Talent Pool: Retail Business Consultant (Durban)

Momentum; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Retail Business Consultant in Durban to develop long-lasting partnerships with Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs). The role requires a BCom degree and expertise in financial services. Strong sales and communication skills are essential, along with a proven ability to foster relationships. This position offers an opportunity to drive business growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of financial service industry experience is advantageous.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant sales experience is essential.
• Experience in Momentum Myriad and Investor products is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Establish meaningful relationships with IFAs.
• Educate IFAs to view Momentum as thought leaders.
• Enable better financial planning and advice outcomes.

Skills

Sales Experience

Strong Communication

Business Acumen

Building Relationships

Stress Tolerance

Education

3-year BCom degree in Business Management, Marketing, Communications, Finance, or Legal

CFP® Certification

Job description

Momentum, a financial services provider of choice since 1966, known for its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative culture is committed to wealth creation and preservation, insurance, and income protection for all our clients. We do this through our understanding of the retail insurance, savings, and investment markets in SA.

Role Purpose

The Retail Business Consultant crafts passionate, energetic, and meaningful partnerships with IFAs that will stand the test of time. Product, market, and sales intelligence will set them apart from their counterparts. The consultant/IFA relationship will be strengthened by ease of doing business, first-class services, deep business analysis and continuous improvement of the IFA's business.

Requirements

Qualifications

• 3-year BCom degree in the following fields: Business Management, Marketing, Communications, Finance, and Legal (essential)
• Willingness to study towards the degree and recognition of prior learning if you have 3+ years of experience working in MDS.
• CFP® is an advantage.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of financial service industry experience (advantageous)
• 1 to 3 years of relevant sales experience (essential)
• Experience in Momentum Myriad and Investor products is an advantage
• Strong business acumen with sound knowledge of risk assessments, claims, underwriting, tax, and business assurance
• Knowledge of the financial services industry and insurance products (desired)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Knowledge of the sales process.
• Relevant product knowledge

Duties & Responsibilities

Enthuse

• Understand who we are targeting, the landscape they are working in, competitor influences, events that will enthuse, critical moments of truth used.
• Ensure long-lasting, deep, and meaningful relationships with the IFA
• IFAs to move from non-active supporters to active supporters, to ambassadors

Educate

• IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders.
• Be the IFA's source of information within Momentum
• Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings
• Enable better financial planning and advice outcomes

Enable

• IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders.
• Be the IFA's source of information within Momentum
• Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings
• Enable better financial planning and advice outcomes
• Achieve and/or exceed the minimum production targets,
• Achieve and/or exceed the minimum productive IFAs requirements

Competencies

• Brand Ambassadorship
• Leading and Supervising
• Professional standards
• Relating and networking (building rapport and relationships)
• Stress tolerance
• Flawless and effective communication (written and oral)
• Delivering results and meeting stakeholder expectations
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Positively impact and influence on the IFA practice
• Deadline Driven
• Able to travel as much as the job requires and travel documentation in order
• Persuading and influencing