Senior Paraplanner

Senior Paraplanner - Newcastle

• Basic salary of £42,000 - £50,000 depending on experience and qualification, PLUS discretionary bonus.
• Life Assurance.
• Continued professional development and funded study.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Paraplanner to join a well-established Chartered Financial Planning practice with an unrivalled history of providing Independent Financial Advice to a wide range of clients throughout the UK. Over the years the Company's personal approach to financial planning has helped both clients and the Company to prosper.

Due to continued expansion, they have an opportunity to welcome their next long-term colleague within the Paraplanning team.

Job purpose:

To provide paraplanning support to a team of Financial Advisers and to mentor and train the existing team of Paraplanners. Helping to formulate financial plans and strategies as well as report writing.

Duties will include:

• Contributing to the review and enhancement of technical research, report writing processes, systems and procedures to increase efficiencies in the technical team.
• Responsibility for training, coaching and mentoring Paraplanners including induction, training, ongoing training and support.
• Carrying out necessary technical research and analysis to support the Financial Advisers and meet client needs and objectives.
• Preparing cashflow modelling reports to assist with client retirement planning.
• Preparing suitability letters across a wide range of advice types, financial products, investment, and pension solutions ensuring they are issued in the appropriate timeframe.
• This is initially a fully office-based role.

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will have experience working within the financial services industry preferably within an Independent Financial Adviser environment, spending some of this time working as a Paraplanner.
• Solid technical product knowledge within pensions and investments and strong analytical skills.
• A track record of delivering written financial advice be that as an adviser or a Paraplanner
• The ability to positively influence others.
• The candidate will need to be qualified to Level 4 Diploma status and have a desire to achieve Chartered status would be advantageous but not essential.

Please contact jenny @tempestjones . com to apply or to find out more details. Rest assured that all contact and conversations will be handled with the strictest of confidence.