Vice President, Business Development (Independent Channel)

Compensation: $200,000 to $250,000 base salary plus performance bonusesLocation: Remote, U.S. with travel to client meetings, industry events, and company retreats.About AlarisAlaris Acquisitions is a sell-side M&A advisory firm that works exclusively with owners of wealth management firms. We help RIA owners find the right partner and the right deal, using Applied Buyer Intelligence and our proprietary Lens platform. Our team has been part of 100+ closed acquisitions and $2B+ in seller proceeds, with zero post-close break-ups. Most M&A processes begin with a buyer list. Alaris begins with buyer intelligence.The roleYou have built a career recruiting advisors in the independent channel. You know how to find the right independent advisor or firm owner, earn their trust, and guide them through a decision that changes their business and their life. At Alaris, you will apply those skills to the biggest decision an independent owner makes: who to partner with or sell to.This is a full-cycle origination role. You will source, pitch, and close new advisory engagements with independent RIA owners. Once an engagement is signed, you hand the client to our deal and transition teams, and you go back to building your pipeline.What you will doBuild and work a pipeline of independent RIA owners who are thinking about succession, partnership, or a saleLead first meetings and discovery conversations to understand each owner's goals, business, and ideal outcomePresent the Alaris approach and Lens platform, and win signed advisory engagementsDevelop referral relationships across the independent RIA ecosystem: platforms, networks, OSJs, TAMPs, consultants, and other centers of influenceRepresent Alaris at conferences, study groups, and industry eventsHand off each signed client with a complete, accurate record of what you learned and committedKeep your pipeline current in our CRMWhat we are looking for5+ years recruiting independent advisors and firm owners at an RIA platform, aggregator, network, TAMP, or hybrid OSJ, in a role such as Director of Business Development, Head of Advisor Recruiting, or Vice President, Advisor TransitionsA real network of independent RIA owners and principals, ideally firms with $2M to $15M in annual revenueA consistent record of hitting recruiting goals, measured in independent advisors, firms, or assets brought onFluency in independent RIA economics: revenue, margins, ownership structure, succession, and the trade-offs owners weigh between staying on their own and joining a larger firmComfort running long sales cycles and working through hesitation with owners who value their independenceDiscipline to follow through on every commitment and keep a pipeline organizedBachelor's degree; CFP, CFA, CIMA, or similar designations are a plusWhy AlarisA 100% success-fee model that lines up our interests with our clients' interestsProprietary buyer intelligence that gives you a clear point of difference in every conversationA small, direct team where your results are visible and rewardedBase compensation of $200,000 to $250,000, plus performance bonuses tied to resultsAlaris Acquisitions is an equal opportunity employer.