Financial Advisor Trainee in Reno, NV with Northwestern Mutual. This full-time, onsite role pairs comprehensive training and hands-on support with a compensation structure built around commissions, renewals, and KPI bonuses. You will help individuals and businesses build and maintain financial plans while developing the client relationships and planning expertise that support long-term career growth.
Compensation: USD $60,000 to $150,000 per year. Income potential includes weekly KPI bonuses up to $22,000/year, sales commissions and renewal revenues, and additional new-client and client-retention bonuses.
What you’ll do
As a Financial Advisor Trainee, you’ll provide guidance aligned to clients’ goals and visions and translate them into holistic financial solutions. The scope includes planning across investments, insurance, retirement, taxes, estate planning, and more, for both individuals and businesses.
- Deliver expert guidance to meet the comprehensive financial planning needs of individuals and businesses
- Support planning and service areas including retirement planning, insurance and investment services, estate planning, business planning, education funding, and employee benefits
- Consult with clients on financial plans covering investments, insurance, retirement, taxes, business planning, benefits, and related topics
- Build and maintain a client base, keep existing client financial plans up-to-date, and develop a portfolio of new clients on an ongoing basis
- Understand clients’ goals to build holistic financial solutions that support long-term financial success
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
Benefits and support
You’ll have access to a comprehensive set of benefits and resources designed to support your health, financial security, and professional growth.
- Sales commissions and renewal revenues
- Weekly KPI bonuses up to $22,000/year
- New-client and client-retention bonuses
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance
- Company-funded retirement package
- Group life insurance
- Disability income insurance
- Sponsorship and payment for investment and insurance licensing (not a prerequisite for hiring)
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
Career momentum and income potential
The role emphasizes training, support, development, diversity, and fun, along with growth and early leadership tracks. Income potential is directly tied to effort and ambition. Reported figures include:
- Average (Top 25%): Year 1 | $64,000 - $148,000; Year 3 | $126,000 - $276,000; Year 5 | $176,000 - $392,000; Year 10 | $388,000 - $872,000; Year 15 | $662,000 - $1.6M
Location and work setup
- Job type: Full-time
- Work location: In person
- Commute/Location: Reno, NV (onsite)
- Required address: Reno, NV 89501
Northwestern Mutual recognition
- Fortune 500 Ranking: 109
- Top 5 US independent broker-dealer with over $404 billion in AUM
- Glassdoor 2026 Best Places to Work in Finance, Insurance, and Consulting
- Forbes America’s Best Insurance Companies, 2026
- Forbes Best Whole Life Insurance Companies, 2025
- Forbes Best Employers for New Grads 2025
- The Wall Street Journal: Best Whole Life Insurance Companies, 2025
- Fortune “World's Most Admired Companies”
- Training Magazine APEX Award, 2025
- Selling Power Magazine “50 Best Companies to Sell For”
- BusinessWeek Magazine “50 Best Places to Launch a Career”
- Industry-Leading Financial Strength Ratings (A.M. Best: A++, Fitch Ratings: AAA, Standard & Poor’s: AA+, Moody’s Investors Service: Aaa)