About the Role
As a Paraplanner, you will work as part of a high-performing team to provide comprehensive support to Advisers and Financial Planning Executives. Your role is to deliver efficient, professional, and effective client service with a strong emphasis on quality and accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Analyze client circumstances, portfolios, and objectives to prepare recommendation reports for Advisers.
- Provide high-quality technical, administrative, and research support to Advisers.
- Conduct whole-of-market research for investments, pensions, and protection plans.
- Research asset allocation for client portfolios and analyze existing investments.
- Liaise with the Regulatory & Technical team to ensure compliance.
- Prioritize work by maintaining regular communication with advisers.
- Keep advisers and their support staff updated on advice in the pipeline.
- Build strong working relationships with internal teams and third-party product providers.
- Attend and contribute to internal and external meetings.
- Maintain accurate and efficient client records and data.
- Participate in ad hoc projects and tasks as required.
Requirements
- CII Diploma in Financial Planning (minimum).
- Ability to produce comprehensive, accurate, and clear recommendation reports.
- Experience analyzing client circumstances and objectives for holistic financial advice.
- Proficiency in complex report writing.
- Experience liaising with third-party providers.
- Excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- High standard of personal organizational and time management skills.
- Experience within Private Wealth Management.
- Experience working to targeted service standards and procedures.
- Good working knowledge of regulatory requirements.
- Ambitious and goal-oriented.
- Evidence of continual learning and development of skills and knowledge.
- Experience working unsupervised with a high level of self-motivation.
- Good IT skills including MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Excel, and back-office systems.
Skills
- Financial Planning
- Report Writing
- Client Analysis
- Investment Research
- Pension Research
- Protection Plan Research
- Asset Allocation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organization
- Time Management
- Private Wealth Management
- IT Proficiency (MS Office, Outlook, Excel, back-office systems)
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Diploma qualified
Education Level
- Diploma
Benefits
- True hybrid working model
- Company discretionary bonus scheme
- 24 holidays (increasing to 26), plus 2 additional paid Christmas shut down days
- Company Pension scheme
- Private Healthcare (after qualifying period)
- Group Income Protection
- Life Assurance
- Eye Care Scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Bike to Work Scheme
- Full support with professional qualifications
About the Company
- Award-winning team
