Certified Financial Advisor

Charlotte, NC March 26, 2026 Full Time Workday
Join Vanguard as a Certified Financial Advisor in Charlotte, NC Are you a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) looking for a rewarding career with a leading financial institution? Vanguard is seeking Certified Financial Advisors to join our team in Charlotte, NC. With competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a supportive, inclusive environment, Vanguard is the perfect place to grow your career. By applying to this role, you will be considered for the Certified Financial Advisor and Senior Certified Financial Advisor opportunity.   As a Vanguard Advisor, You Will: Establish, grow, and maintain long-term relationships with clients. Partner with investors to help them plan their financial goals. Provide disciplined investing approaches, tax management strategies, and additional financial planning support. Develop personalized investment strategies and deliver financial planning guidance for the moments that matter. Why You’ll Love Working Here: Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy a harmonious balance between your professional and personal life while making a meaningful impact on our clients' financial well-being. Professional Growth: Benefit from a workplace that prioritizes your professional development. Inclusive Environment: Thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone is given a chance to succeed. Compensation and Benefits: At Vanguard, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the impact of your contributions. Beyond your competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial, health, and overall well-being. Performance Bonus: We reward your hard work and dedication with opportunities for performance bonuses. Partnership Plan: Our Partnership Plan is an annual cash award tied to our collective company performance and client outcomes. When we succeed together, we all share in the rewards. Merit-Based Salary Increases: Your achievements and contributions are recognized through merit-based salary increases. To learn more about our benefits, visit: https://www.vanguardjobs.com/benefits-rewards/ Qualifications: Certified Financial Planner® designation required. Series 7, 63 or 66 (or ability to acquire within 3 months of assuming position). Five years of advisory experience, specifically in advice planning, book of business management, and relationship management. Shown experience managing a book of business with a track record of client satisfaction and loyalty. Apply trust and estate planning knowledge to help preserve client’s wealth. In-depth knowledge of financial planning, investment strategies, and industry regulations. Positive and resilient change agent while fostering collaboration as both a peer and business partner. Special Factors: Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. Relocation available to those who qualify. We follow a hybrid working model where we are in the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and work remotely Monday and Friday.   Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and join Vanguard's team of dedicated financial advisors! Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. About Vanguard At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best. How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience. Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests. This website uses "cookies" to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers placed on your computer or device. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site and services. The cookies are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. To accept cookies you can continue browsing as normal. Or you can go to our Privacy Policy to read more information and learn how to change your preferences.
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  • The Vanguard Group is the world's second-largest asset manager with ~$10T AUM and ~21,000 employees, headquartered on a 100-acre wooded campus at 100 Vanguard Boulevard in Malvern PA, with major U.S. offices in Charlotte NC, Phoenix AZ, and Scottsdale AZ, plus international offices in London, Melbourne, Mexico City, and Shanghai.
  • Vanguard is mutually owned by its own funds (and through them by the funds' investors) — there is no IPO, no parent company, no founding family equity stake, and no external shareholder. This structure is the source of the firm's roughly 0.07 percent average expense ratio and is referenced in nearly every internal cultural conversation. Engaging with this structure understandingly is the single biggest cultural-fit signal you can send.
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