Client Manager

IDEX Consulting; Altrincham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial planning practice near Altrincham seeks a Client Manager (Paraplanner) to support financial planners and manage client relationships. Responsibilities include attending meetings, analyzing financial products, and maintaining client portfolios. This role offers a supportive and flexible work environment, along with various employee benefits including a balanced lifestyle and team well-being initiatives.

Benefits

Complimentary breakfast

Free fruit and drinks

Organized social events

Qualifications

• Experience in financial planning and client management required.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Attend client meetings and document financial needs.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with clients and schedule reviews.
• Analyze products and prepare investment strategy reports.
• Review client portfolios and implement recommendations.

Job description

My client is an award winning financial planning practice near Altrincham. They have been specialising in providing high-quality financial planning advice to business owners, professionals, and high net worth individuals. Due to their continued expansion, they are looking to recruit an additional Client Manager (Paraplanner) to join their dynamic and forward-thinking team. The successful candidate will be working closely and supporting their financial planners whilst owning a bank of clients that you will be expected to proactively manage and build relationships with.

The Role

• Attend client meetings alongside Financial Planners, and create meeting minutes which accurately reflect the information gathered to fully document a client''s financial needs and objectives.
• Maintain an ongoing relationship with the clients, keeping them informed, answering queries and arranging review meetings.
• Carry out research and analyse products and services that are appropriate to each client''s financial circumstances then discussing appropriate solutions with the Financial Planner.
• Prepare clear investment strategy, mandate, and recommendation reports, ensuring adherence with regulatory standards for review by the Financial Planner.
• Complete reviews of clients'' portfolios to support the ongoing client relationship, including maintaining a client file review system to regularly assess client holdings and changing financial priorities.
• Effectively use research and planning systems such as FE Analytics, Cashcalc and wrap platforms such as Elevate.
• Be responsible for ensuring that recommendations are fully implemented in a timely manner.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the industry, compliance, and regulatory developments.
• Develop productive working relationships with colleagues and clients throughout the financial services environment, both within and outside of the business.

Why join them?

• Their culture is tantamount to everyone''s working life and it is important that their team develop and grow both professionally and personally. Most of the team prefer to go into the office but there is flexibility to work from home.
• They are constantly aware of the teams well-being and believe that the surroundings of your workplace are important. They offer a vibrant, modern environment to make coming to work a pleasure.
• They offer a complimentary breakfast and free fruit, as well as a range of high-quality drinks at their expense.
• They make sure they have fun with organised social events but recognise the importance of having a balanced lifestyle and finish at 3 pm every Friday. In addition to the normal benefits, they also give you the week off between Christmas and New Year, another day''s holiday for your birthday

For more information please contact Graeme Hyland on 07896 933622 or email [e-mail]

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