EP Wealth Advisors

Director

• Actively contribute as a key member of the firm’s Investment Committee, shaping and refining long-term investment strategies aimed at optimizing portfolio returns and aligning with market opportunities.
• Support the Head of Investments in managing the operational infrastructure that drives efficient investment management, ensuring seamless execution of investment strategies and timely portfolio adjustments to optimize performance.
• Supervise and manage both client-facing and back-office functions related to the firm’s investment offerings, ensuring alignment with client investment objectives and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with technology and operations teams to enhance investment-related platforms, including trading systems, portfolio analysis tools, and performance reporting software, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of the firm’s investment strategy.
• Spearhead the integration of advanced technologies and tools to streamline investment operations, improve data analysis capabilities, and enhance scalability and reliability of investment decision-making processes.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to set and monitor investment performance goals, KPIs, and metrics that directly support the firm’s broader financial and investment objectives.
• Lead initiatives to automate routine investment tasks, reduce operational costs, and drive greater productivity in investment management processes, enhancing overall team efficiency and return on investment (ROI).
• Cultivate a collaborative, performance-driven culture focused on achieving superior investment outcomes.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering continuous professional development within the investment management team.
• Work closely with compliance, marketing, and operations teams to ensure resources are efficiently allocated to support investment activities, and align strategic objectives across the firm.
• Communicate the firm’s investment philosophy, strategies, and performance metrics to prospective and current advisors, showcasing the value proposition of the firm’s investment approach.
• Participate in meetings with high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clients to discuss investment strategies, portfolio performance, and potential investment opportunities.
• Contribute to discussions with prospective M&A partners, evaluating potential strategic alliances that could enhance the firm’s investment offerings and overall portfolio performance.
• Support integration of investment processes for new M&A partner firms

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Solutions

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Work with advisors on clients with assets under management of $2 million or more.
• Consult with the Financial Planning Manager for clients with assets of $5 million and more complex financial plans
• Collect data for financial planning via client questionnaire, clarify and verify client answers to questions and enter data into financial planning system.
• Utilize financial planning software to generate financial plans and review with Financial Advisor.
• Generate specific action plans for clients relative to the specific recommendations made in their financial plan.
• Create, review and enter data into spreadsheets to analyze specific financial planning and/or business planning issues.
• Work with the financial planning team to continually assess existing software the planners use to determine changes and upgrades needed to maximize opportunities with clients and potential clients.
• Work with Operations and IT department for enhancement of existing software and systems, development of new systems and deployment of both.
• Work with Marketing department to review and edit written and other material made available to the public.
• Conduct research as required by the Director of Financial Planning.
• Teach the nuances of the firm's culture and sales process as needed in all training sessions.
• Conduct financial planning seminars for the firm's clients, COI's, and local branches
• Assist the Director in M&A efforts that involve training and integration
• Assist the Director in training of newly hired staff both in the planning department and in the advisor sector
• Perform other duties as assigned and required.

Senior Financial Planner

Operations

• Manage complex calendaring, prioritization and trade offs for the CEO (and Co-Founders as needed), across time zones and business functions.
• In collaboration with the Director of Business Management prepare and maintain comprehensive “brief books” (agendas, pre reads, decision asks, logistics) for key leadership forums.
• Design, produce and deliver the Weekly Brief for the CEO upcoming schedule, decisions due, topics to monitor.
• Coordinate executive travel, onsite logistics, expense administration and ad-hoc leadership requests.
• Facilitate high impact leadership meetings end-to-end: scheduling, invites, rooms/Zoom links, material distribution, recordings.
• Capture action items with owners and deadlines: partner with the Director of Business Management to issue Action Memos , monitor progress and ensure closure.
• Maintain and sanitize key invite/contact lists (Board, partners, major clients, executive sponsors) ensuring stakeholder alignment and access integrity.
• Draft and publish the monthly “ We Said / We Did ” summary and a one page scorecard highlight, leveraging data and content gathered by the business management team; final sign off by the CEO.
• Translate data-enabled materials (dashboards, metrics etc) into concise, executive ready narratives.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, AI assisted drafting (ChatGPT, Copilot), digital workflows and tools.
• Serve as the coordination point between the CEO, Board members, direct reports (CFO, COO, CLO, CPTO, CPO, MD-M&A Partnerships) and Business Management Project Management teams (under COO/CPTO) to ensure smooth, aligned communication and execution of strategic initiatives.
• Track key priorities, goals and performance metrics, escalate issues and risks as appropriate.
• Use tools such as Salesforce, Tableau, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Monday.com, ChatGPT and Copilot to streamline workflows and ensure visibility, accountability and transparency.
• Design and execute "field days" and site visits for the CEO (and Co-Founders/Leadership Team as needed) in concert with Divisional leadership: define objectives, manage attendees, agenda, logistics and capture follow up actions into the business management engine.
• Ensure the outcomes of visits are captured, translated into actionable items and tracked to completion.
• Handle confidential materials (Board packets, private equity sponsor briefings, M&A documentation, executive strategy documents) with the highest discretion.
• Maintain secure, version controlled document repositories, ensuring folders are current and access is appropriate.
• Demonstrate curiosity and facility with generative AI tools, productivity automations and emerging workflows-- applying them to executive materials, meeting summarization and process automation.

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Solutions

Senior Financial Planner

Executive Operations Manager