Wealth Planning Associate

Ballentine Partners LLC

$75K — $105K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience preferred
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively
  • Familiarity with financial analysis and reporting
  • Experience or comfort working with senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Design and prepare client financial reports for meetings
  • Collect and evaluate raw data for financial summaries
  • Identify and elevate strategic planning issues for client teams
  • Research client issues under supervision
  • Conduct special analyses such as cash flow and forecasting
  • Research financial planning topics to support knowledge management
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

  • Fully paid dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
  • Cost sharing on medical insurance
  • Extensive time off including vacation, community service, and parental leave
  • Sabbaticals and unlimited personal sick time
  • Corporate matching program for contributions
  • Support for professional certifications and continuing education
  • Family-friendly and flexible work environment
  • Collaborative culture focused on personal and professional growth
Full Job Description
The Family Office Practice is a group within Ballentine Partners, focused specifically on clients with investable assets above $30 million. We provide objective investment and financial planning advice to our clients. We are a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor.

In this role the candidate will not only be responsible for the technical tasks below but will also have the opportunity to learn the soft skills necessary to be successful in their interactions with people at all levels.

  • Designing and preparing client financial reports and exhibits for client meetings
  • Collecting, compiling, and evaluating raw data from multiple sources to produce accurate financial summaries
  • Contributing to strategic thinking on client team by identifying and elevating strategic planning issues and opportunities
  • Identifying and researching client issues under supervision
  • Handling special analyses and projects for client teams (estate flow diagramming, cash flow analysis, forecasting, etc.)
  • Researching financial planning topics to enhance firm's knowledge management resources
  • Other duties as assigned


The right candidate will be someone who:

  • Can learn new things quickly
  • Can take initiative and act proactively (i.e., anticipates problems, raises suggestions)
  • Can take direction from multiple sources and prioritize a variety of tasks daily
  • Can work both independently and in a team structure with a diverse group of people
  • Can juggle and prioritize a variety of tasks daily
  • Is highly organized with a very strong attention to detail
  • Is comfortable working with senior stakeholders and sophisticated clients
  • Has high professional standards, judgment, and discretion
  • Has strong communication skills, verbal and written
  • Has excellent interpersonal & relationship skills including a positive attitude


A Bachelor's Degree is required. 1 - 3 years of experience in a similar role is preferred.

Ballentine Partners offers a wide array of benefits completely paid for by the firm including dental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and life insurance as well as cost sharing on medical insurance. We offer extensive time off benefits including vacation time, unlimited personal sick time, paid family sick leave, paid parental leave, sabbaticals, community time off and so much more. We have a corporate matching program as well as support certifications and continuing education for our team members. On top of all this, Ballentine is a family friendly and flexible work environment. Our culture is collaborative and built on supporting each other to grow not only the business but each other as well.

Ballentine Partners compensation is made up of a base salary and performance bonus. The salary range for this position is $75,000 to $105,000 and is commensurate with experience. Performance bonuses are based upon company and personal performance and are paid out annually.

We will sponsor applicants for work visas.

The pay range for this role is:

75,000 - 105,000 USD per year (Waltham)

75,000 - 105,000 USD per year (Boston)

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