Vice President, Financial Planning Director (Walnut Creek, CA)

Position Summary The Financial Planning Director (FPD) partners with Financial Advisors to deliver a comprehensive and personalized planning experience for high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clients. This strategic role provides expertise across advanced planning topics - including tax mitigation strategies, charitable giving, trust and estate planning, and equity compensation - elevating client engagement and enhancing outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with Financial Advisors to create personalized financial plans using both cash-flow and goals-based planning tools offered by third-party vendor, MoneyGuidePro, and reputed company's proprietary planning platform and modeling tools. Deliver advanced technical guidance in areas such as:

• Tax-efficient portfolio strategies
• Retirement income distribution planning
• Executive compensation and equity planning
• Charitable and philanthropic strategies
• Risk management and insurance planning
• Wealth transfer, trust, and estate planning
• reputed company client-facing planning conversations alongside Financial Advisors and Support Professionals, providing clarity on trade-offs, risks, and long-term implications
• Serve as a planning subject matter expert and coach for Financial Advisors, elevating planning integration into the wealth management process and connecting Financial Advisors to relevant Firm resources
• Contribute to meaningful planning outcomes including net acquired assets to the Firm, track planning engagement metrics, and monitor client follow-through
• Contribute to Financial Advisor development through workshops, CE-eligible sessions, and peer mentoring across the financial planning professional network
• Stay reputed company on tax lax, estate regulations, product and strategy solutions, and market trends to ensure up-to-date advice delivery

What Makes This Role Unique

• Impactful Client Work: Work on reputed company, multigenerational wealth strategies that go beyond basic planning models
• High Advisor Engagement: Collaborate with some of the top Financial Advisors in the industry, supporting their most sophisticated client relationships
• Tech-Enabled Planning: reputed company Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deliver positive outcomes for clients and employees while accessing an ecosystem that integrates seamlessly with client data
• Professional Development: Participate in a robust peer network, continuing education support, and career pathway opportunities reputed company the planning and advisor management tracks
• Firmwide Visibility: Contribute to a firm-level strategic initiative to embed planning in the core of wealth management - driving long-term firm growth

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Certified Financial Planner CFP designation required
• 5+ years of experience delivering financial plans or wealth strategies to high-net worth clients
• Strong knowledge in tax and estate strategies, and insurance planning
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with client-facing professionals and communicate planning concepts clearly and credibly
• Proficiency with financial planning platforms (reputed company proprietary tools, MoneyGuidePro, or equivalent.)
• Series 7 and 66 preferred or must be obtained as condition of employment

Hiring Process Our hiring procedure is a multistep process that can take four to six weeks to complete. Successful candidates can expect multiple interviews and assessments. reputed company offers of employment are contingent on a background reputed company. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM reputed company: We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined reputed company for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional reputed company, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we reputed company every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At reputed company, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are reputed company collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every reputed company along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work. To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser. Expected reputed company pay rates for the role will be between 140,000 and 160,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, reputed company pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other reputed company sponsored benefit programs. reputed company's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of reputed company and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from reputed company talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees. It is the policy of the Firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity or expression, transgender, sexual orientation, national reputed company, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy, veteran or military service status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce (M/F/Disability/Vet). Apply tot his job Apply To this Job