Paraplanning Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled Paraplanning Specialist to join our team at Evelyn Partners. As a Paraplanning Specialist, you will play a crucial role in preparing suitability reports and providing technical research services to our Financial Planners.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare suitability reports across a wide range of advice types, financial products, and investment solutions
• Carry out any necessary technical research
• Ensure client records contain sufficient Know Your Client information to demonstrate suitability of our advice, and that they are kept accurate and up to date at all times
• Work with the Financial Planner to ensure the correct client outcome is achieved
• Attend client meetings to support the Financial Planner in the delivery of cashflow modelling, as required
• Manage own workload to meet personal targets
• Communicate effectively with the Financial Planners to manage expected delivery dates
• Responsible for managing process, tasks and complying with FCA guidelines
• Maintain core systems ensuring that all documents are uploaded to the back-office system to support the advice
• Identify and report any risks, breaches, or errors through ensuring risks are logged through to mitigating actions and controls

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience of paraplanning gained with a proven solid technical knowledge
• Proven track record of delivering written financial advice
• Good organisation and prioritisation skills; able to work independently and within a team
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Good stakeholder management with positive influencing skills
• Literacy, numerical and analytical skills are essential

About Evelyn Partners

Evelyn Partners is the UK's leading integrated wealth management and professional services group, with over 186 years of experience in helping generations of people and businesses to thrive. We offer an extensive range of financial and professional services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities and businesses.

We provide an award-winning service for our clients by employing the best people. We believe that everyone deserves access to good advice, regardless of where they're at in their financial journey.

An exceptional track record of growth and innovation is driven by our core values of: Personal, offering advice based on a true understanding of what matters to our clients; Partnership, working with our clients in a joined-up, collaborative way; and Performance, demonstrating a breadth and depth of advice expertise to deliver first-class results.

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.