Associate Wealth Strategist

City

Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco

Job Type

Full Time

Country / State

United States - California, United States - Florida, United States - Illinois, United States - Texas

Function Category

Client advisory / Relationship management

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

Your team

As part of the UBS Advanced Planning team, you partner with financial advisors to proactively engage Ultra High Net Worth clients and prospects with a net worth of $50M and above in a dialogue surrounding advanced wealth transfer and philanthropic strategies, and the integration of those strategies with their investment portfolios.
You will prepare comprehensive analysis and review of a client's estate plan (on an individual and entity basis), educate clients on opportunities for additional planning and work with a client’s existing tax and legal advisors. You will serve as a member of UBS's in-house "think-tank," by creating timely articles on income tax planning for internal and external publications and participating in speaking engagements.

Your expertise

• ideally, 3+ years working at a financial, accounting or law firm that provided relevant experience to perform the duties described above
• advanced degree or designation required (e.g., JD, CPA, Paralegal certificate/degree)
• ability to review and understand both basic estate planning documents as well as documents implementing more complex estate planning strategies, such as irrevocable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts and split-interest charitable trusts
• active Series 7 and 66 licenses (or are required to obtain them upon hire)
• ability to understand and assimilate complex personal financial information (tax returns, investment statements, incentive benefits, employee benefits and compensation, life insurance policies, business interests, qualified and nonqualified retirement plan information, pension and annuity information, social security, deferred compensation information, related retirement and benefits data, incentive and nonqualified stock option and restricted stock information)
• experience with the following areas, techniques and strategies: personal income, estate, gift, GST and trust tax disciplines, advanced wealth transfer planning techniques such as Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, Defective Grantor Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Lead Trusts, Private Foundations, Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, planning with concentrated stock positions, incentive benefits, non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, and restricted stock

About us

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

Salary information

US Only: The expected salary range for this role is $135000 to $175000 based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, education, location and skill level. Please see «Your role» section for detailed salary information.