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Heather Schreiber

Stay Ahead of the Retirement Planning Curve!

Building Stronger Advisors through Education in Retirement, Tax, estate, and Social Security Planning

Get the competitive edge with your retirement planning secret weapon. Technical retirement planning and social security education, advanced case design, and expert training for financial and tax professionals.

Heather Schreiber is all about turning complex retirement tax strategies into understandable concepts that stick to help forward-thinking financial advisors take a solutions-driven approach to every engagement.

Today’s advanced markets are rapidly evolving, and it feels impossible to keep up. You already have a lot on your plate, and a single misstep could cost your client money and affect your reputation. So how are you supposed to stay updated on advanced planning strategies and regulations that govern them without falling behind or getting overwhelmed?

Retirement planning can be a daunting task for financial and tax professionals and their clients. There’s an endless list of factors to consider:

  • The myriad of rules that come with retirement accounts and IRAs,
  • The constant evolution of tax law that affects them,
  • Retirement risks to mitigate, and
  • Social Security as a foundational income source.

What if you had a behind-the-scenes partner with the knowledge and expertise to take those risks off the table?

Heather is here to ease that burden with expert consultation and education for financial and tax professionals. Reduce stress, minimize costly mistakes, and build comprehensive financial strategies for your clients with a retirement planning expert in your corner.

Tax code and social security planning aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but she eats, drinks, and dreams this stuff. She thrives on it, so you don’t have to. You deserve the support, training, and coaching you need to be a rockstar with your client.

Services Provided

  • Speaking Engagements & Workshops
  • Consulting
  • Coaching
  • Educational Content

Most Requested Talks and Presentations

  • Navigating the Critical Ages of Retirement Income Planning
  • 5 Critical Social Security Concepts Every Advisor Should Know to Elevate Their Credibility
  • Building Client Relationships with Social Security
  • Operation Decode: Top Tax-Related Annuity Questions Answered
  • Social Security through the Lens of Today’s Woman
  • Operation Roth – A Road Map to Tax-Free Income in Retirement
  • Social Security Deep Dive Course

Heather is one of the best CE instructors I have ever heard. She packs so much into her topics and explains them so well for the average person. She gave us a lot of material that we can use as a resource and for financial planning. Very applicable.
Navigating the Critical Ages of Retirement Income Planning Attendee

When it comes to Social Security and Medicare planning, Heather Schreiber is the speaker you want. Heather presented at our financial advisor program to rave reviews from some of the most highly educated and knowledgeable financial planners and tax advisors in the country. These are seasoned advisors – a tough audience – who are not easily impressed and often challenge our speakers with high-level questions. Heather dominated the discussion. Her confidence and knowledge level had our advisors trying to keep up! They loved her presentation style and were impressed with Heather’s vast knowledge.
Ed Slott, CPA Founder and CEO of Ed Slott and Company

Travels From:  Georgia
City:
$10,001 to $15,000

Biography

With over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Heather Schreiber has dedicated her career to providing advanced planning support and education to financial and tax advisors. Her passion for consumer advocacy and a deep understanding of the valuable role advisors play in improving financial literacy and retirement readiness have been the driving forces behind her success. Heather excels in simplifying complex financial strategies and evolving tax laws, equipping advisors with practical insights they can seamlessly integrate into their retirement income planning solutions. This approach enhances client service, retention, and referral rate while empowering clients to take charge of their financial future.

Heather is a highly sought-after author and keynote speaker on Social Security and tax efficient retirement income strategies, known for blending deep expertise with a touch of humor. As the founder of HLS Retirement Consulting, based in Woodstock, GA, she leads a firm that partners with advisors nationwide, offering behind-the-scenes support and advanced case design. Heather and her team proudly embrace their inner nerds by offering advanced planning support, allowing their advisor clients to focus on what they do best – providing exemplary service in all other facets of the client-advisor relationship.

In addition to her consulting work, Heather is an experienced instructor for Surgent CPE and an educational partner with the American College of Financial Services’ CE Platform Knowledge Hub. She writes Heather Schreiber’s Social Security Advisor, a companion newsletter to Ed Slott’s IRA Advisor, and is frequently quoted in top publications such as AARP, The Wall Street Journal, and Investor’s Business Daily. Outside of her professional life, Heather enjoys hiking, giving back to her community, and spending time with her family of six and four furry companions. She never misses a chance to share a laugh—most often at her own expense!

Presentations

A road map approach to the critical ages that every financial professional should know to help their clients and prospects more effectively build and navigate an informed and empowered retirement. Heather identifies key actionable steps to accumulate, protect, and enhance retirement income along the way.

Social Security is the foundation of a solid retirement income plan, yet many pre-retirees lack the knowledge to make an informed claiming decision. This is your opportunity to shine! Heather uncovers five critical components that every financial professional should understand, along with the strategies to instantly elevate your credibility.

Uncover potential opportunities to enhance the overall retirement income strategy by identifying the right questions to ask. Heather unpacks the Social Security discovery questions that naturally lead to a broader and more holistic discussion of your client’s retirement income strategy. Gain more credibility by adding value to your fact-finding process while building strong, trusting client relationships.

Join Heather as she dispels the most common points of confusion among financial professionals when it comes to annuities. Whether it’s changing ownership, how annuities are taxed, how to properly advise an annuity beneficiary, or deciphering product guidelines from tax law, this presentation will leave you with more than on “a-ha” moment!

When it comes to preparing for retirement, women have a unique set of challenges that are less likely to be experienced by their male counterparts. These challenges present an opportunity for you to help your female clients more adequately prepare for retirement. From a likelihood to experience breaks in work history, longer life expectancies, and relying more heavily on Social Security for a significant portion of retirement income, it is important to understand how to leverage these important benefits for your female clients.

Diversifying assets earmarked for retirement isn’t just about mitigating market risk. Join Heather as she digs into the nuances of Roth IRAs and designated Roth accounts to offer a powerhouse of opportunity to mitigate taxes in retirement. Learn how to use Roth strategies often missed to offer flexibility in drawdown strategies to keep more in your clients’ pockets and less in the hands of Uncle Sam!

This course is designed for the firm or advisor who desires to engage clients in a more meaningful way by offering Social Security optimization to retirement income planning services already offered. Broken into segments, the course covers basic eligibility, auxiliary benefits, how to work with non-covered employees subject to WEP and GPO, and how to help consumers better navigate the age-old question “when should I file?” This course leaves no stone unturned and will give the attendee greater confidence in adding Social Security to holistic retirement planning services already offered.

Areas of expertise

  • Retirement Income Planning
  • IRA Distribution Rules and Strategies
  • Social Security Strategies, Rules, and Considerations
  • Medicare and IRMAA Mitigation
  • Tax Law Changes that Impact Retirement Planning
  • Legacy Planning
  • Tax-Efficient Drawdown Strategies
  • Trust Planning
  • Annuity Structure and Taxation
  • Estate and Gift Tax Planning
  • Charitable Giving
  • Business Succession Planning
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