Paraplanner

Purpose of the job:

• You will be responsible for providing research and advice to the Partners including Recommendation and Strategy reports.
• We successfully deliver high level, complex reports written specifically with our clients in mind. This is achieved through a consistent high level of service and expertise both as individuals and as a team.
• The team consists of 13 Paraplanners, including 6 seniors, a junior, and 2 trainees.

Job summary:

• Level 4 qualified.
• Experience of working as a Paraplanner within an IFA environment.
• Proven record of conducting research and writing quality Recommendation reports. Focus on client friendly whilst meeting Compliance needs.
• High level skills required:
• Communication: verbal and written.Attention to detail
• Balance commercial needs with Compliance musts.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills:
• Knowledge and experience:
• Pre and post retirement.
• Pension transfers & SIPP providers.
• Investments.
• Taxation.
• Research tools & Cashflow modelling.

Main responsibilities:

• Adhering to Foster Denovo’s Service Excellence, you will be expected to always provide exceptional client service.
• The client is at the heart of our values and therefore all communication should be bespoke to them and written in concise Plain English.
• Ensure the advice you provide is considerate to the client and appropriate, and if not, have the confidence to challenge the Partner.
• You will be required to keep up to date with all relevant training and best practice to enable this standard to be met.
• This includes company and departmental training, competence, and development initiatives.
• Commitment to pass basic internal financial industry exams set by within 3 months of employment.
• Regularly provide workflow updates to Partners regarding their cases so they feel in control and can manage client expectations.
• Have a thorough understanding of the Foster Denovo advice process, reporting format, pre-approval process and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with other Paraplanners and the Practice Manager to share ideas and best practice. This includes: All aspects of a good customer experience. Assist your paraplanning colleagues in busy periods. Identifying any process improvements that can be made.

Key skills and personal attributes:

• A positive, fair, and friendly service-orientated person with a “can do” attitude who is aware of the important role played by advisers and their staff in providing financial advice.
• Honesty, integrity, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Hard working and responsive to the need to deliver a high-quality support service.
• Commercially minded and driven.

About us:

Foster Denovo currently boast over 120 Financial Advisers supported by around 300 employees across eight Foster Denovo offices throughout the UK. We have the scale and resource to provide exceptional advice and service to our clients, advisers and employees.

Our stakeholder community is an invisible bond that gives Foster Denovo its solid foundations. It also means that our people care about our reputation and brand. And as such, we aim to delight every client we come into contact with.

When you join the Foster Denovo family, you benefit from our enviable reputation and years of industry experience. In everything we do, we’re driven by a firm set of core values, and our friendly, stakeholder culture has been praised by employees, clients and partners alike.

Foster Denovo are also proud to hold the platinum investors in people accreditation which shows a clear commitment to the people who make us an employer of choice.

What we offer you:

Foster Denovo has an open, mutually supportive, knowledge-sharing culture. It’s a culture that has created the space to think differently for the benefit of our clients.

Our benefits package includes:

• 25 days holiday (increasing by an additional day per annum up to 30 days)
• Foster Denovo will match your personal pension contribution up to a maximum of 7.5%
• Life assurance of up to 4 x your salary;
• Income protection of 75% of your basic salary in the event of long term sickness
• Employees can use our financial advisers within the company for any financial advice or knowledge
• Interest free season tickets loans, eye care and childcare vouchers.
• Shopping discounts benefits portal (discounts on holiday, gym and high street retailers)