Based in El Segundo, California, Cetera Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest financial advisor networks. Cetera is redefining the delivery of professional financial advice through the establishment of our Advice-Centric Experience™. Cetera offers a number of award-winning financial advisor support resources, including wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support and innovative technology for independent financial professionals and financial institutions.
The successful candidate will join a legal team of highly experienced lawyers and paralegals who have corporate, litigation, broker-dealer, and investment advisory practice backgrounds. This position offers an excellent opportunity for long-term professional growth and development in a sophisticated and rewarding legal practice supporting the retail investment advice profession.
This position reports to the Corporate Deputy General Counsel and is located in El Segundo, California, Dallas, Texas, or New York City.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Your responsibilities will include assisting internal counsel with the following:

• Responding to and tracking legal inquiries from internal teams, including operations, services centers, compliance, and growth teams.
• Conduct legal research and writing on a variety of trust and estate issues, such as state regulations on small estate affidavits, powers of attorney, probate laws and procedures, and account ownership and maintenance matters.
• Analyze and propose practical solutions for complex legal questions relating to trusts, estates, wills, probate matters, and vulnerable adult incident escalations to best protect the business while helping end clients.
• Collaborate closely with counsel to support legal reviews, policy updates, and process improvements.
• Assist counsel in the design, testing, and refinement of new AI-driven legal tools, capabilities, and initiatives.
• Assist as needed with drafting corporate resolutions for M&A transactions, bank networking transactions, dividend distributions, and other corporate governance matters.

This is not an all-inclusive list of the position’s responsibilities. The candidate may be required to perform other duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Not many teams can say that they support people’s dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there’s a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:

• Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
• Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
• 20+ days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
• 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
• Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more