Estates Administrator, Temporary

Aviso Wealth:

At Aviso, we are dedicated to improving the financial well-being of Canadians. As a leading wealth management organization, we are committed to leadership, innovation, partnership, responsibility, and community. Working with talented and energetic professionals who exemplify our values every day, you will quickly notice that our people and dynamic ‘oneaviso’ culture sets us apart. If you are looking for interesting and challenging work, at a company committed to its people, find out more about what Aviso has to offer at www.aviso.ca.

The Opportunity:

We are looking to fill an open role for an Estates Administrator to join our Operations Team for 6 months.

Reporting to the Manager, Operations, the Estates Administrator is responsible for the processing of estates settlements and tax reporting for registered and non-registered accounts within the CIRO (formerly IIROC and MFDA) platforms and our trustee guidelines.

As oneaviso: 

• We Care – You do the right thing for clients, partners and colleagues. You build trusted relationships, champion service excellence, and contribute to a culture where people feel valued and supported

• We Dare –You challenge the status quo with bold ideas and fresh perspectives. You embrace change, seek opportunities to innovate and are comfortable exploring new ways of working

• We Share – You collaborate openly and build meaningful relationships. You seek out diverse perspectives, share your knowledge and work together to help colleagues, clients and partners succeed

• We Deliver – You take ownership of your work, honour your commitments and focus on delivering meaningful results. You hold yourself accountable and continuously look for ways to improve

What your day looks like:

• Performs estates settlements, journal processing, issuance of tax documents for estates accounts, address estate related inquiries/issues per internal deadlines
• Ensures all information and request channels are current and up to date (e.g. requests for OSM, Laserfiche, mailbox)
• Proactively offers assistance and maintains a positive attitude as a member of the team and works closely with other Operational teams and where needed directly with the advisors for complex situations
• Reviews current processes of CIRO (formerly IIROC and MFDA) estate settlements and pro-actively make recommendations for improvement
• Ensures training checklist is up to date and current
• Provide regular status and immediately highlights if there are any items in backlog so resources can be allocated
• Reviews and ensures the following are current: CIRO checklists, departmental procedures and manuals per trustee or regulatory changes
• Remains current on CRA, Revenue Quebec, ESDC, civil code and trustee regulations through the review of legislation, press releases, and industry information bulletins
• Perform estate settlement, spousal rollovers due to death, full cash out of plans, review date of death