Director of Estate Planning

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $175k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Edelman Financial Engines

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Founded 1987

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💰 Private equity on 2021-04

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Edelman Financial Engines is an independent, fiduciary wealth management and financial planning firm that provides comprehensive advice and investment management for individuals and employers. The company offers holistic services including financial planning, retirement planning, investment management (using data-driven models and personalized portfolios), tax and estate planning, insurance guidance, and employer workplace retirement solutions. As of December 31, 2025, Edelman Financial Engines reported about 1. 24 million clients, $326 billion in client assets under management, and roughly 146 locations, and emphasizes transparent fees and fiduciary guidance.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary client-facing estate planning resource • Partner with financial planners to deliver education and strategy consultations on estate and wealth transfer, transfer tax mitigation, incapacity, business succession and philanthropic planning • Resolve planner consultations and non-meeting requests through the internal service queue while managing a national caseload • Review and interpret estate planning documents • Coach planners on reading, discussing and acting on estate planning documents • Support adoption of estate planning technology by reviewing outputs with planners and setting escalation standards • Deliver firmwide learning sessions, CE-credit programming, job aids and client-facing collateral • Contribute to the firm's estate planning point of view • Partner with Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Learning & Development and outside attorney referral partners

🎯 Requirements

• JD required • Active bar admission in at least one state • 10+ years in estate planning and trust administration • Experience with a broker-dealer, RIA or wealth management firm • Ability to support a high volume of advisors or clients • Comfort operating in a request-driven, service-level environment • Strong presentation and facilitation skills • Experience translating technical content for non-attorneys • Knowledge of adjacent planning disciplines preferred, including investments, insurance, retirement and income taxation • Position is remote from the Mountain or Pacific time zones • Some travel (5-10%) may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus • Health plans • Dental plans • Wellness plans • 401(k) contributions • Some travel may be required (5-10%)

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