Professionals & Executives

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The value of advice

Everything considered. Everything monitored.

As your career progresses, your financial life grows more complex with it. You’re looking at higher income, bonuses, share awards, pensions, investments, and for many senior professionals, wealth held across more than one country or currency.

Making the most of it all takes time, attention and expertise most people simply don’t have to spare.

We help you work out what matters now, what can wait and what needs planning years in advance, helping you keep your strategy on track with your wider ambitions.

Building wealth

Putting earnings to work.

A successful career can generate significant income, but it’s easy to defer the financial decisions that could make a real difference to your wealth over time.

We help you put your earnings to work sooner, investing in line with your ambitions, making full use of available tax credits and allowances before available tax allowances.

We keep your wealth working harder, while you focus on the next stage of your career.

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Pension planning

Retirement arrives faster than you think.

When you’re focused on your career, the years can pass quickly. But when it comes to building your pension, every one of them counts.

Your peak earning years can be some of your most valuable for building retirement wealth. We’ll help you make the most of each year’s contribution opportunities and available allowances, while considering the Standard Fund Threshold and your wider wealth.

When retirement does arrive, you’ll know your finances are ready for what comes next.

Financial Protection

Planning for the unexpected.

Your income supports your lifestyle, your family and your financial future. But what happens if illness, injury or an untimely death suddenly takes it away?

We’ll help you put the right financial protection in place, considering income protection, life and serious illness cover alongside any employer benefits you already have.

So, whatever happens, your family’s financial security is never at risk.

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Family ambitions

Investing in your children’s future

There’s no greater motivation than family. As your success grows, so does your ability to create opportunities for the people who matter most.

Whether it’s giving your children a private education, funding university or helping buy their first home, your wealth can help them fulfil their potential.

We’ll build those ambitions into your strategy, ensuring your success is a platform for theirs.

Post career planning

Wealth buys time.

A successful career can be all-consuming. But eventually, you may want your time back.

That could mean retiring, stepping back, moving into consultancy or board positions, starting a business or simply having the freedom to choose what you do next.

We’ll help you understand when work can become optional, building the pensions, investments and income strategy to give you greater control over what comes next.

Why Goodbody?

Your wealth. Our focus.

You’ve built your career by focusing your time and expertise where they make the greatest difference. Your wealth deserves the same level of attention.

Goodbody looks after the bigger financial picture, anticipating important decisions, understanding your options and bringing in the right expertise when you need it.

From financial planning and pensions to investment, tax and inheritance, we bring your financial life into a single view, so you always know where you stand and where you’re heading.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Key points to consider

It starts with looking at your complete financial position. Your income, pension, investments and available allowances should work together. We can identify opportunities and build tax efficiency into your wider wealth strategy.

That depends on your priorities. You might invest it, increase pension funding, reduce borrowing or keep some available for shorter-term goals. We can help you decide where it can add the most value within your overall plan.

It depends on the type of award and its tax treatment, but vesting often creates an immediate decision point: shares become yours (and often taxable) whether or not you’re ready to act on them. We can help you plan ahead of the vesting date, rather than reacting to it.

Start by understanding how much of your total financial position depends on your employer — including your salary, future bonuses and equity. We can help you assess that concentration and develop a diversification strategy where appropriate.

Multiple pensions from different employers over your career are common and can be easy to lose track of. We can review what you already have, identify any gaps or inefficiencies, and make sure your overall pension strategy – old and new – is working as effectively as possible.

If your pension assets are approaching the relevant threshold, it can affect decisions around contributions, investment and when you access your benefits. Planning ahead can help you understand your options and incorporate them into your wider strategy.

Long before you intend to stop working. The earlier you understand the wealth and income you’ll need, the more time you have to build towards it – and potentially reach the point where working becomes a choice rather than a financial necessity.

It depends on your circumstances, but the review usually starts with what would actually happen financially if you couldn’t work. For how long, and how much would your family need to maintain their lifestyle? From there, we can identify any shortfall and recommend cover to close it.

As your wealth grows, inheritance increasingly becomes part of the bigger picture. We can help you consider gifting, succession and estate planning alongside your own future financial needs.

Often it’s less about the goal itself and more about how you fund it efficiently – whether that’s regular gifting, a dedicated investment account, or timing withdrawals to minimise tax. We can help you structure it in a way that works for your wider finances too.

Often, yes. If your income, bonus and equity are all tied to the same company – or even the same sector – your financial exposure can be more concentrated than it first appears. We can help you assess that exposure across your whole portfolio, not just your employer holdings, and build in genuine diversification.

The answers to these frequently asked questions do not constitute investment advice.

Warning: Nothing in this content constitutes investment, legal, financial, accounting or tax advice and does not confirm that a strategy is suitable or appropriate to your individual circumstances or otherwise constitutes a personal recommendation to you. Individuals should always seek independent tax and legal advice.

Our Team

Senior Director, Wealth Management

David McCann

Senior Director, Wealth Management

Orla Tobin

Senior Director, Wealth Management

Kevin Ronayne

Director, Wealth Management

Laura Devoy

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