Chartered Financial Planner

Chartered Financial Planner

Leeds/Harrogate

£70,000 - £90,000 basic salary + discretionary bonus

My client is currently looking for a Chartered Financial Planner to join their team, based out of either the Leeds or Harrogate offices.

Working alongside the Head of Financial Planning, the Financial Planner will be an essential member of the team, providing advice and key recommendations to clients on areas such as retirement planning, tax and investment structuring, Inheritance tax and estate planning.

Due to the nature of the role, you must be confident of a following of c.£15m FUM, consisting of highly affluent/high-net-worth clients. Alongside this, you will begin to benefit from the regular flow of leads/referrals from internal channels, in particular the exiting client relationships with the Investment Management team. You will also be expected to demonstrate a capability to win new business via your external relationships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as a centre of intelligence and excellence on financial areas such as retirement planning, tax and investment structuring, Inheritance tax and estate planning. Along with developing knowledge on other areas.
• Take responsibility for managing key relationships withing the business, intermediaries and clients gaining the position of trusted advisor.
• Understand clients overall financial position to ensure tailored plans, constructing detailed financial advice.
• Work as a team and support the wider investment team by becoming an ambassador of good quality advice within the business and with clients.
• Provide excellent customer service when building client relationships, responding to technical queries via phone, email, letter or external meetings.
• Play an integral part in your development by seeking out best working practices along with supporting and develop colleagues to ensure adequate cross skills in team.
• Undertake any other reasonable request as required by the Head of Financial Planning or the Investment Managers.
• Reporting any risk which may be detrimental to clients or to the firm’s reputation, which arise from inadequate procedures, systems or data handling.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Ideally Chartered but has attained the Level 4 Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (or equivalent)
• Good knowledge of Financial Services, the FCA and financial products and services.
• Strong analytical approach with experience of analysing financial records and technical information.
• Ability to adapt, use own initiative and manage workloads.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Head of Financial Planning
• Director of Investment Management
• Head of Investment Management
• Financial Planning support team
• Investment Managers