Senior Wealth Management & Trust Advisor

Bank of the Bluegrass & Trust Co.; Lexington (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of the Bluegrass & Trust Co. in Kentucky seeks a Senior Wealth Management & Trust Advisor to partner with high-net-worth clients, identify goals, and develop strategic recommendations that align with their financial objectives.

You will serve as a trusted advisor, providing strategic investment guidance, managing trust accounts, and expanding client relationships while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• Professional designee (CTFA or similar) preferred.
• 5+ years fiduciary client service/sales experience.
• Advanced knowledge of trust administration, estate planning strategies, and income and estate tax matters.

Responsibilities

• Grow the Wealth Management portfolio through new opportunities.
• Act as investment agent or trustee or personal representative for clients.
• Maintain and grow existing wealth management relationships and administer accounts.
• Prepare and gather documentation for committees and reports.
• Maintain compliance with applicable regulations and bank policies.

Skills

Client relationship management

Financial analysis

Estate planning knowledge

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree (JD, MBA)

Job description

Description

Job Title: Senior Wealth Management & Trust Advisor Job Code: 802

FLSA Status: __X_ Exempt ___ Non-Exempt ___Part-Time ___X__ Full-Time

EEO Job Category: 1B Reports to: Director of Wealth Mgmt.

Job Grade: 24 Revision Date: 2026

Supervisory Responsibility: No

General Function: The Wealth Management & Trust Advisor partners with high-net worth clients to identify their financial goals, analyze and develop recommendations that will help them work towards well defined financial objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor with clients, which allows the Wealth Management & Trust Advisor to provide strategic investment advice as well as recommend value-added products and services.

Essential Duties & Tasks:

• Seek new business opportunities to help grow the Wealth Management Department’s portfolio of clients.
• Perform as investment agent or trustee or personal representative on behalf of existing and new clients.
• Maintain existing Wealth Management Relationships by performing tasks required within the scope of that relationship.
• Prospect and develop client relationships for new and additional business among existing and new account Wealth Management opportunities.
• Maintain and foster communications with customers and employees.
• Administering Wealth Management accounts, reviewing investments, placing trades, and making distributions.
• Prepare and gather documentation and reports for various committees
• Performance of related clerical account administrative duties while maintaining compliance.
• Maintain ongoing education to maintain certifications.
• Research, develop and schedule sales calling schedule while searching for new business opportunities.
• Ensuring compliance in BSA, OFCA, Privacy, Information Security, and all other regulations as applicable to the position. Failure to ensure compliance can result in Civil and Criminal Penalties, as well as corrective actions up to and including termination.
• Staying knowledgeable on the bank’s products and services and looking for opportunities to make recommendations to customers based on need.
• Fostering the spirit of teamwork in supporting the bank’s goals and mission statement.
• Attend weekly relationship manager meetings.
• Displays the ability to be highly effective in a team-oriented environment and to build relationships based on added value, not title or authority.
• Supports a proven track record of successfully collaborating with and influencing management and peers to support growth and financial results.
• Actively participates within professional and community organizations.
• Actively networks and effectively builds relationships internally and externally of the Bank.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Graduate degree (JD, MBA) preferred.
• Professional designee (CTFA or similar)
• 5 + years of demonstrated fiduciary client service/sales.
• Advanced knowledge of trust administration, estate planning strategies, and income and estate tax matters

Physical & Mental Factors/Requirements:

• Hearing, seeing, sitting for long periods, standing, operating a computer.
• Manual dexterity to execute trust and bank documents and files.
• Ability to stay focused and multi-task.
• Ability to meet the pressure of deadlines.
• Ability to communicate on the telephone, write, speak, read, hear and type.
• Ability to work with little direct supervision.
• Ability to perform manual tasks.
• May be required to sit for extended periods of time, paying attention to detail.
• Requires occasional bending, reaching and stretching.

Working Environment:

• Professional Office Environment.
• Some Business Travel is required

EOE/M/F/Vet/Dis