Prestigious Private Wealth Manager are seeking an Assistant Financial Planner to join the London Financial Planning Team.
The Assistant Financial Planner will play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between Client Administration and Financial Planning Consultants, with an emphasis on reviewing and understanding Clients’ circumstances.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in delivering comprehensive financial planning services to clients and will be Level 4 Qualified.
Key Responsibilities
Support Financial Planners (‘Consultant’) in delivering comprehensive financial planning services.
- Support the annual review process, including review of client data.
- Perform the first review of the client’s circumstances and provide results to the Consultant.
- Support the advice process, including the preparation and drafting of; new client documentation; complex valuations; cashflow analyses; cost comparisons; executive summaries; client letters/proposals (e.g. ISA top ups); suitability and technical reviews;annual reviews.
- Liaise with Paraplanning and the Administration team to expedite advice process efficiently.
- Resolve complex queries with product providers.
- Interpret exchange and provider quotes and incorporate them into the potential options.
- Co-ordinate the onboarding of new clients.
- Utilise financial planning software and CRM systems to manage client information and workflow efficiently.
- Work with other AFPs to ensure that operating standards across desks are harmonised.
·Liaise with introducers to generate new leads.
·Qualifications,
Skills and Behaviours
- Educated to degree level.
- CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning, or similar suitable Level 4 qualification.
- Progress towards CII Advanced Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (or other suitable level 6 qualification).
- At least two years’ experience in a financial planning environment.
- Excellent understanding of the administrative complexities of financial planning products.
- Good understanding of client on-boarding requirements, particularly AML.
- Awareness of the regulatory environment applicable to financial planning.
