Trust and Estates Analyst at Cetera Financial Group Inc
Cetera Financial Group Inc · El Segundo, United States Of America · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in El Segundo
Based in El Segundo, California, Cetera Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest financial advisor networks. Cetera is redefining the delivery of professional financial advice through the establishment of our Advice-Centric Experience™. Cetera offers a number of award-winning financial advisor support resources, including wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support and innovative technology for independent financial professionals and financial institutions.
The successful candidate will join a legal team of highly experienced lawyers and paralegals who have corporate, litigation, broker-dealer, and investment advisory practice backgrounds. This position offers an excellent opportunity for long-term professional growth and development in a sophisticated and rewarding legal practice supporting the retail investment advice profession.
This position reports to the Corporate Deputy General Counsel and is located in El Segundo, California, Dallas, Texas, or New York City.
What you will do:
Your responsibilities will include assisting internal counsel with the following:
Responding to and tracking legal inquiries from internal teams, including operations, services centers, compliance, and growth teams.
Conduct legal research and writing on a variety of trust and estate issues, such as state regulations on small estate affidavits, powers of attorney, probate laws and procedures, and account ownership and maintenance matters.
Analyze and propose practical solutions for complex legal questions relating to trusts, estates, wills, probate matters, and vulnerable adult incident escalations to best protect the business while helping end clients.
Collaborate closely with counsel to support legal reviews, policy updates, and process improvements.
Assist counsel in the design, testing, and refinement of new AI-driven legal tools, capabilities, and initiatives.
Assist as needed with drafting corporate resolutions for M&A transactions, bank networking transactions, dividend distributions, and other corporate governance matters.
This is not an all-inclusive list of the position’s responsibilities. The candidate may be required to perform other duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
What you need to have:
Bachelor’s degree.
5-10 years of trusts and estates experience.
Experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department preferred.
Excellent oral and written communication, analytical, research, and strategic thinking skills to effectively communicate issues and recommendations at all levels of the Company.
Familiarity with, or the desire to learn, the laws, regulations, and business operations of a retail broker-dealer and investment adviser.
Ability to work independently and accept a high degree of accountability.
Ability to analyze complex matters while providing simple, actionable advice.
Team and service orientation.
Strong work ethic.
Sound judgment and problem-solving skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Compensation:
The base annual salary range for this role is $86,000 to $103,000, plus a competitive performance-based bonus. Base annual salary depends on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and location. Base annual salary may also differ significantly due to geography and cost of labor considerations.
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What we give you in return:
Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:
- Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
- Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
- 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
- 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
- Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.
About Cetera Financial Group:
Cetera Financial Group® ("Cetera") is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is an independent financial advisor network and a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.
Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions-based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support and innovative technology.
"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of retail independent broker-dealers encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors, Cetera Advisor Networks, Cetera Financial Institutions,and Cetera Financial Specialists.
Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at the Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.
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