VP, High Net Worth Planning Services Strategist

High Net Worth Planning Services Strategist

Do you enjoy providing consultative support to advisors serving high-net-worth individuals? Are you interested in being part of a team that is actively working to help advisors grow their businesses? Excited to learn more? If so, then this could be the role for you!

The Vice President, High Net Worth Planning Services Strategist provides support to affiliated advisors serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients. This support includes strategy development for holistic and estate planning, practice coaching, transition support, client presentation, and implementation. Position interacts primarily with Linsco and Private Wealth Management financial advisors and with colleagues within Advisory & Brokerage, LPL Research, Financial Planning, Private Trust Company, Fixed Income, Insurance, BTS, and LPL Marketing.

Responsibilities

• Case Consultations - Must be able to navigate sophisticated and complex cases and clients. Required to consult with financial advisors on new sales opportunities, which are escalated from various departments at LPL Financial. This involves performing a detailed needs analysis of the prospect through analyzing existing client profile specifics, identifying complex planning needs, understanding short and long-term goals for assets.
• Leadership – This role will be leading the HNW supported affiliation model group of subject matter experts in investments, tax and estate planning. This individual will report directly to the SVP, HNW Planning Services, Wealth Planning. Some subject matter expertise in tax, estate, and investments to effectively lead specified focus individuals. Ability to diffuse tense situations, deploy experts and masterful in multi-functional team dynamics.
• Technical Planning Acumen – Must have advanced understanding to position and implement complex financial, estate, philanthropic, tax, and business planning. Knowledge of eMoney strongly preferred.
• Training and Education - Required to train advisors on the various needs of individual and institutional clients as described above as well as the features and functionality of the LPL Financial Advisory platforms. Additional guidance must be given around practice management, positioning of firm identity, economics, and portfolio construction considerations. Candidate must possess the ability to articulate market and economic impacts as well as technical investment characteristics of portfolios and underlying securities.
• Transition support – Providing support for advisors joining Linsco/ PW
• Marketing - Must be able to assist in the creation of marketing materials for the High Net Worth team which articulates the value proposition of the team. These marketing efforts include but are not limited to writing articles for various LPL publications, writing copy for brochures and creating client facing materials such as fact finders.
• Opportunity and Engagement Tracking and Reporting - Must be able to manage opportunity and engagement-tracking database and manipulate the data for various levels of sales and activity reporting. Strong follow through and follow-up with other leaders, advisors and team members.
• Speaking, Presentation and Presence – Polished, approachable and organized speaking and engagement presence one of one or one to many.

Requirements

• CFP, JD or LLM
• Bachelors degree
• 10+ years experience with a focus in advisory and fee based platforms, advanced financial, tax and estate planning, and institutional client needs
• 2+ years of leadership experience
• Some travel expected to regional, national, and advisor events/offices for consultation support and training

Preferences

• Series 7 and 65 or 66
• Modeling HNW/ UHNW eMoney Scenarios
• Graduate Degree
• Wire house, Field Management or Private Banking experience

High Net Worth Services is a part of the LPL Services Group (LSG), a growing professional services company within LPL Financial that helps advisors and institutions execute on their biggest opportunities. Our human-led, tech-enabled services help our customers deliver great financial advice and run thriving businesses. Over 500 employees strong, we come to work each day dedicated to making an impact in lives of advisors, institutional partners, and investors.

Pay Range: $157,500-$262,500/year. Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for advisors and institutions, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader in the markets we serve, serving more than 23,000 financial advisors, including advisors at approximately 1,000 institutions and at approximately 580 registered investment advisor ("RIA") firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-mediated model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance from a financial professional.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

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At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation's leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why LPL?

• Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team.
• Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential.
• Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients.
• Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact.
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• Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home.

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Information on Interviews:

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