Specialist Wealth Advice Assessor

The Openwork Partnership; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in Swindon is seeking a Specialist Wealth Advice Assessor. This hybrid role involves checking compliance in wealth business, advising on pensions and investments, and requires a Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills and the ability to work collaboratively with advisers. This position offers a salary of up to £48,000, a 10% bonus scheme, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Salary up to £48,000

10% bonus scheme

Pension scheme

27 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a pipeline.
• Familiar with FCA requirements.
• Attention to detail and high accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Check cases accurately and fairly.
• Work collaboratively with advisers.
• Manage individual pipeline of cases.

Skills

Knowledge of Pensions & Investment products

Strong IT skills

Good problem solving

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel)

Job description

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Specialist Wealth Advice Assessor, Swindon

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Client:

The Openwork Partnership

Location:

Swindon, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

12.08.2025

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Job Description:

The opportunity

As a Specialist Wealth Advice Assessor, you will be responsible for the pre and post-sale advice checking of Wealth Business, including specialist Investment and Occupational Pension business for The Openwork Partnership.

You will ensure that the advice and Suitability Report complies with current regulation and The Openwork Partnership’s COB Suitable Advice framework. As well as be responsible for providing feedback to advisers and suggested improvements, where necessary.

This is a hybrid role based in our Swindon office with 2 days a week required in the office.

The benefits:

• Salary – up to £48,000
• Bonus scheme - on target bonus – 10%
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Checking of cases in accordance with current regulation and Openwork’s COB Suitable Advice framework, in an accurate, effective, and fair way.
• Work in collaboration across the partnership ensuring that the financial advisers’ requirements are met, which allows them to provide suitable advice.
• Identify and develop strong relationships with key contacts across the partnership (both internally and externally) providing advice and technical guidance as required.
• Regularly chase the adviser and/or providers where there are outstanding requirements.
• Ensure all work is completed compliantly and within agreed service level agreements.
• Responsible for pro-actively managing an individual pipeline of cases.
• Promotion of teamwork across Operations and the Network.
• Identify and champion improvements to team processes and procedures.

What will you need to succeed?

• Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning (with completed R04 exams or equivalent).
• Previous experience of proactively managing a pipeline.
• Previous experience of dealing with adviser and providers.
• Knowledge of Pensions & Investment products, including safeguarded Benefits, SIPPs, and Pension Crystallisation.
• Good understanding of Financial Conduct Authority requirements for pension and investment transfers.
• Awareness of Financial Conduct Authority, Treating Customers Fairly principles and general advice process.
• Familiar with The Openwork Partnership adviser and network and/or other networks.
• Strong IT skills, particularly with how to use MS Office, particular Word and Excel.
• Sound judgement skills, ensuring impartiality and consistency.
• Good problem solving, analytical and decision making.
• Ability to communicate, listen and negotiate effectively at a variety of levels using various mediums.
• Able to work well as an individual and part of a wider team.
• Time management, planning, prioritising and organisation skills.
• An attention to detail combined with high accuracy.
• Able to build and maintain good working relationships.
• Flexible in approach, can handle high work and associated pressures due to service level agreement delivery.

Why us?

We're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.

We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.