Senior Estate Planning Strategist - Remote, HNW

Osaic; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Paid time away

Volunteer days

Job summary

Osaic is seeking an experienced Senior Estate Planning Strategist to join the High Net Worth Planning Services team. The role requires expertise in estate planning strategies, trust design, and wealth transfer planning to support sophisticated clients served by financial advisors.

The ideal candidate will have a law background in trusts and estates, the ability to analyze complex documents, and the capability to translate intricate concepts into practical guidance.

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.

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

Tax concepts

Document drafting

Communication to non-attorneys

Education content development

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Tools

Estate planning software

Tax research tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Osaic is seeking an experienced Senior Estate Planning Strategist to join the High Net Worth Planning Services team. The role requires expertise in estate planning strategies, trust design, and wealth transfer planning to support sophisticated clients served by financial advisors.

The ideal candidate will have a law background in trusts and estates, the ability to analyze complex documents, and the capability to translate intricate concepts into practical guidance.