Trainee Paraplanner

Hybrid working available

The Company:

Our client currently manages over £420m of assets for clients and was awarded Chartered status from the Chartered Insurance Institute, showing their commitment to high levels of standards and professionalism.

An exciting growth plan over the next 5 years and wanting to expand its highly valued Paraplanning team to support its team of client facing advisers.

Job purpose:

Candidates will be responsible for servicing existing business, platform based work, illustrations & regular contact directly with clients & wrap/platform providers. Candidates will also be supporting the paraplanning team, analysing information and conducting basic plan and fund research to produce articulate and appropriate suitability reports. This must be done in such a way as to ensure that the firm’s client and service propositions are delivered in an efficient and robust way, whilst maintaining high levels of risk management and operational effectiveness.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Responsible for providing support to the paraplanners within the team.
• Receiving and acting on instructions from advisers and paraplanners following client meetings.
• Maintaining accurate records using our internal back office system.
• Creating and producing suitability letters and reports in line with the Paraplanning training progam.
• Analysing data and using research tools to provide solutions to meet client needs and objectives.
• Providing records to support research undertaken.
• Obtaining illustrations and product information from providers
• Liaising with clients and product providers on outstanding documents and queries.
• Ensuring all client files are compliant on an ongoing basis.

Relevant Skills and Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience working for a financial planning organisation.
• Experience of using computer based management systems including platform providers.
• Working towards achieving the ‘ Diploma in Regulated Advice’ qualification
• Computer literate, conscientious and have a good attention to detail.
• Clear understanding of the financial planning process.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to work within defined business processes.
• Ability to achieve agreed outcomes without supervision.
• Prioritise own work load, and the work load of the paraplanning team.
• Ability to multi task and prioritise effectively and assist in ad-hoc projects when required.
• A good working knowledge of protection, pensions, and investment products.
• Proficient in using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Intelligent office would be an advantage

Qualifications:

• Ideally working towards level 4 Diploma qualified in financial planning

Personality:

• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook.
• A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance.
• Good understanding of compliance issues.
• Reliable, tolerant, and determined.
• Keen for new experiences, responsibility, and accountability.
• Able to get on with others and be a team-player.