Senior Wealth Planning Strategist

Senior Wealth Planning Strategist

Join First Citizens Bank and be part of a team dedicated to helping clients build stronger financial futures. From banking and lending to investments, insurance, and wealth planning, the First Citizens Wealth team provides comprehensive solutions backed by trusted expertise. Here, your work helps power meaningful progress for the clients and communities we serve.

The Senior Wealth Planning Strategist leads wealth planning and support for high net worth clients. Designs and presents recommendations to clients based on financial analysis and wealth planning expertise. Creates a client-centered, advice-based culture within the department by facilitating education on wealth planning topics and tools. Identifies revenue-generating opportunities for existing and prospective clients. Serves as the primary expert on highly complex issues and strategies, providing leadership and coaching for less experienced associates in the department.

Responsibilities

• Wealth Planning - Leads the design and presentation of wealth planning recommendations to clients and prospects. Discovers potential revenue-generating opportunities related to the client's planning process. Manages wealth planning workflow process. Monitors and disseminates best practices for wealth planning associates. May participate in department or Bank client events to build relationships and identify opportunities.
• Business Strategy - Creates and drives a client-centered, advice-based planning culture. Assists with the implementation of Wealth Management planning strategy both within the department and Bank-wide.
• Analysis - Analyzes the financial situation of high net worth clients and prospects. Identifies potential gaps and risks in their current wealth management strategies, taking into account legal, tax, and investment goals or limitations.
• Business Support - Initiates and leads education and development events for internal partners. Provides guidance or coaching on wealth planning topics and tools for less experienced associates in the work group. Partners with and mentors less experienced associates in creating a client's wealth plan. May assist management with special projects. Develops relationships with centers of influence in the bank community.
• Subject Matter Expertise - Develops superuser expertise and knowledge of software utilized to develop client plans including but not limited to MoneyGuidePro and eMoney. Serves as an expert resource to coach and train to the program's usage, illustrate capabilities live to clients or an audience (internal or external), answer questions, troubleshoot issues and manipulate the tool to create custom plans. Also develops substantive knowledge of highly complex areas of planning (tax, business owner advisory, asset protection, estate and charitable planning, retirement and investments) - serves as a bank thought leadership for these areas and continues to maintain and grow knowledge base through continuing education and the acquisition of related designations.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Wealth Management including financial planning OR High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Wealth Management including financial planning

Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree and Graduate/Professional Degree

Preferred Area of Study: Financial Planning or Trust Management

Preferred Area of Experience: Financial Planning or Trust & Estate Planning or Tax Planning or Business Owner Advisory Planning

Required License or Certification Type: Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Juris Doctor (JD), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation

Preferred Designation: Master of Laws (LLM or LLB), Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA or CExP) designation

Preferred Skill(s): Ability to navigate financial planning software, Ability to develop rapport and trusted relationship with clients, Ability to educate and persuade clients to take planning action

The base pay for this position is generally between $170,000 and $225,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at