Senior Manager - Estate Planning

Pinion; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consulting firm dedicated to transforming the lives of high net-worth individuals through exceptional estate planning services. As a Senior Manager, you'll lead a talented team, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to craft sophisticated strategies that ensure successful client outcomes. This role offers a unique blend of autonomy and collaboration, allowing you to make a significant impact while enjoying a supportive and people-centered culture. With a flexible work environment and a clear path to advancement, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic industry.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k / profit sharing

Flexible work arrangements

Paid leave

Remote work options

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years in trust and estate planning with a focus on fiduciary matters.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills are essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead clients through sophisticated trust and estate planning needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement client plans successfully.
• Manage professional relationships and ensure timely deliverables.

Skills

Trust and estate planning

Probate and fiduciary matters

Transaction modeling

Cash flow planning

Financial statement analysis

Legal document review

Relationship management

Communication skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Juris Doctorate (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting high net-worth individuals and business owners with their estate planning needs? If so, Pinion is looking for an experienced estate planning consultant to join our estate, gift, and trust team. This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

At Pinion, our mission is to have impact and make a difference in the lives of our people, clients, and the world we live in. As a specialized consulting firm, we bring an unprecedented level of resources, innovations, and solutions on a global scale. Like a pinion gear system that drives motion, we provide powerful strategies and thought leadership that propels business and legacy forward.

What You'll Be Doing :

As a Senior Manager on our Next Gen team, you will serve clients at a high level and lead a team through sophisticated trust and estate planning needs. This is more than basic estate planning - it's working with a variety of stakeholders including outside attorneys, the client, and other professionals on the client's team to determine valuation of companies, deed research and cash flow analysis, real estate, mineral interests and real estate appraisers, entity formation, addressing succession issues, and serving as a key point of contact for all the things necessary for successful client plan implementation.

Collaborate with leaders across the firm who look to your expertise in delivering accurate and high-quality planning. You'll serve a diverse group of business owners with successful backgrounds in a variety of different industries to implement estate planning and work on entity reorganization.

What you'll need for this position :

• 10+ years of professional experience in trust, estate planning, probate, and fiduciary matters
• Technical capabilities should include :

Experience with passthrough entities (partnerships and S corporations)

• Experience with entity selection and reorganization that includes choice of entity, restructuring, buying, and selling of businesses, and determining ultimate ownership
• Transaction modeling and cash flow planning
• Understanding of tax reporting requirements
• Ability to read and understand financial statements and tax returns
• The desire and ability to review legal documents to ensure ideas are properly implemented
• Demonstrated success in building and managing professional relationships, including responsibility for accurate and timely client deliverables
• Strong communication and reading skills, cognitive abilities, interpersonal skills, self-management and organization skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, Power Point, Teams, and Excel
• The curiosity to go beyond the textbook, asking hard questions and using technical skills to provide solutions to client problems
• This role is not eligible for sponsorship
• Must be located in the US

Bonus skills and experience that we value :

• Juris Doctorate degree with experience in M&A and drafting and reviewing contracts
• Experience with compliance returns for estates and trusts (Forms 1041, 709, and 706)
• General to complex partnership issues including : 754 elections, disguised sales, mergers / divisions, special allocations, debt, and basis issues
• General to complex S corporation issues including ownership changes, ineligible shareholders, trust ownership issues, etc.
• Corporate and noncorporate reorganizations, mergers, and acquisitions
• Asset sales and transfers
• Transition planning for closely held businesses

What's in it for you :

• Remote, hybrid or in-office work environment
• A path to Principal / Owner for those who pursue it
• A people-centered culture, with fun included among our core firm values
• Excellent pay, flexibility, and benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k / profit sharing, holidays, flexible work arrangements, and paid leave.

Compensation : In some states and municipalities, Pinion is required by law to include a reasonable estimate for range of compensation. When making compensation decisions, Pinion takes into account a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, skills, certifications / licenses, and geographic location. The wide range for this role reasonably accounts for these factors. Specific compensation decisions are made based on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $125,000 to $200,000.

Remote Eligibility : This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at a Pinion office or attendance at offsites, as requested / required by the firm and / or your supervisor. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Pinion has a registered entity and is actively hiring. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check the list periodically if the state you live in is on the exclusion list.

Colorado Residents : In any materials you submit, you will not be penalized for redacting or removing age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. For intern applicants, we will need the date you anticipate being available to work full-time in order to be considered for a future full-time conversion offer.

EEO : Pinion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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