About the Role
This role involves proactive collaboration with front-office support teams to identify improvement opportunities, deliver training, and provide practice management insights. The position requires autonomy and extensive interaction with internal stakeholders, including Wealth Managers, senior leaders, subject-matter experts, and product providers.
Responsibilities
- Create, monitor, and refine Practice Intelligence programmes and resources to enhance branch productivity and operational efficiency.
- Develop and evolve coaching, training, and educational content using internal expertise and external providers.
- Build strong relationships with Wealth Managers and represent the team at firm events and forums.
- Partner with Wealth Managers to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, revenue generation, and business resilience.
- Maintain relationships with UK product providers to source relevant and high-quality content.
- Stay current with the Raymond James Practice Intelligence model and adapt resources for the UK market.
- Oversee the Practice Intelligence event calendar and support the delivery of bulletins, webinars, and other communications.
- Track market, regulatory, and industry developments to ensure resources remain relevant and forward-looking.
- Develop project plans, reporting frameworks, surveys, summaries, and written recommendations.
- Build effective working relationships across all levels of the organisation.
- Produce high-quality correspondence, reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and databases.
- Prepare and deliver clear, engaging, and professional presentations to internal audiences.
- Ensure all initiatives are delivered on time and within budget.
Requirements
- Experience within the UK wealth management or financial advice sector.
Skills
- Wealth management operations
- Business process analysis
- Financial markets knowledge
- Microsoft Office proficiency (especially PowerPoint)
- Professional resilience
- Teamwork and independence
- Research capability
- Industry insight into wealth management, investment management, and financial planning
- Programme development
- Problem-solving
- Communication excellence
- Collaboration
- Autonomy
- Interpersonal effectiveness
Education Level
- Degree-level education (preferred)
- Business coaching qualification such as EMCC, ICF, or AC (preferred)
Benefits
- Support to obtain a business coaching qualification (EMCC, ICF, AC)
- Support to obtain CISI / CII Level 4 qualifications
- Training to understand the unique needs of Raymond James Wealth Managers
- Training on Practice Intelligence US tools and related resources
