Director of Wealth Planning & Implementation

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the firm’s Wealth Planning Department.
• Develop, document, and maintain planning and implementation processes utilizing FBA principles.
• Oversee the creation and delivery of financial plans, progress reviews, and planning recommendations ensuring accuracy, consistency, and planning excellence.
• Aid with plan development and technical analysis when needed.
• Identify planning opportunities across retirement, tax, estate, insurance, business, investment, and cash flow planning.
• Integrate tax planning concepts and strategies into the planning process.
• Partner closely with advisors on complex planning cases and client situations.
• Foster a culture of planning excellence, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Build future planning leaders and reduce key-person dependency through cross-training and mentorship.

Implementation Leadership

• Serve as the bridge between Wealth Advisors, Financial Planning, and Client Service Departments.
• Cookordination implementation priorities and ensure recommendations are properly assigned and tracked.
• Ensure planning and progress review action items and recommendations are executed efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor implementation progress and follow-through to ensure no planning recommendation falls through the cracks.
• Work with Integrator to remove bottlenecks that prevent execution.
• Monitor team capacity and workload distribution.

KEY SUCCESS MEASURES

• Planning quality and accuracy.
• Timely completion of financial plans and progress reviews.
• Client service coordination, implementation, and execution.
• Reduction of single points of failure.
• Team development and retention.
• Process documentation and FBA adoption.
• Workflow efficiency and turnaround times.
• Successful integration of tax planning opportunities into client recommendations.

PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Client-first mindset.
• Strong leadership and accountability.
• High attention to detail.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.
• Operationally minded with a bias toward execution.
• Passion for planning excellence.
• Continuous learner.
• Technology-forward and adaptable.
• Alignment with Firm Values: Unwavering Dedication Do the Right Thing Collaboration Positive Energy

Qualifications

• CFP® designation required.
• Bachelor’s degree required. Degree in Financial Planning, Accounting, Finance, or related field is preferred but not required.
• Strong tax planning knowledge required demonstrating ability to identify and integrate tax planning opportunities into comprehensive financial planning recommendations.
• 8–15+ years of comprehensive financial planning experience.
• Strong technology knowledge or ability to adapt quickly with key software used at firm including eMoney, Excel, and Wealthbox CRM.
• Leadership experience managing people, workflows, and planning processes reflecting strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Additional credentials such as CPA, CPA/PFS, ChFC®, CLU®, EA, MBA, or similar are a plus.