Paraplanner

My client is a Financial Advisory firm providing services across Investment, Retirement & Protection Planning, as well as Mortgages and Tax Planning for both businesses and individuals across the West Midlands, and have been doing so for over 20 years succesfully.

We are urgently seeking an experienced Paraplanner to provide technical support to both the Advisers and Directors of the business. Informing and Advising on Financial Planning factors and on utilising suitable plans and products for clients, compiling reports and illustrations in a timely and accurate manner to ensure that business can be processed efficiently.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing high quality support to the advisor team, responding to advisor queries in a timely manner
• Inputting of CFR documentation onto salesforce
• Research and analyse financial products to meet client requirements and objectives, demonstrating an understanding of the desired outcome
• Producing accurate IHT calculations and cash flow models
• Preparing and producing suitability letters, reports, and illustrations
• Ensuring the end-to-end compliance process is followed
• Ensuring all cases written adhere to the Advice Guidance framework, with a view to all cases passing as suitable first time
• Ensuring advisor and Paraplanning Lead are updated throughout the complete process, liaising with the Paraplanning Lead to ensure the client is always kept up to date
• Ensure that any business conducted is done in a responsible and compliant manner, meeting all legislative, FCA and SJP requirements, both internally and externally
• Processing new business to a high standard and in line with SJP and Abacus processes
• Liaising with the wider administration team to ensure business processing is completed to regulatory standards
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of, and keep up to date with, all relevant products advised on by the practice
• Ensuring all advice sets are logged appropriately on all relevant systems
• Advising the Paraplanning Lead of any challenges or delays in the completion of work
• Overseeing complex cases in conjunction with the Private Client Manager and Operations Director, where appropriate
• Managing own learning and development, attending relevant training sessions where needed
• Provide cover for other team members upon request as per the business need
• To uphold the standards of the client service charter
• Keep up to date with comms and regulatory changes (attending webinars etc..)
• Contribution at Paraplanning team meetings

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000

Benefits:

• Auto enrolment (Pension)
• Healthcare plan upon successful completion of probationary period
• Private Medical Insurance cash plan which includes Dental/Opticians
• 25 days holidays excluding bank holidays