About the Role
This role serves as a specialized resource for Advisor teams, addressing the trust, estate/wealth transfer, and financial planning needs of high- and ultra-high net worth clients. The position involves building relationships, performing technical analyses, and developing planning strategies with a focus on the bank's implementation capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Leads the wealth planning engagement process with clients from start to finish.
- Collaborates with Wealth Strategy Specialists and/or Analysts to gather information, conduct analyses, and develop planning solutions.
- Develops holistic, integrated planning strategies, emphasizing Bank of America's implementation role alongside client advisors.
- Expands existing client relationships and supports Advisors in new business opportunities with high- or ultra-high net worth clients and prospects.
- Demonstrates advanced technical knowledge in trust and estate planning, income and wealth transfer tax planning, investments, retirement planning, cash flow modeling, sale of business entities, and philanthropic planning.
- Stays current with trust, estate/wealth transfer, and financial planning developments, including tax legislation impacts.
- Builds a network with local centers of influence to generate client referrals for the bank's services.
Requirements
- Ability to gain client trust by listening to goals and developing effective strategies.
- Advanced understanding of income taxation, stock options, insurance, investments, cash flow modeling, business entities, and business transitions.
- Advanced understanding of the transfer tax system and core tax savings strategies (e.g., irrevocable trusts, SIDGTs, GST trusts).
- Advanced understanding of charitable and non-charitable split interest trusts (CRTs, CLTS, GRATs, QPRTs).
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with Wealth Strategy stochastic models and planning software like WealthMaster.
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Oral Communications
- Presentation Skills
- Wealth Planning
- Written Communications
- Active Listening
- Business Development
- Collaboration
- Customer and Client Focus
- Networking
- Issue Management
- Prioritization
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 7 years of planning-related work experience desired
Education Level
- High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
- JD, CPA, or CFP desired
- LLM, MST, MBA (or in progress) a plus
Benefits
- Competitive benefits to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
About the Company
- At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.
- Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
- We are devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.
- We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
- Bank of America believes in the importance of working together and offering flexibility.
- We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
- Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.
- Partnering Locally Learn about some of the ways Bank of America is making a difference in the communities we serve.
- Global Impact Learn about the six areas that guide Bank of America’s efforts to help make financial lives better for customers, clients, communities and our teammates.
- Opportunity and Inclusion Each employee brings unique skills, background and opinions. We see opportunity and inclusion as our platform for innovation and a key component in our success.
- Our Values Learn about our four values that represent what we believe.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.
- We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
