Company Overview
The Charles Schwab Corporation provides securities brokerage and financial services to individual investors and the independent investment advisors who work with them. As one of the nation’s largest financial services firms, Schwab serves around 6.8 million client brokerage accounts, 584,000 corporate retirement plan participants, 150,000 banking accounts – all representing around $1.3 trillion in client assets.

Job Overview
Company: Charles Schwab
Location: map it!US-CO-Englewood
Base Pay: N/A
Employee Type: N/A
Industry: Banking - Financial Services
Manages Others: Not Specified
Job Type: Business Development
Req'd Education: Not Specified
Req'd Experience: None
Req'd Travel: Not Specified
Relocation Covered: No
   
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"From day one, I've made it our business to put the needs of the individual investor first. And for 30 years, we've kept our clients' interest as our main focus, creating a true Wall Street alternative for all investors.

Charles Schwab

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Job Title: Director, Trust & Estate/Tax Specialist - Englewood, CO
11/5/2009

Job Description
Charles Schwab's purpose is to help everyone become financially fit.
Through advocacy and innovation, Schwab has worked to make investing
more affordable, more accessible and more understandable for all.
For more than three decades, The Charles Schwab Corporation has been
an advocate for individual investors and the independent advisors who
serve them.

At Schwab, we respect the unique differences of our employees, our
clients and the communities we serve � striving to create a
consistent and rewarding employee experience. If you share our
enthusiasm for helping others, building trusted relationships,
possess high ethical standards, and have a desire to learn and grow,
there's a place for you at Schwab!

Trust & Estate/Tax Specialist and Team Leader Job Description

Responsibilities:

You will work with Retail and Executive Services Financial
Consultants and Portfolio Consultants to support high net worth (HNW)
clients and prospects seeking trust, tax and estate planning
solutions. You will primarily support the Financial Consultant who is
the relationship manager responsible for bringing solutions to
clients from Schwab's spectrum of services and offers but you may
also interact directly with both clients and prospects to assist on
specific tax, trust, and estate planning issues. You will function as
an in-house subject matter expert with the goals of helping the
client when issues are highlighted by the consultant, assisting in
consolidating client business to Schwab, and improving consultants'
knowledge around HNW client planning.

In addition, you will manage other specialists and financial planners
that offer support to our consultants in servicing HNW client and
prospect needs. In this capacity you will need to work with business
partners to ensure team processes are implemented and followed in
accordance with Schwab policies and procedures. This resource for
consultants was created recently so there is significant opportunity
to grow awareness of the team's capabilities.

As a Trust & Estate/Tax Specialist and Team Leader, you will:

  • Function as an in-house subject matter expert on trust, estate
    planning, and tax questions and issues through:

  • Answering questions submitted by consultants

  • Presenting at both external client events as well as internal
    programs

  • Supporting training efforts to increase consultants' knowledge on
    HNW client issues and planning

  • Communicating how Schwab's products and services integrate into a
    HNW client's portfolio

  • Manage a combined team of specialists and financial planners:

  • Develop team operations and infrastructure in compliance with
    Schwab policies and procedures

  • Market team expertise and resources to business partners in an
    effort to expand usage

  • Edit team member responses and coach on relevant topics

  • Identify potential client solutions through a broad understanding
    of products and offers within Schwab Retail, Schwab Advisor Services,
    and Schwab Corporate & Retirement Services

    Qualifications:

    You are required to have tax and/or trust expertise (e.g., � JD, CPA,
    LL.M); Series 7 & 63 license highly preferred; demonstrated expertise
    in providing direct high net worth client solutions; ability to work
    closely with Consultants and business development officers to develop
    resources and leads for potential clients/prospects; and experience
    with creating and presenting these solutions to clients. You must
    possess:

  • Minimum of 10 years experience in dealing with high net worth
    clients, strong knowledge of trust, estate planning, and high net
    worth tax issues.

  • Proven experience managing diverse teams with remote members that
    support sales organizations.

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and support several Financial
    Consultants and Portfolio Consultants across the country to provide
    clients solutions in a timely manner.

  • Ability to work effectively with internal and external partners to
    address clients'/prospects' needs and goals.

  • Superior presentation skills and demonstrated success in a
    team-selling environment.

  • Excellent communication, listening, interpersonal, client service,
    and networking skills.

  • Effective analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and
    decision-making skills.

  • Strong business/customer focus; ability to think in terms of
    customer experience/perspective.

    Requirements:

  • Travel: 10% to 30%

  • Registration: Series 7, Series 63, JD, LL.M, CPA, CFP, and/or
    CFA designation preferred

  • Relocation: Negotiable

  • Locations: Denver, CO highly preferred, Orlando, FL, Fishers, IN,
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Job Requirements
    Estate & Trust Experience
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