CEO

CV Elite Limited; England; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial planning firm is seeking a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to drive strategic and operational success. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in financial services, particularly in wealth management, and have a track record in business growth and leadership. This role offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and various benefits including hybrid working arrangements. If you are a visionary leader ready to inspire and lead teams while ensuring compliance and operational excellence, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Annual bonus of £40-75,000

28-30 days’ holiday

10% pension

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial services, especially in financial planning/wealth management.
• Accountable for delivering excellence in client service and profitable business growth.
• Strong understanding of FCA regulations and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute long-term business strategy for Wealth Matters.
• Drive business growth while ensuring service excellence.
• Oversee management team and promote high-performance culture.

Skills

Senior leadership experience

Business development skills

Strong communication skills

Financial acumen

Relationship building

Education

Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning

Certified / Chartered Status

Job description

Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The Company : Wealth Matters are an award winning, innovative and ambitious Accredited Financial Planning firm, based in Luton, LU1. Repeatedly voted as a top 100 Financial Planning firm they provide bespoke financial planning, estate planning and investment planning to HNW clients and they have been helping clients achieve financial freedom since 1999.

The Role

The CEO is responsible for making strategic, financial, and operational decisions to ensure the long-term success of Wealth Matters. You will be commercially astute, responsible for driving sustainable and profitable growth and ensuring that the financial planning proposition continues to attract and maintain long‑term, high‑quality relationships with HNW clients. The CEO will be a visionary and motivational leader and, working alongside the COO, will inspire the management team, ensuring a high‑performance culture, which balances long‑term strategic objectives with day‑to‑day delivery, ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

The Person

The successful CEO will have senior leadership and business development experience gained in financial services, ideally in financial planning / wealth management. They will have been accountable for developing strategy and ensuring the delivery of excellence in client service, profitable business growth, culture and compliance. They are likely to have worked as a Director / Senior Financial Planner, perhaps working as the ‘number two’ in a successful IFA and be ready to take over as CEO, or they may have successfully established their own IFA but miss the management and strategy involved in leading a larger team.

Salary and Benefits

£(phone number removed) basic, plus annual bonus of £40-75,000 (based on company turnover, profitability and agreed KPI’s), plus long‑term bonus / incentive scheme + 28-30 days’ holiday + bank holidays + 10% pension + hybrid working (3 days in the office) + relocation allowance (if applicable) + private medical insurance + death in service + income protection benefit etc.

CEO, responsibilities include :

• Lead on, develop and execute Wealth Matters’ long‑term business strategy.
• Drive business growth and profitability, balancing commercial performance with service excellence.
• Alongside the COO, lead and oversee the management team, maintaining and developing a high‑performance culture, aligned with company objectives.
• Lead the team of Financial Advisers (6 Financial Planners), supporting their development through weekly catch ups, quarterly 121’s and the delivering inspirational training and communication meetings.
• Agree growth targets with the Financial Advisers, ensuring that these are met, that risks are controlled, that best‑in‑class advice is provided.
• Lead business development initiatives, developing the firm’s client base and revenue streams, ensuring the financial planning proposition continues to attract and maintain long‑term, high‑quality relationships with HNW clients.
• Support the team of Financial Advisers in creating new business opportunities through networking and strengthening Wealth Matters’ profile in the HNW and business‑owner market, building and maintaining introducer and referral relationships and identifying and sharing insights regarding opportunities, market trends and competitor activity.
• Oversee and safeguard the financial stability of the firm through robust oversight of budgets, profitability, cashflow, financial planning and risk management.
• Represent Wealth Matters externally, building strong professional relationships with clients, introducers, regulators, partners and industry peers, representing Wealth Matters at networking events, seminars and industry gatherings.
• Promote and protect the firm’s culture, values, and reputation.
• Ensure all company projects are delivered effectively and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Report regularly to the Board / Shareholders on progress, performance, and strategy.

CEO, experience required

• Demonstrable success in a Director / CEO / Senior Leadership role.
• Extensive experience in financial services, with a strong understanding of FCA regulations, compliance requirements and the IFA sector - preferably with experience of working in financial planning / wealth management and ideally including professional qualifications (Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning, Certified / Chartered Status) and exposure to HNW clients.
• Experience of developing and executing business strategy and vision.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with a successful track record in business development and growth (turnover and profit).
• A quick decision maker who is embracing of technology and change.
• A motivational leader and an emotionally intelligent, supportive and resilient manager, with the ability to hold senior team members accountable while inspiring great performance.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• A strong relationship builder and networker with an aptitude for business development and the ability to represent the firm externally with authority and credibility.

Dawn O’Shea is the Recruitment Partner, recruiting the CEO directly on behalf of Wealth Matters so NO AGENCIES PLEASE. If you are successful in being short‑listed, you will be contacted by telephone in the first instance to discuss the role and your requirements in more detail.