Trust and Estates Manager

SVA

$80K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in tax and accounting, particularly with businesses and High Net Worth families.
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related fields focusing on tax and planning processes.
  • CPA or EA certification required.
  • Experience in staff supervision and training.
  • Understanding of tax compliance and planning roles.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee client projects from engagement planning to implementation.
  • Develop and manage a detailed engagement plan for project execution.
  • Coordinate schedules for client and tax service line teams to ensure resource availability.
  • Establish project priorities and understand client needs.
  • Identify resource requirements and assign team members to projects.
  • Monitor performance and progress of project tasks diligently.
  • Manage action items, issues, and risks effectively, acting as a liaison between client teams and internal service staff.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements: full-time, part-time, or seasonal options available.
  • Remote or hybrid work options with locations in Madison WI, Brookfield WI, and Colorado Springs CO.
  • Commitment to professional development through community involvement and business solicitation opportunities.
  • Valued team-oriented environment with a focus on collaboration and exceeding client expectations.
  • Achieved Great Place to Work status for seven consecutive years.
Full Job Description
If you are looking for a truly meaningful career...this is it! SVA Trust & Estates Managers partner with business owners, their families, and their advisors from around the US to consultatively optimize estate, gift, and income taxes through planning and implementation. Wealth transfer and succession planning are important to clients - they value the highly intense connections we make with them. In this role, you will engage directly with the clients to inform and guide their decision-making, while collaborating with our internal leaders on client relationship management - providing multiple touchpoints for the clients.

Our exceptional team is comprised of tax principals, managers, senior accountants, staff, paraprofessionals, and everything in between. We possess a high level of understanding and expertise that spans many areas that all align around the goal of solving our client's business and wealth transfer issues to ultimately provide them Measurable Results®. Every colleague at SVA epitomizes our 31 Fundamental behaviors that enable us to take great care of our clients and each other. SVA has achieved Great Place to Work status seven years running.

Qualifications for this role include 5 or more years' experience in tax and accounting working with businesses and High Net Worth families in planning and compliance roles. Typical education backgrounds include bachelor's degree in accounting or related fields that demonstrate an understanding of tax and planning processes. Successful candidates should also be certified as a CPA or EA. Experience in staff supervision and training is important as well.

We're flexible for the right candidates: full or part time or seasonal; remote or hybrid (brick and mortar offices = Madison WI, Brookfield WI, and Colorado Springs CO); we appreciate diverse backgrounds and experience - we can develop the right candidates to be successful. What's critical is that we attract team members who have the mindset and skills to help our clients solve problems and get the right things done.

Industry
  • Tax Consulting & Compliance

Responsibilities include:
  1. Overseeing client projects from engagement planning to implementation and beyond
  2. Develop and manage an engagement plan for implementation
  3. Coordinating client and tax service line team schedules to ensure the proper resources are available for the appropriate projects
  4. Understand and establish priorities
  5. Identify resource requirements and assign staffing consultants to projects
  6. Monitor performance of project tasks
  7. Identifying, tracking, and managing action items, issues, and risks, and serving as liaison between the client team and our internal service team to resolve all in a timely manner
  8. Preparing and sending weekly status reports
  9. Collaborating with peers to ensure our team is exceeding clients' expectations
  10. Delivering projects on time and within the budget
  11. Professional development through community organizational involvement and business solicitation
  12. All other duties as assigned


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