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Current Employers
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc

1450 American Lane 6Th Floor, Suite 650, Schaumburg, IL 60173-2096 • United States

Current Registrations

AuthorityCategoryStatusDate
NY RA APPROVED 2025-09-05
  • NY RA
    APPROVED
    Since 2025-09-05

Branch Locations

134 Boynton Ave, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 • United States

31 Elm Street, Malone, NY 12953 • United States

2000 Saranac Ave, Lake Placid, NY 12946 • United States

Potsdam, NY • United States

Disclosures

1 disclosure category reported Yes on this SEC record. Read each Yes below, then review the firm’s Form ADV Item 11 guide for how disclosure questions work.

  • Regulatory action No
  • Criminal No
  • Bankruptcy No
  • Civil judicial No
  • Bond No
  • Judgment / lien No
  • Investigation No
  • Customer complaint Yes
  • Termination No
Employment History
OrganizationCityStateFromTo
Key Investment Services Llc Camillus NY 08/2015 12/2017
Allstate Insurance Company Potsdam NY 12/2017 06/2018
Avantax Investment Services, Inc. Malone NY 12/2019 09/2025
The Hoffman Eells Group Cpas Malone NY 12/2019 Present
Allstate Financial Services, Llc Potsdam NY 01/2018 06/2018
Suny Canton Canton NY 06/2018 12/2019
Lending Club San Francisco CA 06/2018 Present
Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc Mailone NY 09/2020 09/2025
Avantax Advisory Services Malone NY 02/2020 09/2025
Cetera Wealth Services, Llc Lake Placid NY 09/2025 Present
Cetera Investment Advisers Llc Schaumburg IL 09/2025 Present
  • 08/2015 → 12/2017
    Key Investment Services Llc
    Camillus, NY
  • 12/2017 → 06/2018
    Allstate Insurance Company
    Potsdam, NY
  • 12/2019 → 09/2025
    Avantax Investment Services, Inc.
    Malone, NY
  • 12/2019 → Present
    The Hoffman Eells Group Cpas
    Malone, NY
  • 01/2018 → 06/2018
    Allstate Financial Services, Llc
    Potsdam, NY
  • 06/2018 → 12/2019
    Suny Canton
    Canton, NY
  • 06/2018 → Present
    Lending Club
    San Francisco, CA
  • 09/2020 → 09/2025
    Avantax Insurance Agency, Llc
    Mailone, NY
  • 02/2020 → 09/2025
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Malone, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Cetera Wealth Services, Llc
    Lake Placid, NY
  • 09/2025 → Present
    Schaumburg, IL
Previous Registrations
  • 2022-01-10 → 2025-09-05
    Avantax Advisory Services
    Malone, NY
    Lake Placid, NY
    Plattsburgh, NY
    Dallas, TX
    Potsdam, NY
  • 2012-09-17 → 2015-08-11
    Malone, NY
    Potsdam, NY
  • 2012-04-17 → 2012-05-09
    St Louis, MO
Other Businesses

1) HEG Advisory Services, LLC 31 Elm Street~Malone~NY~12953~Other~Employee~3/1/2020~80hrs~65hrs~Solely up to market financial services through Avantax. 2) The Hoffman Eells Group CPAs; Employee; Hoffman and Eells is a CPA firm. The firm provides accounting services to individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations.; NIR; 65; 12/10/2019; 31 Elm Street Malone NY 12953; I will be working in a CPA office and my position will have responsibilities related to accounting and tax advisement and will vary based on the firm's needs throughout the year. My position's duties encompass all aspects of the firm's accounting services including tax management, accounting services, assurance, audits, reviews, compilation, litigation support and forensic accounting, bookkeeping, and computer and payroll services.

Exams
CodeExamDate
S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination 2022-01-08
S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination 2012-04-14
  • S65 Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
    2022-01-08
  • S66 Uniform Combined State Law Examination
    2012-04-14
Other Names
  • Brian Scott Suraf
  • Brian S Suraf

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