Sales Support Intern- Summer 2025 (Insure Your Future) - Sammons Financial Group

Overview:

Assist the sales teams by providing support on numerous projects within the team. Support efforts to increase overall effectiveness and efficiency of the sales support team in order to increase sales and overall bottom line results for the Sammons Financial Group Member Companies. Work collaboratively with internal departments to fulfill needs and requests. Internship Information: Our Internship program is designed to give students experience with projects and performing tasks within their hired work area. You will be exposed to other areas within the organization by participating in development, culture and volunteer events. This paid internship is 10-12 weeks in length with the possibility of extending hours into the school year.

 

Our internship program holds an 80/10/10 approach, meaning that 80% of your work time will involve performing tasks or working on projects within your hired work area. Another 10% of the time, you will be exposed to learning in other areas within your assigned division to get more corporate experience. Then, the final 10% will be spent in shared experiences across the organization, where you will get to really learn about our culture and work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Assist recruits and Regional Sales Directors (RSD) with data mining.
• Run reports via Salesforce.
• Track any potential sales contest and incentives, both externally to agents or internally, for the sales team representatives.
• Order supplies for agents.
• Assist with making outbound calls to agents and marketers.
• Proactively increase knowledge of fixed annuity industry and competitor offerings.
• Participate in an energetic, supportive team environment to meet and exceed assigned goals in a high performance culture.

Qualifications:

• Individual pursuing their Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field Preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work efficiently and independently
• Strong analytical problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence others
• Knowledge of the sales process
• Disciplined and self-motivated
• Organized with ability to focus on appropriate details
• Ability to adapt to frequent change
• Motivated to expand industry-specific knowledge
• High energy level and excellent interpersonal skills; positive attitude required

Suitability Requirements:

• Criminal background check required.

Company Information:

• Sammons Financial Group offers a competitive benefit package that includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Company Paid Retirement, PTO and Holiday Pay.
• Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a 100% company-funded retirement plan, so you can save for retirement without contributing a penny of your own paycheck.
• Healthy balance between work and personal lives. Friday afternoons off all year long, competitive PTO, and generous number of paid holidays.
• Our incentive program for defined goals subject to eligibility and performance. Monetary rewards are based on individual and/or overall company performance.
• Colleagues who support one another, model our core values, and drive our healthy, high-performing culture.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship:

At this time, we’re not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)