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NJR Recruitment is partnered with a firm of Financial Advisers who is looking for a Paraplanner to join them. This Paraplanner will support the Partner Practice when informing and advising Clients on financial strategies, plans and products, and organise the technical task, illustrations, and reports.
Responsibilities:
- To support the adviser team; producing suitability letters within a timely manner
- You will work across a product range of Investments (ISA, UT, Investment Bonds, VCT’s), Pensions, IHT planning and protection
- Receiving new business cases; reviewing and gaining an understanding of the recommendation in order to be able to write the case compliantly
- Writing suitability letters for annual reviews (where combined with a new piece of business)
- Inputting fact find information onto our back-office system, Salesforce
- Liaising with adviser with regards to any missing information on the fact find and/or supplementary information or documents
- Running critical yield comparisons to check whether a recommendation is viable
- Running illustrations
- Completion and submission of advice sets in Salesforce
- Conducting any additional research required in order to ensure that the case remains compliant
- Liaising with the St James’s Place Business Assurance team with regards to checking complexities of cases; and to apply for concessions where required
- To work within a regulated environment.
- Stay abreast of legislative changes and other regulatory issues taking necessary action as required.
- Work within and stay up to date with template changes and advice framework.
- Familiar with all major research systems e.g. Analytics & Voyant etc;
- Ensure that any business conducted is done in a responsible and compliant manner, meeting all legislative requirements, both internally and externally.
- To develop and maintain good working relationships with the advisers, colleagues and management in order to provide an efficient and effective service to the adviser and the client, in all available mediums.
- To help maintain business flow and meet agreed targets.
- Individual workflow and task delivery.
- Undertake continuous professional development to meet regulatory requirements and personal development needs.
- Ability to pass regular internal testing of knowledge
- Attend forums & workshops as appropriate
- Attend Adviser Meetings with the Operations Director as & when required.
- Continual review & feedback on systems & processes for improvement.
Skills and Experience :
- Hold/working towards Level 4 Diploma in Regulated Financial Services
- Up to date knowledge of regulation and legislation
- Able to transpose information accurately
- Ability to work autonomously & remotely
- Strong numeracy skills
- Confident in dealing with third parties and can work with total discretion
- Highly organised with excellent communication skills
- Broad experience of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Analytical with exceptional attention to detail
- Manages time effectively with the ability to multi-task
- Keeps calm when faced with conflicting demands and handles these effectively
- Demonstrates a positive attitude at all times
- Works well on own tasks as well as on shared goals as part of a team
- Good planning and organisational skills, with the ability to organise and prioritise workloads
- Proactive and flexible in their approach to work and willing to go the extra mile
For further information please contact one of our specialist consultants quoting NJR 14503
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