Job Description:
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.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. 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. Join us!
Job Description:
This job is responsible for serving as a specialized resource for Advisor teams who are interested in wealth planning services to address their high- and ultra-high net worth clients' trust, estate/wealth transfer, and financial planning needs. Key responsibilities include building relationships with Advisor teams, clients, prospects, and centers of influence, performing technical analyses of clients' estate and financial information, and developing planning strategies while focusing on the bank's ability to implement those strategies with clients' Advisors where appropriate.
Responsibilities:
- Leads the wealth planning engagement process with clients from start to finish
- Works with Wealth Strategy Specialists and/or Wealth Strategy Analysts to gather information, run analyses, and develop planning solutions based on these analyses
- Develops holistic, integrated planning strategies for clients with a focus on how Bank of America can help implement those strategies in concert with the clients’ advisors where appropriate
- Expands existing client relationships and assists Advisors in new business opportunities with high- or ultra-high net worth clients and prospects who are interested in wealth planning
- Demonstrates advanced technical knowledge across a broad range of wealth planning topics such as trust and estate planning, income and wealth transfer tax planning, investments, retirement planning and cash flow modeling, sale of business entities, and philanthropic planning
- Stays up-to-date with major developments in trust, estate/wealth transfer and financial planning, while following current and proposed tax legislation and understanding the impact on clients
- Builds a network with local centers of influence to create a business referral network of clients who would benefit from the bank's services
- Up to 10% Travel Expected
Key Qualifications:
- Ability to gain client's respect and trust by listening to the client's goals and then building an effective and creative strategy for achieving those goals.
- Advanced understanding of a wide range of subject matters including income taxation, stock options, insurance, investments and cash flow modeling, business entities and business transitions.
- Advanced understanding of the transfer tax system and core tax savings strategies such as irrevocable trusts, SIDGTs, and GST trusts.
- Advanced understanding of charitable and non-charitable split interest trusts (CRTs, CLTS, GRATs, QPRTs).
- Expand existing client relationships, assist advisors in new sales, and represent the firm in the marketplace.
- Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Various Wealth Strategy stochastic models and planning software such as WealthMaster.
Desired Qualifications:
- Minimum 7 years of planning-related work experience desired
- JD, CPA, or CFP desired
- LLM, MST, MBA (or in progress) a plus
Skills:
- Critical Thinking
- Oral Communications
- Presentation Skills
- Wealth Planning
- Written Communications
- Active Listening
- Business Development
- Collaboration
- Customer and Client Focus
- Networking
- Issue Management
- Prioritization
Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
For internal employees; participation in a work from home posture does not make you ineligible to post.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
40Skills Required
- Ability to gain client respect and trust by listening and building 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 strategies (irrevocable trusts, SIDGTs, GST trusts)
- Advanced understanding of charitable and non-charitable split interest trusts (CRTs, CLTs, GRATs, QPRTs)
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience with wealth strategy stochastic models and planning software such as WealthMaster
- Minimum 7 years of planning-related work experience
- JD, CPA, or CFP
- LLM, MST, MBA (or in progress)
- Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED
Bank of America Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — The $25/hour U.S. minimum wage, reaffirmed in recent company materials, sets a clear compensation floor that lifts entry-level and operations pay. Public salary information and disclosures provide visible benchmarks for pay across roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave extends up to 26 weeks with 16 weeks fully paid for eligible teammates, alongside backup child and adult care and a dedicated Life Event Services team. Family-building assistance offers up to a $20,000 lifetime reimbursement and bereavement leave provides 20 paid days for loss of a spouse, partner, or child.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) match up to 5% of eligible pay plus an additional 2–3% annual company contribution based on service. These employer contributions add meaningful long-term value beyond base pay.
Bank of America Insights
What We Do
We make financial lives better for our clients and our communities through the power of every connection. Our employees are at the heart of this purpose, and are key to driving responsible growth. Every day, across the globe, our employees bring a commitment to our purpose and to driving responsible growth by living our values: deliver together, act responsibly, realize the power of our people and trust the team. A key aspect of driving responsible growth is doing so in a sustainable manner, a critical pillar of which is being a great place to work for our teammates.
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