Training and Competency Specialist

6 months ago


London, United Kingdom Birchlake Recruitment Full time

Birchlake Recruitment London, United KingdomPosted 6 hours ago Hybrid Permanent £50k - £60k
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- Richard Sharman- RecruiterFollow

We’re delighted to be appointed on behalf of a new client that operate within the financial planning space. Our client is looking to appoint a training and competency specialist to work closely with the Senior Management Team to help Financial Planners maintain, and build on their competency within the Wealth Management Proposition, and regulatory environment under a risk based targeted support model.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
- Carry out client meeting assessments as required under the risk-based Training and Competence scheme;
- Undertake appropriate case reviews to assess risks and training needs to help Planners to maintain competency;
- Work alongside the Head of Risk and Compliance and to help develop the skills and understanding of Financial Planners where gaps are identified;
- Provide one-on-one or group training with Financial Planners where support is required in relation to competency, organisational skills and file quality;
- Collation, assignment and tracking of individual development plans;
- Update training and competence records for Financial Planners to support collation of risk-based data and MI;
- Build up and support the delivery of the wider Training and Competence scheme;
- Building and maintaining business relationships with all relevant stakeholders and contributing to corporate projects and initiatives;
- Manage processes with regards to fee structures and build an exceptions based process;
- Reporting of linked risk events and resolution of training needs;
- Keep Head of Risk and Compliance updated on progress of any ongoing risk issues;
Assist with the development of processes based on company policies and principles.

**Person Specification**

The following are core skills and attributes essential to the role:

- Ability to work and perform with a level head in a pressured role;
- Possess client experience focused perspective within the requirements of a regulatory environment;
- Possess strong communication (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills with an exemplary command of English language;
- Be highly organised, with good attention to detail;
- Ability to accurately and objectively assess and record factual information and to analyse and evaluate people;
- Be professional, reliable and trustworthy;
- Possess a strong understanding of financial planning and underlying financial advice products and processes, as well as client confidentiality.

**Qualifications and experience required**:

- Financial Planning and/or Investment Management qualifications to at least Level 4 or equivalent
- Significant practical T&C experience within the financial services sector;
- Understanding of risk and compliance in financial services and/or wealth management.

The salary for this role is between £50,000 and £60,000 depending on experience and qualification.

For more information about the Training and Competency Specialist position, please get in touch and submit your CV for consideration.

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