Private Wealth and Portfolio Manager

Cardinal Point, Focus Partners Canada•Calgary, AB

About The Position

Cardinal Point is a Canadian-U.S. wealth management company created to service the sophisticated needs of high net-worth families. Our financial advisors operate under the fiduciary standard and understand that your wealth, family, interests and values are all interconnected. We are dedicated to providing investment management, financial, estate and tax planning solutions to residents of Canada and the U.S., Canadians moving to the U.S., Americans moving to Canada and Canadian and U.S. expats living abroad. Cardinal Point is part of Focus Financial Partners, a leading financial services firm comprised of wealth management, family office, and business management services. The Private Wealth and Portfolio Manager role involves client relationship management, portfolio reviews, establishing investment objectives, asset allocation modeling, serving as a client liaison, overseeing relationship procedures, coordinating tax and investment processes, providing financial planning advice, assisting with client onboarding, and community outreach.

Requirements

Over 5 years relevant experience required.
CFP and CIM required, or equivalent.
Bachelor's Degree required.

Responsibilities

Client relationship management responsibility for assigned clients to meet or exceed the clients' expectations in accordance with each client's contract and all promises and expectations set for the relationship, on behalf of both the clients and the Company.
Complete annual (at minimum) client portfolio management reviews which include the completion of Know Your Client (KYC) compliance documentation.
Engaging with clients to establish investment objectives, portfolio asset allocation guidelines, and investment policy statements for individual clients.
Asset allocation modeling and developing transition plans to migrate existing legacy holdings of new clients to model allocations.
Serve as the clients' liaison, team leader, and advocate within the organization and with outside providers to ensure that the clients' financial plans are implemented in accordance with the company’s client relationship standards, each plan's recommendations, and remain on track throughout all relationship phases with an emphasis on helping achieve the clients' goals and objectives.
Oversee the ongoing relationship procedures which include annual or semi-financial planning annual reviews for assigned clients and prepare review modules (annual or periodic plan reviews of individual pieces of the financial plan).
Coordination of the tax and investment processes with the clients’ tax professionals, both internal and external, and the investment professionals, both internal and external, in accordance with the client contract and the Company’s relationship standard.
Seek to coordinate and follow the company’s financial planning standards and expectations for the clients when providing financial planning advice.
Coordination with a Client Relationship Specialist on the onboarding of clients and in the administration of the clients’ investment paperwork.
Community outreach, including contributing to overall company communications such as blog posts or client-friendly investment writing for distribution.