Job Description
Lyndhurst Financial Management Limited are looking for a (Graduate) Trainee Paraplanner/Financial Adviser to join a leading advising team within the firm that look after a sophisticated/high net worth client bank.
Duties:
You will be working closely within a dedicated team, liaising with our Senior Administration, Paraplanners and Advisers to ensure you learn all aspects of the role on your journey to becoming a Financial Adviser or Senior Paraplanner.
You will be providing first class administration/technical support, whilst learning how to provide our existing clients with ongoing financial advice as you progress to obtaining your qualifications.
The successful candidate will spend between two to three years gaining understanding and applying administrative and report writing skills, having technical interactions with the providers and liaising with clients whilst using our back-office systems. You will be expected to sit professional exams during this period, becoming diploma qualified within 18 months. Upon successfully obtaining a CII Level 4 Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning you will spend two further years shadowing and working alongside our Senior Advisers within a team based environment before potentially advising clients on your own.
As a trainee on the advising team some of your main day to day duties will include:
* Managing client relationships and key event reminders to maintain active client contact, such as retirement / pensions review.
* Administration duties
* Report writing
* Attend client meetings
* Product research
* Providing support for client meetings including schedules, valuations, performance reports, key features documents and other information/documentation
* Assist and prepare ad-hoc analysis on other investment products (Tax efficient etc).
* Assist and prepare ad-hoc analysis on client and prospective client portfolios.
* Maintain and refine investment back-office systems.
* Assist and prepare ad-hoc analysis on client and prospective client portfolios.
* Assisting the advisers with their annual investment and financial planning reviews
* Work within a regulated role following the Training and Competence Procedures within our firm.
Support and Training:
This is a friendly, fast moving, supportive environment within a growing company, you will be provided with full ongoing support, training, and guidance in a training package worth over £5,000.
* Fully and part funded learning and development programme that includes the DipPFS Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning
* Develop strong and technically sound report writing skills
* Develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of successful Financial Advisers
* CII membership
* Includes study book and exam entry for each R0 professional exam
* The Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning includes:
* R01 Financial Services Regulation and Ethics
* R02 Investment Principles and Risk
* R03 Personal Taxation
* R04 Pensions and Retirement Planning
* R05 Financial Protection
* R06 Financial Planning Practice
* Regular tutorials and assessments from our senior support team
Desired skills and personal qualities
* Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
* IT skills with the ability to learn new software quickly
* Attention to detail and apply learning to technical work
* Customer care skills
* High level of numeracy and analytical ability
* Comfortable working at pace within an evolving environment
* Intellectual curiosity and initiative to solving and meeting client needs
* Team working
* Confidence
* Enthusiastic
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently
* Ability to balance multiple tasks at the same time
Qualifications
* GCSEs or equivalent Maths and English (Grade 4/C or above) essential
* A Levels or equivalent Any (Grade C or above) essential
* 2.1 or equivalent honours degree with work experience/internship desirable
The role is subject to a criminal and financial disclosures check and you will need to comply with the requirements of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the FCA Principles, Rules, and the Conduct Rules.
Salary: to be discussed
Benefits:
* 4 x Death in Service
* Private Medical
* Wellness programme
* 22 days holiday increasing to 25 days after 3 years
* Personal development budget
* Company pension scheme
* Smart casual dress code