About this role
Build a career, and a business, that?s yours
More than half of established investment advisors at Canadian investment dealers earn between $500,000 and $2M a year, according to Investment Executive?s 2026 Brokerage Report Card. Every one of them started by building a client base from scratch. This junior investment advisor role gives you the path, the tools and the people to do the same.
It starts with prospecting, every day. If you?re ready for that, this could be the right move for you.
Who we are
We?re Manulife Wealth?s largest office in the country, and we were named Advisory Team of the Year in Canada by Wealth Professional in 2024 and 2025. For over 20 years, we?ve helped entrepreneurs, professionals and families with investment, insurance, tax, corporate structures and estate planning. Today, we have more than $15 billion in assets under administration.
Clear expectations and strong mentors
As a junior investment advisor, your role is clear: prospect entrepreneurs and professionals to book meetings with a senior investment advisor, and prepare the investment portfolio and retirement planning analyses for those files. Alongside that, our coaching program prepares you to become an independent investment advisor as quickly as possible, while making sure you?re ready and fully trained when the time comes.
- Business development: you learn how to prospect effectively using our proven methods and databases, and how to close, turning a meeting into a new client.
- Client management: you build the technical skills of the job on real files: retirement planning, investment portfolio management, tax, insurance, corporate structures and estate planning.
- Mentorship: weekly coaching from some of Canada?s top-performing investment advisors, and day-to-day support from a team that has your back, especially when you?re starting out.
Within 12 to 24 months, the goal is for you to become an independent investment advisor, with your own team and a clientele that belongs to you. And the training doesn?t stop there: it continues throughout your investment advisor career.
What we offer
- A base salary to start, until your recurring commissions exceed it.
- Uncapped, performance-based compensation that follows you from junior investment advisor to investment advisor.
- A rigorous work ethic and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Communication skills, along with the drive to refine them through work with demanding clients.
- Resilience and the ability to perform in a demanding environment.
- Intellectual curiosity and a genuine desire to learn.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to building something lasting.