Director of Financial Planning

IDEX Consulting Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Job summary

IDEX Consulting Ltd is seeking a seasoned Financial Planner to build trusted relationships with current and prospective clients and to deliver tailored financial planning and wealth management advice.

Working to an agreed business plan, you will ensure every recommendation is suitable, compliant and aligned with clients’ retirement, inheritance and tax objectives while representing the firm with professionalism.

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with new and existing clients on a fee basis.
• Ability to understand and communicate advice practices clearly and effectively.
• Ability to analyse client information and highlight requirements to make suitable recommendations.
• Technical/product knowledge and effective communication of holistic financial planning strategies and solutions.
• A strong ethic of client and customer service.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to mentor adviser colleagues and contribute to team development.

Responsibilities

• Look after and support client needs.
• Plan, implement and execute the annual Business Plan in line with individual expectations.
• Build new client relationships and maintain existing ones through effective ongoing service.
• Lead client meetings professionally, ensuring information and advice are up to date and accurate.
• Ensure advice helps clients achieve financial objectives including retirement, inheritance, and tax efficiency.
• Undertake annual client reviews in line with risk attitudes and requirements.
• Collaborate with Investment Management and Professional Services colleagues to grow relationships.
• Develop COIs to nurture relationships with professional advisers.
• Maintain New Business Pipeline up to date with values and dates.
• Keep comprehensive client records in line with Group policy.
• Assist in resolving complaints and contribute to a satisfactory resolution.
• Maintain knowledge and skills through regular CPD for broader group benefit.
• Assist in induction, mentoring and development of new Financial Planners.
• Participate in projects when required.

Skills

Client relationships

Communication

Advice practices

Holistic financial planning

Mentoring advisers

Work under pressure

CPD commitment

Risk management

Team collaboration

Business development

Education

Industry experience in private client wealth management

Job description

The company is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what’s next. Our success hinges on our people and that’s our secret for longevity. They are a team of passionate professionals and everything they do is guided by our purpose – placing the power of good advice into more hands, they go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them. They’re here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.

Job Description

Job Purpose

To build and develop trusted relationships with current and potential clients. To be responsible for delivering financial planning and wealth management advice. To work within the context of an agreed business plan. All advice given to clients must be suitable, tailored and personalized to the client and in line with advice and control policies. Be strategically aligned to the Company's goals and objectives and act as ambassadors for the company at all times, having a clear understanding of the strategic place in the advice market.

Key Responsibilities

• To look after and support client needs
• To plan, implement and execute the annual Business Plan in line with agreed individual expectations
• To build new client relationships and maintain and develop existing client relationships through effective ongoing service to help minimise attrition, and to deliver new instructions and referrals as a result of satisfied clients
• Structure and lead client meetings in a professional manner, ensuring all information and advice provided is up to date, technically accurate and meets clients’ needs
• To ensure clients have the right advice to achieve their financial objectives, while understand and considering the impact of factors such as retirement planning, inheritance, and tax efficiency for individual clients
• To ensure client reviews are undertaken at least annually in line with clients’ changing risk attitudes and strategic requirements
• To work in partnership with Investment Management (IM) and Professional Services (PS) colleagues to develop client relationships
• To build and maintain COIs to initiate and nurture close relationships with professional advisers
• Maintain the New Business Pipeline (NBP) and ensure all values and dates are up to date.
• Ensure comprehensive client records are kept and that these are accurate and up to date at all times and in line with Group policy
• To strive for no complaints and where they are received ensure that they are raised with the Client Resolution team in a timely fashion and assist in bringing them to a satisfactory resolution
• Ensure that knowledge and skills are maintained and developed in line with industry, regulatory and internal requirements by undertaking regular and appropriate CPD in order to reach their full potential (for the wider benefit of the Group)
• Assist in the induction, mentoring and development of new Financial Planners
• Actively participate in projects when required

Qualifications

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Proven ability to deal with new and existing clients on a fee basis
• Ability to understand and communicate advice practices and processes clearly and effectively.
• Ability to analyse client information and highlight requirements to make suitable recommendations
• Technical/product knowledge and effective communication of wide ranging holistic financial planning strategies & solutions
• A strong ethic of client and customer service
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise work
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to mentor, train and develop adviser colleagues
• Extensive experience of operating within a risk management framework together with a thorough understanding of the risks and threats pertaining to a private client business

Professional Qualifications and Education

• Extensive experience of operating within a risk management framework together with a thorough understanding of the risks and threats pertaining to a private client business

Additional Information

You will have access to benefits that include:

• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday`
• Shared parental leave

They are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. They have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and They're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.