Head of Wealth Management Business Performance & Field Support
Boston, MA - USA
Job Summary
Work Location:
Boston Massachusetts United States of AmericaHours:
40Pay Details:
$200000 - $280000 USDTD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidates skills and experience job-related knowledge geographic location and other specific business and organizational needs.
As a candidate you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.
Line of Business:
TD WealthJob Description:
This role is responsible for overseeing core business governance and field enablement within the wealth management business. This role ensures the effective execution of advisor lifecycle management compensation infrastructure regulatory and operational controls and business performance analytics while enabling scalable growth and strong advisor productivity. Acts as a critical partner to Sales Risk Compliance Finance and Banking leadership to drive operational excellence enhance advisor experience and maintain a robust control environment.
Depth & Scope:
- Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent setting goals developing staff managing employee performance and compensation decisions promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions as required
- Provides leadership over sales and distribution support infrastructure ensuring advisors have the tools processes and insights needed to grow and retain client relationships
- Partners with sales leadership to drive advisor productivity practice management and field engagement initiatives
- Supports referral programs and collaboration with banking partners including QKA alignment and optimization
- Enables advisors and field leaders with the tools processes insights and operating support needed to grow and retain client relationships strengthen practice management and improve the advisor experience
- Oversees advisor onboarding and offboarding processes ensuring efficient compliant transitions across the advisor lifecycle
- Partners with field leadership to support organizational structure territory alignment and advisor engagement models
- Establishes consistent processes and governance for field support functions
- Leads design implementation and ongoing governance of advisor compensation plans aligned to firm strategy and regulatory expectations
- Oversees vendor relationships for compensation administration and ensures accuracy transparency and timeliness of payouts
- Develops and maintains internal goaling methodologies tied to performance growth and profitability metrics
- Develops analytics framework to assess advisor performance productivity and profitability across segments
- Delivers actionable insights to senior leadership and field management to support strategic decision-making
- Partners with Finance and Data & Analytics teams to ensure data integrity and reporting consistency
- Leads governance across conflicts of interest management incident management and escalation protocols privacy and data protection programs and End-User Computing (EUC) governance
- Ensures adherence to SEC/FINRA regulatory requirements and internal risk frameworks
- Drives continuous improvement of controls documentation standards and audit readiness
- Oversees advisor licensing and registration processes ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements
- Maintains proactive oversight of registration status continuing education and jurisdictional requirements
- Partners with Compliance to manage regulatory examinations and inquiries
- Leads vendor governance framework across administrative functions including compensation partners and operational vendors
- Establishes performance standards service level agreements (SLAs) and ongoing monitoring processes
- Ensures appropriate risk management and due diligence for all third-party relationships
- Owns and maintains Business Continuity Planning (BCP) framework for the wealth business
- Ensures operational resilience through testing scenario planning and recovery readiness
- Coordinates with enterprise risk and technology teams on disaster recovery alignment
- Acts as a key liaison across Wealth Banking Risk Compliance Finance and Technology
- Drives cross-functional initiatives to improve client and advisor experience
- Builds and leads high-performing teams fostering a culture of accountability control discipline and continuous improvement
- Drives disciplined execution scalable growth advisor productivity compensation governance vendor performance regulatory readiness control effectiveness data integrity business continuity readiness and analytics-informed decision-making across the wealth business
- Builds and leads high-performing teams fosters accountability and control discipline promotes continuous improvement and influences senior stakeholders across Wealth Banking Risk Compliance Finance Technology and Data and Analytics
Education & Experience:
- Bachelors Degree required
- 15 years of experience in wealth management broker-dealer operations or financial services leadership
- Deep understanding of advisor business models compensation structures and field dynamics
- Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks (SEC FINRA privacy regulations)
- S24 and/or S27 licensing required
- Proven experience in operational governance risk management and control frameworks
- Experience managing vendor relationships and large-scale operational programs
- Demonstrated ability to lead analytics-driven decision-making and performance management
- Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
OCC Language:
- This position is with a FINRA member broker and/or dealer and is subject to the requirements of FINRA and Securities Laws. May (or may not) be a registered position under FINRA.
- Must be eligible for employment under standards established by FINRA. Subject to the investigation and verification requirements of FINRA Rule 3110(e) including: the Firms obligation to investigate the good character business reputation qualifications and experience of an applicant for registration before applying to register the applicant with FINRA and filing the applicants Form U4 with the CRD and before representing on the applicants Form U4 that it has conducted this investigation and verified the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in the applicants Form U4; and the Firms obligation to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information contained on the applicants Form U4 no later than 30 calendar days after the Form U4 is filed with FINRA.
- Satisfactory results on a criminal background check credit report check civil litigation search and regulatory agency or self-regulatory organization enforcement action search and statements/certification from job applicant regarding administrative civil and/or criminal findings by any government agency/authority or self-regulatory organization are required by federal law for this position.
Physical Requirements:
Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%
- Domestic Travel Occasional
- International Travel Never
- Performing sedentary work Continuous
- Performing multiple tasks Continuous
- Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
- Responding quickly to sounds Occasional
- Sitting Continuous
- Standing Occasional
- Walking Occasional
- Moving safely in confined spaces Occasional
- Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) Occasional
- Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) Never
- Squatting Occasional
- Bending Occasional
- Kneeling Never
- Crawling Never
- Climbing Never
- Reaching overhead Never
- Reaching forward Occasional
- Pushing Never
- Pulling Never
- Twisting Never
- Concentrating for long periods of time Continuous
- Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations Continuous
- Reading writing and comprehending instructions Continuous
- Adding subtracting multiplying and dividing Continuous
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.
Who We Are:
TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we strive to make every interaction product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to foster deeper relationships ensure disciplined execution and build a simpler faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are client facing. Together we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients colleagues and communities.
Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g. eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits savings and retirement programs paid time off (including Vacation PTO Flex PTO and Holiday PTO) banking benefits and discounts career development and reward and recognition. Learn more
Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
Colleague Development
If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.
If youre passionate about helping clients and building deep lasting relationships TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.
Were committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued everyone has fair opportunities to grow and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD we hire and develop the best.
Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
Interview Process
Well reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.
Accommodation
TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.
If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at . Include your full name best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.
Required Experience:
Director