Financial Services Professional
New York Life · Westlake Village, California · Posted Jun 29, 2026
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Financial Services Professional
Candidate location: San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills , Thousand Oaks.
Build a career that’s designed to last.
For over 180 years, New York Life has helped individuals, families, and businesses navigate life’s financial decisions through changing markets and generations.
As a Financial Professional*, you’ll play a direct role in helping people protect what matters and plan for their future, while building a practice of your own with the backing of a Fortune 100 company.
What You’ll Do
- Develop your own client base through networking, referrals, and community involvement
- Build relationships and guide clients through key financial decisions (retirement, protection, education planning)
- Offer tailored solutions across insurance and financial products
- Grow your knowledge and skills through ongoing training and real-world experience
What Sets This Role Apart
- Be Your Own Boss: After two years of training, our agents become independent career agents and run their own businesses.
- Training & Support: Structured onboarding, licensing support, ongoing coaching and opportunities to obtain professional credentials, with prepaid tuition for eligible, participating agents pursuing approved credentials.
- Financial Support: Training subsidy available for eligible candidates during early stages
- Resources & Tools: Access to experienced professionals and institutional knowledge, proven best practices, along with sales, prospecting, and marketing tools to help you attract and retain clients through web, social, and email content.
- Products & Solutions: New York Life and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of solutions, including life insurance, annuities, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, and investment products such as mutual funds¹ through NYLIFE Securities LLC (member FINRA and SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. This range allows you to develop tailored strategies to help clients and their families achieve their financial goals.
- Career Path Flexibility: As you grow, you can specialize in areas such as wealth management, estate planning, and business solutions—or pursue leadership opportunities. You may also choose to become a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies LLC, our registered investment advisor, and offer advisory services².
What We Look For
- Self-motivated individuals who take initiative
- Strong communicators who enjoy building relationships
- Coachable and open to feedback
- Interested in long-term learning and growth, not just a short-term role
Compensation & Benefits
- You have the power to determine your own income with our commission-based compensation³
- In 2024, the average income of our financial professionals under the N8 and N9 Agent’s Contract who met annual minimum sales production requirements was $120,555⁴. Individual agent performance will determine your income.
- Benefits for eligible full-time agents include medical, dental, life and long-term disability coverages, 401(k), and pension⁵
For more information about commission-based income and benefits for financial professionals, please follow this link: https://www.newyorklife.com/careers/financial-professionals/income-and-benefits
Take the Next Step
If you’re looking for a career where your work has real impact—and your growth is in your hands—supported by a company with a long history and a strong future, let’s start a conversation.
About New York Life
New York Life is a Fortune 100 company with a long history of doing good. We have been in business for 180+ years, helping generations of Americans protect their families and attain their financial goals. As a mutual company, we are accountable only to our policyholders, not to Wall Street or outside investors. We are focused on the long-term success of our clients.
We’re proud to be recognized by the following organizations⁶:
- Fortune (2026): World’s Most Admired Companies
- Handshake (2026): Early Talent Award
- Seramount (2025): 100 Best Companies for Workplace Programs
The results we’ve delivered for our clients⁷ include:
- 5 million policyowners protected
- $1 billion in lifetime annuity income paid
- $7.8 billion in living benefits awarded (dividends not guaranteed)
- $1.2 trillion in life insurance protection in force⁸
- #1 largest mutual insurer in the U.S.⁹
- The terms “agent” and “financial professional” are used interchangeably and refer to someone who is in a sales role under an agent contract.
1. Offered by properly licensed registered representatives through NYLIFE Securities (member FINRA/SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency and a New York Life subsidiary. 2. Wealth management and advisory services offered by Financial Advisors of Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser and a New York Life company. Qualification requirements include but are not limited to applicable FINRA general securities, agent state law, investment advisory licenses, compliance history, production standards, and…