Careers at GL Advisor

In 2003, a group of Harvard Business School classmates launched Graduate Leverage, LLC (GL), a student run organization with the goal of helping fellow students manage the challenges of student loan debt. Recognizing the opportunity to help professional graduates further lower the cost of their debt through structured repayment strategies, Graduate Leverage launched GL Advisor.

GL Advisor is a unique service designed to help professional graduates navigate financial issues and make better decisions regarding debt in order to build personal wealth and a positive net worth. GL Advisor assists clients with student debt repayment, utilization of federal student debt relief programs, risk management, and other important financial matters that new professionals often face.

Why work at GL Advisor?

GL Advisor, a division of Graduate Leverage, LLC, is poised for growth in the student debt advisory services industry and is actively seeking experienced and entry level professionals to join our growing team. Listed in Inc. Magazine's 2009 "500/5000" list of fastest growing private companies, Graduate Leverage, LLC, regularly seeks new employees to fill our open positions in our Waltham, MA office. The foundation of our business is our commitment and dedication to our professional graduate clients and we strive to hire interested individuals who can help us maintain our founding principles. If you are an energetic individual interested in working for a dynamic and collaborative financial services firm, we are ready to welcome you to the team.

We offer our employees competitive compensation, benefit plans, and a progressive and dynamic work environment.

Interested in learning more about how you can contribute to the success of GL Advisor? Apply for our open positions today!

Current Opportunities

Outside Sales Representative - Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

GL Advisor, a division of Graduate Leverage, LLC (GL), offers a unique service designed to help professional graduates navigate financial issues and make the best decisions regarding their debt and other financial matters. GL is a Boston-based, vertically integrated financial services company founded in 2003. Since its founding, GL has advised over 75,000 graduate students from the nation’s top universities.

GL Advisor is currently seeking sales professionals throughout the U.S. to help sell our ground-breaking advisory services. This is a tremendous opportunity to join a collaborative and dynamic financial services company that was recently listed in Inc. Magazine's 2009 "500/5000" list of fastest growing private companies.

General Duties:

The candidate will be responsible for promoting the GL Advisor service offering both directly and via our channel partners, setting up client appointments, presenting to large audiences, establishing and managing new relationships, and facilitating a highly consultative sale. The candidate will work closely with the executive management team and participate in strategic planning and product development activities. In addition, the candidate will focus on:

Proactively reviewing clients’ current and changing needs to identify and develop new service offerings
Demonstrating involvement in the industry through active membership in financial professional organizations

Requirements:

Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
High energy, positive attitude, and strong leadership abilities
Willingness to travel within assigned territory and to selected conferences and internal meetings
Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently

Qualifications:

Proven track record in a professional sales environment
Financial acumen and/or experience in the financial services industry
Bachelor’s degree required. MBA preferred

To apply, please send cover letter and resume to Shane Becksted

Relationship Manager - Boston (Waltham), MA

Marketing Communications Analyst - Boston (Waltham), MA

GL Advisor is currently seeking a Marketing Communications Analyst who will provide a broad range of communications and marketing support to the organization. This is a tremendous opportunity to be part of a collaborative and dynamic financial services company that was recently listed in Inc. Magazine’s "Fastest Growing Private Companies.”

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Collaborate with marketing, business and technology resources on website content and functional updates. Manage ongoing site updates utilizing a Content Management System (CMS)
Write copy for websites, emails, collateral, advertisements and other related materials
Assist with identifying channels and programs to increase business. Channels may include but aren’t limited to: social media, online advertising and email.
Manage ongoing social media and word of mouth efforts
Develop promotional materials utilizing Adobe InDesign including marketing collateral, print advertisements, etc.
Implement drip marketing campaigns to nurture leads through the sales process
Assist with creating marketing and sales PowerPoint presentations
Support various marketing communication initiatives such as email and partnership campaigns
Other duties as required

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree; Degree in Marketing, Communications, English or Journalism preferred but not required
1-3 years business writing experience preferred (internships included)
Strong writing, editing and grammatical skills with an acute attention to detail
Able to prioritize work to be able to successfully complete multiple tasks within expected time frames
Ability to multi-task and thrive under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work independently and cooperatively in a diverse group
Positive attitude, creative, detail-oriented, and professional
Excellent communication skills and problem solving ability
Proficient with MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

To apply, please send cover letter and resume to Shane Becksted

Senior Client Advisor - Boston (Waltham), MA

Business Analyst - Boston (Waltham), MA

GL Advisor is currently seeking a Business Analyst to join our team. Reporting through the Marketing division and as part of the product development team, the business analyst will work with a variety of constituents (inside and outside sales, relationship managers, operations and marketing) to document and implement enhancements to GL systems and business processes. This is a tremendous opportunity to be part of a collaborative and dynamic financial services company that was recently listed in Inc. Magazine's 2009 "500/5000" list of fastest growing private companies.

Responsibilities:

Participate in Business Process Design and functional requirement activities, serving as project lead, documentation lead, or facilitator for various development initiatives
Business requirement collection and analysis and/or use cases for projects
Serve as liaison to the technology development team for certain projects
Analyze and problem solve complex client issues
Involvement across phases of development projects: preliminary investigation for project requests, requirement and specification review, testing, support and training plans, and deployment approach to ensure they are in line with business objectives
Participate in prioritization decisions related to system enhancements and manage Marketing unit expectations of IT
Participate in efforts to collect and analyze metrics and continually improve processes and client experience
Participate in root cause analysis in order to recommend product enhancements or other appropriate actions to improve productivity for both the Marketing units and IT

Requirements:

Bachelors Degree required, MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 5 years experience in business operations, systems or process development, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience working on enterprise critical systems
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Proven experience working in a dynamic and fast paced product development environment
Analytical, facilitation and negotiation skills
Experience in financial services or student lending a plus

To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter to Shane Becksted

Client Acquisition Analyst - Boston (Waltham), MA

GL Advisor, a division of Graduate Leverage, LLC (GL), offers a unique service designed to help professional graduates navigate financial issues and make the best decisions regarding their debt and other financial matters. GL is a Boston-based, financial services company founded in 2003. Since its founding, GL has advised over 75,000 graduate students from the nation’s top universities.

GL is currently seeking client acquisition professionals for our Analyst Program at our headquarters in Waltham, MA. Client Acquisition Analysts are responsible for learning all aspects of GL Advisor’s ground-breaking financial advisory service as well as gaining a comprehensive understanding of the market for personal financial management services. Successful analysts will communicate the GL Advisor value proposition to a sophisticated client base including doctors, dentists, attorneys and other successful professionals. It is expected that many of our Analysts will spend 3 years at GL before matriculating to graduate school. Graduates of GL’s Analyst program have typically attended top business schools including Harvard, UVA – Darden & Notre Dame. This is a tremendous opportunity to be part of a collaborative and dynamic financial services company that was recently listed in Inc. Magazine's 2009 "500/5000" list of fastest growing private companies.

General Duties:

The candidate will be responsible for promoting the GL Advisor service offering, establishing and managing new relationships, and facilitating a highly consultative client engagement process. The candidate will also work closely with members of the Management Team to proactively review clients’ current and changing needs to identify and develop new service offerings.

Requirements:

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Positive attitude and strong leadership abilities
Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently

Qualifications:

Professional work experience or relevant internships preferred
Financial acumen and/or experience in the financial services industry
Bachelor’s degree required

To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter to Shane Becksted

Salesforce Developer - Boston (Waltham), MA

*GL is not accepting resumes from recruiters at this time.