Senior Estate Planning Architect – Remote

Osaic; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Job summary

Osaic is seeking a Senior Estate Planning Strategist to join the High Net Worth Planning Services team. This role serves as a subject matter expert on estate planning strategies, trust design, wealth transfer planning, and related legislative developments impacting high-net-worth clients.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years practicing law in the trusts and estates field, the ability to analyze complex documents, and to communicate sophisticated concepts to financial advisors.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience practicing law with a primary focus on trusts and estates.
• Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and interpreting estate planning documents.
• Deep understanding of federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax concepts.
• Strong knowledge of trust structures, wealth transfer strategies, charitable planning techniques, and business succession planning.
• Experience reviewing corporate tax returns and interpreting business ownership and governance documents, including buy-sell agreements.
• Experience researching and interpreting legislative, regulatory, and tax law developments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex estate planning concepts to non-attorney audiences.
• Experience developing educational content and presenting to diverse audiences.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, and research skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across organizational levels.
• Ability to manage multiple complex cases, projects, and priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted estate planning resource for financial advisors supporting high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.
• Review, analyze, and summarize complex estate planning and related documents, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, individual and corporate tax returns, buy-sell agreements, and other planning instruments.
• Identify estate planning opportunities, risks, inconsistencies, and potential gaps within clients' existing estate plans.
• Collaborate with internal planning specialists and business partners to support complex client situations and coordinate integrated planning recommendations.
• Collaborate with financial advisors to identify planning strategies related to wealth transfer, trust planning, charitable giving, business succession, gifting, and estate tax mitigation.
• Develop concise, accessible, and actionable estate plan summaries and planning observations for financial advisors and their clients.
• Educate financial advisors on estate planning concepts, strategies, and emerging trends through consultations, training programs, webinars, written resources, and other learning opportunities.
• Monitor and analyze legislative, regulatory, and tax law developments affecting estate planning and wealth transfer strategies.
• Produce timely briefs, articles, and internal guidance on estate planning, tax, and legislative developments for the High Net Worth Planning Services team and the broader advisor population.
• Represent Osaic as an estate planning subject matter expert through presentations at advisor conferences, events, webinars, and team training programs.
• Contribute to the development of estate planning resources, tools, and best practices that enhance advisor effectiveness and client outcomes.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Estate planning

Legal analysis

Wealth transfer

Communication to non-attorneys

Education

Bachelor's degree

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Osaic is seeking a Senior Estate Planning Strategist to join the High Net Worth Planning Services team. This role serves as a subject matter expert on estate planning strategies, trust design, wealth transfer planning, and related legislative developments impacting high-net-worth clients.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years practicing law in the trusts and estates field, the ability to analyze complex documents, and to communicate sophisticated concepts to financial advisors.