National Sales Consultant - Insurance

Apply to join our Insurance National Sales Desk, a fast-paced and exciting group that serves as the foundation of the sales organization. Help advisors make informed recommendations, build your soft and hard skills, and build a reputation and momentum for a future on a team with strong upward mobility for high performers. This team is best for those with strong verbal communication skills, a passion for learning, and an interest in learning how to position insurance in the modern financial planning environment.

As an Insurance National Sales Associate, you will promote RiverSource insurance products with Ameriprise Financial advisors, primarily via an inbound phone queue. You will also make selective proactive outbound calls. Using discretion and judgment, through a quality sales call conversation, associates will match insurance product solutions to client's needs and goals. This is a first step into a career as a wholesaler.

If you are located close to our Minneapolis Headquarters, hybrid flexibility is offered (three days in office). Remote work is considered for qualified candidates.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn and become an expert in RiverSource insurance products and strategies. Build and maintain relationships with the wholesaling team. Engage with Ameriprise advisors to learn how RiverSource annuity solutions fit into the financial planning process.

• Answer calls via an inbound phone queue. Answer questions about our product line up. Use effective questioning to match our product solutions to client’s retirement and legacy needs. Run illustrations and product proposals and teach advisors how to use these tools to present our solutions to their clients. Follow up as needed to assist in closing the business and finding new opportunities.

• Partner with wholesaling teams to identify proactive callout opportunities and determine desired outcomes. Examples include driving event attendance, notifying advisors of updated licensing requirements, and other ways to assist wholesaling teams.

• Pass all required exams and keep current on all FINRA and state insurance training and CE requirements.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Active Series 6

• State Securities agent registrations (Series 63)

• Resident State Insurance Licenses (Variable, Health & Life)

• If licenses are not actively held, they must be obtained within 120 days of start date. If multiple exams are required, will be done consecutively with an additional 90-day window after successfully passing each exam).

• Ability to build strong relationships

• Excellent communication and influencing skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of insurance products

• Experience in the financial services industry, financial sales, or financial wholesaling

• Ability to work on a sales and results driven team

• Effective presentation skills

About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of 2024. With our team of more than 20,000 people in 20 countries, we advise, manage and protect assets and income of more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

The estimated base salary for this role is $49,000 / year + variable commission targets. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances. Closing Date: 06/16/2025Full timeNon-ExemptSalesINSUR Insurance