Remote or Hybrid from any of Succession’s UK locations
Highly competitive Basic salary + Excellent benefits package
Since our formation in 2009 Succession Wealth has grown to be one of the UK's leading Financial Advisory firms and now has over 800 colleagues, working toegther to provide our clients with high quality, holistic financial advice.
In 2022 Succession became a wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva and with the backing of our parent company, we have ambitious, strategic goals in place to grow our business further, developing our client proposition and bringing our service to a wider and more diverse client base.
This newly created role of 'Director of Paraplanning' will take the lead in ensuring that our Paraplanning teams provide a high quality, efficient service that continues to meet the needs of our clients as our business grows.
Therefore, if you are looking for a role that will enable you to apply your substantial experience and knowledge within financial advisory, whilst contributing to the overall success of a leading UK business, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you.
Having Leadership, Management & Accountability responsibilities for the Paraplanning function.
Operational management of the Paraplanning function and continuous review and improvement of processes to ensure client needs and expectations are met.
Working in collaboration with key stakeholders and leaders across the business to ensure commercial objectives and set quality standards are met.
To be successful in this role you will need to have experience and confidence in operating at senior management level and adept at using your strong leadership and influencing skills to drive a high-performance team culture.
You will need to have a deep understanding of Financial Planning gained from a successful career within either Paraplanning or Financial Planning along with a proven background in successfully leading Paraplanning teams.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience within the financial planning industry.
Strong technical knowledge of financial planning / paraplanning
A passion for knowledge sharing and a commitment to professional development.
A highly competitive basic salary, annual pay reviews and performance linked increases as well as a fantastic range of benefits including:
~25 days Annual leave rapidly increasing with service, plus bank holidays and additional days for Christmas closure.
~ Excellent company pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution.
~ Agile and family friendly working arrangements to allow for a great work/life balance.
~ Company sick pay.
~ Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
~ Up to 40% discount on Aviva Insurance & Investment products.
~£450 towards the purchase of home office equipment.
~ Group Life Assurance Scheme: 8 x salary.
~ Access to the Benefit Hub; discounts on shopping, dining out, holidays and lots more!
~ A range of health benefits including eye care vouchers, flu vaccinations, Annual Health Screening, Digital GP, Mental health and Nutrition Sessions and Employee Assistance Programme.
~ Voluntary flexible benefits platform including Private Medical Insurance, Medical Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, Critical Illness and Health Screening.
~ Company Events
Employee Assistance Programme including access to a 24/7 support line.
Parental and compassionate leave.
Wellbeing Library and Hub.
Access to funded apprenticeships in a range of topics, such as business administration, leadership & management, and accounting & finance.
Access to Insights Discovery, a psychometric tool, which helps individuals and teams to connect better, overcome challenges & conflict resulting in high performing teams.
Access to a huge range of free courses via our Learning hub.
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