ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Utilize familiarity with estate planning process and income tax, transfer tax, and trust and estate laws to deliver comprehensive wealth planning advice and strategic consulting services.
- Apply your previous experiences in tax, trust and estate planning to help develop long term relationships with clients and drive business results.
- Research and analyze trends that may impact clients and their wealth management plans.
- Sustain a strong familiarity with specific issues that arise with wealthy clients and display distinct ability to respond to estate planning or wealth management issues and offer advice to clients on how to proceed upon notice of a major life event or change in tax law.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with Stephens financial consultants.
- Provide training to new Stephens financial consultants in the areas of basic tax and estate planning.
- Maintain knowledge of general economic and political trends and stay abreast of possible tax or other legislation that could affect the business climate.
- Work with client attorneys, CPAs and other third party advisors as needed to memorialize client’s intent through document production, and to implement and carry out the client’s wealth management plans.
- Write technical articles that promote and support the wealth management platform and related strategies.
- Communicate to the Chief Tax and Wealth Planning Strategist and other appropriate firm personnel important developments affecting the firm’s clients.
- Act as a resource for tax preparers / specialists on specific tax issues and related questions.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Chief Tax and Wealth Planning Strategist.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
N / A
EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE
J.D. from accredited law school requiredBachelor’s degree in accounting or finance preferredLLM in taxation and / or CPA and / or significant and meaningful experience required2+ years of experience in private legal, accounting or similar practice, with a concentration in tax, trust and estate planning services requiredExperience advising high-net-worth individuals and families with respect to federal transfer tax, estate planning, and federal income tax mattersExperience drafting wills, trusts and other wealth transfer vehiclesCERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Licensed attorney in good standing with your state barThe following registrations are desired within 12 months of employment :
SIE – Securities Industry EssentialsSeries 7 – General Securities RepresentativeSeries 66 – Uniform Combined State LawLife & Health Insurance LicenseJob Location-Little Rock, AR (On-Site)