Job Description

The Salary and Benefits

Competitive salary of £23k, plus benefits that include a Workplace Pension, Death in Service and parking.

The Role

You will have a professional, positive mindset and a desire to develop your career within Financial Planning. The role has a wide and varied range of responsibilities covering Life, Investments and Pensions:

• Comply with all FCA and Financial Services rules and regulations, as well as compliance, TCF, T&C, financial crime (anti-money laundering, data security, anti-bribery, fraud and corruption) procedures
• Submission of new on-line applications / top ups and processing of paper-based applications for life, investment, platform and pensions business and ensuring that they are processed compliantly, to a satisfactory completion and issue of plan documents
• Running comprehensive IO activities for each piece of business whether it is new business, top ups and any other policy variations for example Change of DFM/Model and Fund Switches
• Oversee management of Annual Reviews and Portfolio Reviews that are due
• Liaising with clients, solicitors, accountants, life offices, lenders and platform providers by telephone, e-mail, fax and letter
• Prepare Platform withdrawals / fund switches / transactions
• Obtaining life, investment and pension quotations using research tools
• Handling Group Scheme Renewals/ Auto Enrolment schemes with the systems in place, i.e. paper based or on-line to include Renewal invitation and take up and on-going support throughout the year with member servicing etc
• Provide on-going administration of investment and pension products including SIPPs and SSASs

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

A decent understanding of the industry and staying a breast of news and changes Experience within an IFA office highly desirable Well organised with a basic technical knowledge of the products for the job role Excellent customer service, delivering support in a professional and courteous manner Desire to learn and grow within the company IT competent, working knowledge of Intelligent Office would be advantageous