About us - “We make the complex simple”. At Medical & General IFA and Medical & General Mortgages, we help people grow and protect their wealth. As our name suggests, we specialise in providing independent advice to members of the medical profession and we also help non-medics who reach out to us. Our aim is to always help our clients feel clear, confident and in control of their finances.
Due to the continuing expansion of our business, we are looking for a Paraplanner or Trainee Paraplanner to join our team based in Ottery St Mary.
If you join our team, you get your birthday as a day off, we offer a life assurance (death in service) scheme at 3 x your annual salary, a group income protection scheme, enhanced employer pension contributions. We have a health cash plan that gives you money back for your dentist check-ups (+ more), optician check-ups (+ more) and other health and wellbeing appointments like massages and physiotherapy. This plan also has fantastic other perks that gives you access to lots of great discounts on brands (online and instore), discounts on food, cinema/theatre tickets and so much more. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme to support you if you need it. We also support flexible working.
In additional to these great employee benefits, we also are committed to your learning and your continuous professional development. We want you to grow your career with us and to succeed.
Your role with us will include:-
1. Deal effectively with queries from clients and other parties.
2. Collect and collate information in accordance with the principles of ‘know your client’ and ensure all the required compliance documentation is present and correct.
3. Working with the adviser, you will discuss the client’s objectives, identifying and obtaining the information necessary to compile the financial suitability report.
4. Liaise with product providers and other third parties to acquire additional information that may be required to assess the clients’ needs and to formulate recommendations.
5. Construct financial planning solutions (investment, retirement, tax and estate planning).
6. Assist in identifying areas for planning and sourcing solutions suitable to meet the clients’ needs and objectives. This will include assisting in the preparation of tax calculations and cash flow forecasting, where necessary.
7. Prepare suitability letters and reports for approval by the adviser and prepare associated documentation as required. This will include the completion of documentation ready for clients to check and sign.
8. Working with other professional advisers - For example, solicitors and accountants to implement an agreed action plan when necessary.
9. Support and develop with the investment committee our CIP/CRP.
10. You may be expected to cover some responsibilities for colleagues who may be away from the business.
11. Other duties may be expected of you as the business evolves and as you evolve within the business.
You will have a comprehensive induction from day one with full training on all our systems and processes. We have invested in our systems to make the processes as seamless as possible to ensure client satisfaction. The personal touch for each and every one of our clients is really important to us.
Please send a covering letter with your application.
No agencies please.
Salary dependant on experience.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £25,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ottery Saint Mary, Devon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Please send a covering letter with your application.
Experience:
- paraplanning: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
