About the Business
Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation.
Quilter oversees £126.3 billion in customer investments (as of August It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.
Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business.
High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands.
At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues.
Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it's the perfect time to join us
About the Role
Level: 2
Department: Business Assurance
Location: Southampton/ homeworker
Contract Type: Permanent
What the Hiring Manager Says:
This role provides an opportunity to gain experience for someone new to Financial Services or part qualified in Financial Advice by supporting the Business Assurance team with the completion of important advice related tasks as well as support with administrative duties to support the wider BA
function.
About the Role
You will be responsible for effectively managing non-assessing administration processes and provide administrative support to the assessing teams.
This will include tasks such a compiling daily productivity and service level agreement performance reports.
You will carry out queue management for pre-approvals and support Business Assurance managers in workflow and reporting.
Support the assessor teams by delivering appropriate sampling and selection of cases into the workflow through risk-based methodology.
You will get involved with developing processes and seek systemisation opportunities to improve efficiency while ensuring advisers adhere to QFP processes by delivering implementation checks on a risk-based sampling approach and escalate any issues that are identified appropriately.
Support with ad-hoc Business Assurance and MI tasks if appropriate and when required.
A key focus of your role will involve focusing on operating efficiently, helping to identify waste and duplication processes
About You
Applications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive. If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.
The ideal candidate will have excellent organisation skills and have the ability to manage a variety of tasks and responsibilities.
You will have a confident approach be self-motivated and have great interpersonal skills with an excellent telephone manner.
To be successful in this role you will cope well under pressure and react quickly to changing priorities.
You will have good analytical and written communication skills and will be able to use own initiative while also being able to work well in a team.
You will also have a good working knowledge of excel, word and powerpoint as well as knowledge of management systems (ie Workbench, Officeweb, Gateway, Worksmart, Quilter Extranet, X-Plan, IO, 360).
Demonstrate a strong eye for detail while also displaying a willingness to solve problems and improve processes
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Inclusion & Diversity
We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.
Values
Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we're one step ahead of our clients' needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.
Core Benefits
Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)
Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.
Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.
Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.
Life Assurance: 4x your salary.
Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.
Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only
In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.