London
Financial Planning Assistant – Central London – up to £38K DOE
The company
I’m working with an IFA firm who are based in Central London. They provide independent financial advice and manage investment services for High-Net-Worth individuals and their families.
The role
You would be providing full administrative support to two Advisers and a Senior Associate with a rapidly growing book of clients, with a focus on efficiency, professionalism, quality, and accuracy. This is an office-based role due to the nature of being a client-facing business and to help with your training and progression. You will gain experience in complicated financial planning solutions and investment selection/portfolio management and research. There is scope to advance into either a paraplanning role or to become an adviser with a client book provided in the long term.
Your duties would include:
- Acting as a point of contact for clients and providers.
- Preparing portfolio valuations/reviews and packs for client reviews and meetings.
- Scheduling and managing client meetings.
- Collating suitability report packs and ensuring all regulatory and internal firm requirements are met.
- Prompt and compliant submission of new business.
- Managing pipeline business.
- Maintaining new business and existing records on the firm’s back-office system (Intelliflo Office).
- Screening and dealing with the adviser’s email, post, and calls where appropriate.
- Ad-hoc tasks and projects for the wider team.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential:
- Experience in liaising with product/investment providers and platforms.
- Excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team but also to work unsupervised with a high level of self-motivation.
- Excellent time management and organisation skills.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
- IT skills including MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, OneNote, Teams) and the ability to pick up new software/programs quickly.
Desirable:
- Experience with the Transact and AJ Bell platform.
- Good knowledge and recent experience with the Intelliflo (IO) back-office system.
- Relevant exam experience; R01 through R06.
Benefits:
- Support with professional exams and training.
- Discretionary bonus
- Company Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- 25 days holiday and 8 days public holiday
What next?
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