Business Development Director - Private Client

About this role

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP, trading as Baker Tilly, are independent members of Baker Tilly International, a worldwide network of independent accounting and business advisory firms in 141 territories, with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion. Visit bakertilly.com or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.  

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Baker Tilly is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable federal, state or local law.

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Job Description:

  The Business Development Director at Baker Tilly is a senior-level, strategic role focused on accelerating growth across the firm’s Tax, Assurance, and Advisory practices. This role is directly responsible for identifying and developing new business opportunities within the Private Client sector in an assigned territory, while building, managing, and expanding strong client and referral relationships.

The Director serves as a key contributor to the growth of the Private Client Practice, partnering with practice leaders to shape and execute go-to-market strategies and drive market-focused growth initiatives. This includes collaborating across service lines to develop innovative, value-driven solutions that support high-net-worth individuals, family enterprises, privately held business owners, family offices, trusts, estates, foundations, and the advisors who serve them.

This position requires a strong understanding of tax planning, estate and trust matters, succession planning, family office operations, business transition strategies, regulatory considerations, and the evolving needs of affluent individuals and families. It is critical to enhancing Baker Tilly’s market position and delivering differentiated value to clients navigating complex personal, business, and family financial matters.

You will have the opportunity to: • Understand key Private Client service offerings and confidently communicate their application to high-net-worth individuals, family enterprises, privately held business owners, family offices, trusts, estates, foundations, and their advisors • Demonstrate an understanding of estate and gift planning, trust and fiduciary considerations, family governance, succession planning, liquidity events, business transition planning, and family office services and their impact on client goals and decision-making • Monitor and communicate emerging trends related to tax legislation, wealth planning, estate and gift planning, family office evolution, business succession, liquidity events, and generational wealth transfer to identify and develop new business opportunities • Lead the deployment of sales techniques and strategies to integrate services and resources across all lines of service and geographies • Possess a broad understanding of macroeconomic, regulatory, tax, and market trends impacting affluent individuals, family enterprises, privately held businesses, and family offices • Have a conversational understanding of the firm’s significant service offerings beyond Private Client that intersect with our team's expertise, enabling the utilization of the firm's strategy to deliver and enhance value in an integrated and mutually reinforcing marketplace • Build, maintain, and expand relationships across the Private Client ecosystem, including family office executives, attorneys, wealth advisors, private client bankers, trust officers, investment advisors, business owners, and other centers of influence • Perform regular and prompt follow-up on all Firm-generated leads assigned from campaigns, or ad hoc requests from practice leadership • Maintain a clear understanding of who your team wishes to target for business development purposes – and why • Regularly inform practice leadership of changing market dynamics and other factors influencing accounts of strategic importance • Maintain strict compliance with CRM (Salesforce) requirements by consistently documenting opportunity notes and all related activities, and keeping an accurate, up-to-date pipeline of qualified opportunities in accordance with firm protocols • Attain closed business revenue goals associated with both new accounts and existing client acc

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