Portfolio Strategist

As a Portfolio Strategist on the Portfolio Transition Services team, you’ll help clients and relationship owners better understand the potential tax, risk, cost, and portfolio considerations involved in transitioning existing holdings into managed investing strategies. This client-facing role combines investment knowledge, analytical thinking, and clear communication to deliver advice to clients that supports informed decision making. 

In this role, you’ll gather relevant facts, clarify transition objectives, evaluate portfolio scenarios, and prepare analysis that helps clients assess potential trade-offs, including estimated realized gains or losses, risk considerations, portfolio characteristics, and transition implications. You’ll partner closely with Retail and Advisor Services relationship owners, applying sound judgment and a disciplined documentation approach in a highly regulated environment. 

Your impact will come through your ability to translate complex investment analysis into practical, client-ready education while collaborating across teams to support thoughtful outcomes. This is an opportunity to apply your portfolio construction, taxable investing, and managed account knowledge in a role where precision, problem-solving, and trusted partnership are central to success. 

• CFP® designation and/or CFA® designation. 

• Active FINRA Series 7 license, or ability to obtain within 120 days as a condition of employment. 

• Active FINRA Series 66 license, or equivalent, or ability to obtain within 120 days as a condition of employment. 

• Strong understanding of portfolio construction, asset allocation, taxable investing, managed account solutions, and portfolio transition considerations. 

• Experience working with Financial Consultants, Wealth Advisors, investment professionals, and high-net-worth client scenarios. 

• Ability to interpret holdings, tax lot information, cost basis data, portfolio characteristics, and transition analysis outputs. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex investment analysis into clear, practical, client-ready education. 

• Demonstrated judgment, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in a highly regulated environment. 

• Ability to manage multiple referrals, prioritize work, meet turnaround expectations, and maintain accurate documentation. 

• Familiarity with Salesforce, portfolio analysis tools, managed account platforms, or related investment technology. 

• CIMA® designation. 

• Bachelor’s degree. 

• Experience supporting taxable portfolio transitions, concentrated positions, direct indexing, or separately managed accounts. 

• Experience presenting analysis to internal partners, relationship owners, clients, or prospects. 

• Ability to collaborate across teams to resolve complex client scenarios, clarify requirements, and improve the end-to-end referral experience. 

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.