VP, Advanced Planning
Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
How do you work with a client's outside attorney or CPA without overstepping?
What they are checking: Collaboration with other professionals and clear boundaries around legal and tax advice.
Tell me about a time you explained a complex planning idea to a client who felt overwhelmed.
What they are checking: Ability to simplify sophisticated concepts and keep clients engaged in decisions.
How would you partner with an Advanced Planning Analyst so the work is shared well?
What they are checking: Leading and developing a supporting analyst, as the posting describes.
How do you build strong relationships with advisors across a region when you meet mostly by video?
What they are checking: Remote relationship skills for a role covering several states and investor centers.
What would you do
A Financial Consultant brings you into a client meeting with no preparation time. What do you do?
What they are checking: Composure and the ability to add value quickly while setting up a better follow-up.
Family members disagree about how wealth should pass to the next generation. How do you handle that conversation?
What they are checking: Emotional intelligence and neutrality when planning touches family dynamics.
About the work
Walk me through how you would run an estate planning engagement for a high net worth family from first meeting to final recommendations.
What they are checking: End-to-end engagement leadership, including discovery, analysis in eMoney and clear deliverables.
What strategies would you consider for a client with a large estate and a concentrated stock position?
What they are checking: Technical depth on trusts, gifting, charitable strategies and diversification for wealthy clients.
How do you use eMoney or similar tools, and where do you rely on your own judgment instead?
What they are checking: Tool fluency combined with the judgment to question model outputs.
What recent tax law changes have you had to help clients plan around?
What they are checking: Current knowledge of estate and income tax developments that affect high net worth planning.
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