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Paraplanner

Blakemore Recruitment
Posted 13 days ago, valid for 16 days
Location

St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 6JZ, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • An award-winning financial planning firm is seeking an experienced Paraplanner with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a paraplanning role.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for producing cash flow models, writing suitability reports, and providing technical support to advisers and colleagues.
  • Candidates should hold a CII level 4 diploma as a minimum and ideally be working towards Chartered status, demonstrating strong technical knowledge of financial products.
  • The role offers a competitive salary of £40,000 to £50,000, depending on experience, along with opportunities for career development and hybrid working arrangements.
  • This position is ideal for a confident individual who enjoys problem-solving and prefers not to be client-facing while still playing a key role in a thriving business.

Role and responsibilitiesWe are recruiting an experienced, high calibre Paraplanner for this award winning financial planning who are looking or a paraplanner. They require someone who can demonstrate a background of providing high level technical paraplanning including the production of cash flow models and high-quality suitability reports.

The role will report to a paraplanning team leader, and the key areas of responsibility are as follows:

  • Analyse client information and existing investments/policies
  • Tax calculations
  • Construct appropriate solutions for clients and make recommendations in conjunction with the advisers
  • Write suitability reports for cases of varying complexity
  • Run cashflow models for clients
  • Be a point of contact for technical queries for colleagues and advisers
  • Communicating with clients on research and report timescales
  • Attend client meetings where required
  • Helping to train other members of the team
  • Potentially getting involved in some project work to further improve our systems and processes
  • Leading Pod meetings
  • Undertake peer reviews for the paraplanning team

Essential attributes the successful candidate should possess

The successful candidate will be confident dealing with HNW clients and professional connectionsand a natural problem solver. The role may suit an able career paraplanner who does not wish to beclient facing but does want to be a key individual within a thriving business.

They will:

  • ï‚Ÿ Demonstrate a strong technical knowledge and understanding of all financial products
  • ï‚Ÿ Be CII level 4 diploma qualified as a minimum and ideally working towards Chartered status
  • ï‚Ÿ Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience within a paraplanning role
  • ï‚Ÿ Have strong IT skills; experience of Curo, FE Analytics and Voyant advantageous
  • ï‚Ÿ Have a good attention to detail
  • ï‚Ÿ Be a good team player
  • ï‚Ÿ Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing
  • ï‚Ÿ Be comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment
  • ï‚Ÿ Be organised and able to manage a busy workload

This is an excellent opportunity to join and award winning independent financial planning firm who believe in career development for all staff and the opportunity to grow and your career. They also offer hybrid working with only 2 days required in the office weekly.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.