Paul Pettersen is a Senior Financial Advisor with The Snyder/Balducci Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. He focuses on estate planning strategies, helping clients align their wealth transfer plans with their family, philanthropic goals, and tax considerations. Paul holds the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP) certification and the Personal Investment Advisor (PIA) designation.
Paul joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2003 and has served as a Director in Merrill's Ultra-High Net Worth Strategic Wealth Advisory Group in New York. His expertise includes planning for estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well as philanthropy and asset preservation planning. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Paul was a manager at Ernst & Young, LLP, where he developed financial plans and conducted workshops for corporate clients, and also worked as a senior financial planner at Altfest Personal Wealth Management.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from The University at Albany, State University of New York, and a Master of Science in Personal Financial Planning from The College for Financial Planning. Paul is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). In his advisory role, Paul emphasizes connecting all aspects of clients’ financial lives to help prioritize and pursue their most important goals.