CIBC

Senior Wealth Strategist

CIBC$200K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctorate required.
  • 10-15+ years of estate planning experience, including insurance and business succession.
  • Strong network in the trust and financial services industry.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical abilities with problem identification and resolution experience.
  • Team-oriented with a focus on collective success.
  • Alignment with values of trust, teamwork, and accountability.

Responsibilities

  • Develop holistic wealth plans alongside Relationship Managers and HNW clients.
  • Create strategies for estate transfer, asset protection, and philanthropy.
  • Review and analyze estate planning and trust documents with clients.
  • Support business development through active participation in prospect calls.
  • Contribute to educational and marketing content creation.
  • Engage in educational seminars and present to client groups.
  • Promote wealth strategies services across the organization.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
  • Health Savings Account options.
  • Life and Disability insurance plans.
  • Paid Time Off including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Special perks reserved for team members.
Full Job Description
What you'll be doing

As a Senior Wealth Strategist, you are responsible for supporting and working closely with Relationship Managers and high net worth (HNW) clients to develop and implement wealth planning as part of CIBC Private Wealth's integrated wealth management process. You will help clients understand their estate planning, tax planning, philanthropic vehicles, life insurance programs, and business succession planning.

Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How you'll succeed
  • Comprehensive Planning: Partner with Relationship Managers and HNW clients in a consultative role, developing holistic wealth plans to enhance the overall client experience with CIBC Private Wealth.
  • Estate & Legacy Planning: Develop strategies for wealth transfer, asset protection, and philanthropic goals.
  • Client Collaboration: Review estate planning and trust documents. Serve as a bridge between clients and outside advisors (i.e., attorneys, CPAs) to implement strategies. Research and review fiduciary and tax issues. Prepare written and graphical summaries.
  • Business Development Support: Support business development activities by actively participating in prospect calls.
  • Thought Leadership: Contribute to the development of educational and marketing materials.
  • External & Internal Engagement: Participate in educational seminars internally. Present to client and intermediary groups externally. Promote the wealth strategies offering across the firm.


Who you are
  • Education: You have a Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctorate.
  • You have estate planning experience. You are an attorney with 10-15+ years of estate planning experience with expertise in estate planning, insurance planning, business succession planning, executive compensation, and philanthropic planning. Experience in income tax planning and accounting preferred.
  • You have a network. You have experience in the trust and financial services industry with broad connections in the trust and estate legal community.
  • You are a strong communicator. You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present complex information to internal and external clients in a clear, focused and concise manner.
  • You possess strong analytical skills. You have demonstrated experience identifying and quantifying problems and providing effective resolutions.
  • You are motivated by collective success. You know that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one. You know that an inclusive team that enjoys working together can bring a vision to life.
  • Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.


At CIBC, we offer a competitive total rewards package. This role has an expected salary range of $200,000 - $250,000 for the market based on experience, qualifications, and location of the position. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit's incentive compensation plan, which may also include a discretionary bonus component. CIBC offers a full range of benefits and programs to meet our employee's needs; including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation), Holidays and 401(k), in addition to other special perks reserved for our team members.

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Job Location
NY-300 Madison Ave., 7th Floor

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
40

Skills
Business Development, Client Service, Customer Experience (CX), Ensure Compliance, Group Problem Solving, Investment Advising, People Management, Profitability Management, Risk Management and Mitigation, Wealth Management

About CIBC

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in the city's Financial District. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is one of two Big Five banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the June 1, 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada, the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom; Globally. CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 employees. The company ranks at number 172 on the Forbes Global 2000 listing.
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