Ariel Olson AWMA®

Associate Wealth Advisor · Midas Wealth, New York

Ariel Olson AWMA®

Comprehensive planning for individuals and families. Before New York, I was the single point of contact for 70 households and a third of a $500 million book.

AWMA®◆ Series 7◆ Series 66◆ SIE◆ Life & Health Insurance◆ CFP® candidate, Nov 2026◆ M.S. Business Analytics◆ eMoney◆ Envision®◆ NaviPlan◆ Morningstar◆ Excel◆ Power BI◆ SQL◆ Tableau◆ Salesforce◆

Five years in wealth management, licensed to run the whole relationship rather than a piece of it.

Investment planning, retirement strategy, education funding and tax aware planning for individuals and families, plus the analysis, execution and reporting underneath them.

Role
Associate Wealth Advisor
Firm
Midas Wealth
Location
New York, NY
Since
August 2026

Advising individuals and families on what to do with their money.

Investment planning, retirement strategy and education funding, built around each client's situation rather than assembled from a template. Five years of high net worth planning experience carried into a New York practice.

Role
Financial Consultant
Firm
The Simmons Group
Location
Seattle, WA
Tenure
2023 to 2026

Where the depth came from.

Primary point of contact for up to 70 client relationships, roughly a third of the firm's $500 million book. Planning, investments, execution and operations all sat on the same desk.

Client and planning

  • Up to 50 meetings a month, in person, virtual and by phone, each a portfolio review and a planning conversation calibrated to that household.
  • Cash flow modeling, budgeting and balance sheet analysis, translated into recommendations a client can act on.
  • NPV analysis, multi year forecasting and scenario modeling across tax planning, retirement projections, pension cash flows and insurance needs.

Investments and operations

  • Trade execution end to end, placed directly and coordinated with the managed account team, with compliance standards held throughout.
  • Manager due diligence on SMA managers and 100+ mutual funds tracked against benchmarks, reported to advisors and clients.
  • Reporting infrastructure, allocation analysis and reconciliation built in Excel with advanced functions and data validation.
Firm book, primary on roughly one third
$500M
Client relationships managed
70
Client meetings per month
50+
Funds and managers tracked to benchmark
100+

Four projects, end to end.

Platform migration, firm wide

Envision® to eMoney

Led the firm's transition off its legacy planning platform, converting and validating every client financial plan on the new system, then rebuilding the reporting process around it.

Scope: all client plans
Estate operations

Trust splits and distributions

Architected and executed splits across multiple beneficiaries, with the accuracy and compliance documentation each one required.

Largest: $20M, multi beneficiary
Litigation support

Divorce financial analysis

Worked alongside attorneys and accountants to prepare the asset schedules and documentation used in mediation and at trial.

Mediation and trial
Investment research

Manager due diligence

Built the comparison reporting that measured managers and funds against their benchmarks, and presented the findings that informed selection.

100+ funds, ongoing
Role
Figure Skating Coach
Rink
Kraken Community Iceplex
Skating since
2009
Coaching since
2016

Seventeen years on the ice.

The relevant part for an employer: sustained practice in assessing where someone actually is, building a plan they can execute, and reporting progress honestly over years rather than quarters.

Competitive
USFSA South Atlantic Regionals, Intermediate and Novice Singles. ISI competition through Freestyle 7.
Tests passed
Gold Skating Skills, Pre-Gold Singles, Pre-Bronze Partnered Pattern Dance, Bronze Pairs.
Collegiate
University of Delaware Figure Skating Team. Theater on Ice, five years, Gardens FSC.
Coaching
Learn to Skate USA across youth and adult levels, plus the Kraken's Emerald Edge development track. Competition choreography and on site coaching at events.

Maryland to Delaware to Seattle to New York.

2015 → 2018

Piney Orchard Ice Arena

Rink Guard, then Assistant Coach

First job. Rink safety and operations, then co-teaching ISI Learn to Skate levels and summer camps.

Aug 2018 → Dec 2020

University of Delaware

B.S. Marketing

Marketing major, entrepreneurship minor. Graduated a semester early.

Jun 2019 → Jun 2021

Lilly Pulitzer

Sales Associate, Annapolis, MD

Two years of retail client service alongside a full course load, through the degree and into the first wealth management role.

Jan → Mar 2020

ReminderMedia

Client Success Intern

Client communication and campaign coordination, with performance analysis feeding optimization recommendations.

Feb 2021 → May 2022

University of Delaware

M.S. Business Analytics and Information Management

Completed while working full time in wealth management.

Jun 2021 → Jun 2023

Janney Montgomery Scott

Intern to Account Executive

Stewarded portfolios for 700+ clients with over $800M in combined AUM. Selected for the Financial Advisor Development Program.

  • Wealth Management Intern
  • Private Client Associate
  • Registered Private Client Associate
  • Account Executive
Jul 2023 → Jul 2026

The Simmons Group

Financial Consultant, Seattle, WA

A third of a $500M book, 70 relationships, and the firm wide migration from Envision® to eMoney.

Jan 2025 → Jul 2026

Kraken Community Iceplex

Figure Skating Coach

Group and private instruction across youth and adult levels, plus the Emerald Edge development track.

Aug 2026 → Present

Midas Wealth

Associate Wealth Advisor, New York, NY

Investment planning, retirement strategy and education funding for individuals and families.

Licensed, and still studying.

Licenses and designations

  • Accredited Wealth Management Advisor™ AWMA®
  • Securities Industry Essentials SIE
  • General Securities Representative Series 7
  • Uniform Combined State Law Series 66
  • Life & Health Insurance Licensed
CFP® candidate Anticipated Nov 2026

Education

  • M.S. Business Analytics & Information Management 2022
  • B.S. Marketing, minor Entrepreneurship 2020
  • University of Delaware Newark, DE

Platforms

  • eMoney, Envision®, NaviPlan Planning
  • Morningstar Research
  • Excel, Power BI, Access, R, SQL Analysis
  • Tableau, Qlik Reporting
  • Salesforce CRM
Ariel Olson

Open to the right conversation.

New York, NY. Interested in wealth management, financial planning and analytics roles. LinkedIn is the best way to reach me.