Graduate Advisor (Boland)

PPS Recruitment; Worcester; On-site; ZAR 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

PPS Recruitment in Worcester, Western Cape, seeks a Graduate Advisor to build a professional practice by marketing risk and investment products from an established platform. This three-year internship is designed as a springboard for a young graduate, with target orientation and incentive remuneration tied to sales targets.

You will prospect, host workshops for students and young professionals, educate clients on sound financial principles, and expand PPS student member client base while

Qualifications

• Prospective candidate will build a client base among young professionals.
• Internship lasts three years, designed as a springboard into finance.
• Target-oriented with incentive remuneration.

Responsibilities

• Host financial workshops for students and young professionals.
• Educate existing clients on financial principles.
• Guide graduates to make informed financial choices.
• Liaise with PPS Marketing Specialist on campus activities.
• Make appointments with PPS student members to discuss products.
• Build a client base by selling PPS student product range.
• Adhere to financial industry regulations and stay updated.

Skills

Prospecting

Client relations

Written communication

Oral communication

Presentation

Reliability

Resilience

Education

CFP (advantageous)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The successful candidate must have the desire and long-term vision to build a professional practice for professionals by marketing risk and investment products from a well established platform. Because this period is recognised as the building period, the intern will have to be target orientated and motivated by incentive remuneration, as the package is incentivised and linked to sales targets.

The Graduate Advisor will be responsible for prospecting and building a client base within the young professional student base. This is a three-year internship position and is designed to be used as a springboard to launch a young graduate professional’s career in the financial industry.

Formal Qualifications

• CFP would be advantageous
• South African driver’s license and must have own transport

Experience and Knowledge

• Insurance industry-related knowledge and experience would be advantageous
• Knowledge of the PPS product range and PPS membership would be an advantage

Computer Literacy

• Computer Literate (MS Office Package)

Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Skills

• Relating to customers within a diverse market
• Communication in writing.
• Communicating orally with good presentation skills.
• Quality orientated.
• Reliable.
• Resilient

Duties and Responsibilities

• Have a very focused approach toward becoming a professional Financial Planner.
• Host financial workshops for students and young professionals.
• Educate existing clients on sound financial principles.
• Guide students and young professionals to make the correct financial choices from the start.
• Liaise with a PPS Marketing Specialist on all marketing activities and workshops on campus.
• Make appointments with existing PPS student members to discuss the PPS student product range and benefits.
• Build a client base by selling the PPS student product range to PPS student members.
• Adhere to the regulation and compliance process of the financial industry.
• Stay up to date and excel in terms of qualifications and knowledge of the financial industry.
• Must be willing to be mentored and trained by experienced managers in this newly developed model.