Senior Financial Planning Writer

St. James’s Place; Cirencester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a skilled financial writer to create engaging materials that simplify complex financial concepts for clients. The role involves producing content for various platforms and requires strong writing skills and a solid understanding of personal finance. This permanent position offers a hybrid work environment and competitive benefits, including a discretionary bonus scheme and generous parental leave.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Competitive parental leave (28 weeks full pay)

Private medical insurance

10% non-contributory pension

Qualifications

• Experience writing across multiple formats, including infographics, audio, and video scripts.
• Demonstrated experience in financial services, either as a pensions writer or personal finance journalist.
• Solid knowledge of personal finance issues and UK financial advice.

Responsibilities

• Develop and write engaging, client-friendly content that highlights the value of financial advice.
• Produce content for newsletters, websites, social media, and client communications.
• Collaborate across teams, maintaining high standards of storytelling.

Skills

Strong writing skills

Stakeholder engagement

Content creation

Ability to simplify technical concepts

Interviewing skills

Job description

Posted on: 21/05/2025 – Application Deadline: 04/06/2025

Are you ready tochart your own career path? At SJP we need talented individuals like yourselfto support our evolving culture. If you’re seeking an employer that ispassionate about excellence, innovation and autonomy, SJP could be the placefor you.

At a glance:

Location: Cirencester Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The role:

To write, edit and create materials to help educate and inform SJP clients on issues concerning financial planning. With a focus on end consumers, this role will be dedicated to making technical concepts across financial products/interests relatable and easy to understand.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop and write engaging, client friendly content that highlights the value of financial advice and planning.
• Produce topical and campaign related content for newsletters, websites, social media, and client communications.
• Own and maintain financial planning content across SJP corporate and Partner website platforms.
• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure supporting materials align with company announcements and client needs.
• Ghostwrite for senior stakeholders, adapting to different personal styles and tones of voice.
• Provide quick response articles following key industry events and conferences.
• Collaborate across teams, supporting content strategy and execution while maintaining a high standard of storytelling.

Who we're looking for:

A skilled financial writer with a strong understanding of personal finance, the UK advice industry, and stakeholder engagement. You thrive in a fast paced environment, balancing multiple deadlines while producing high quality, engaging content. You’re proactive, detail oriented, and have a natural ability to turn complex financial topics into compelling, easy to understand narratives.

• Strong writing skills with the ability to simplify technical financial concepts for a broad audience.
• Experience writing across multiple formats, including infographics, audio, and video scripts.
• Demonstrated experience in financial services, either as a pensions writer or personal finance journalist.
• Solid knowledge of personal finance issues, UK financial advice, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities efficiently.
• Familiarity with B2B content creation and supporting financial services professionals.
• Interviewing skills and experience in event reporting.
• Knowledge of Consumer Duty principles and their application in financial communications.
• Ability to adapt tone and messaging for different senior stakeholders.

Special Requirements:

This role will require at least 2 days in either the Cirencester or London Offices and may require occasional visits to other locations – to attend meetings, conferences, and events.

What's in it for you?

We reward youfor the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects bothpersonal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 daysplus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), oronline rewards platform with a variety of discounts.
We also havebenefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (28 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable Adjustments
We're an equalopportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessibleand inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stageplease let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]
Research tells usthat applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether you tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excitedabout this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.
As a businessregulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with theconduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.