersonal savvy
• Problem solving
• Strategic initiatives
• Financial advisory
• Decision quality
• Drive results
• Persuasion
• Action Oriented
• Sales Prospecting
• Decision Making
• French Language
• Organizational Development
• Persuasive Communication
• Service Development
• Telehealth

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Sales
• Customer Service & Support
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting
• Personal Advisor
• Corporate Development Analyst
• Management and Organization Analysts
• Financial and Investment Analysts