Pre-Approvals Officer

The Opportunity

Our Pre Approvals Officers play a key role within the 2plan team, ensuring that cases submitted by our financial advisers are reviewed and managed within our business standards framework. The role involves working with a diverse group of advisers and internal colleagues to ensure best practice and service is delivered every time.

This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days per week in our Leeds office

Your accountabilities

• Assessing Pre Approval cases within agreed SLAs
• Application of 2plan Business Standards
• Liaison with 2plan Financial Advisers to discuss cases as required
• Ensuring Pre Approval records are kept up to date
• Managing workflow of cases
• Assisting with Adviser Induction Courses
• Compliance casework such as reviewing procedures, AML, training of 2plan staff and Advisers
• Proactively identifying trends and feeding continuous improvement
• Identifying and building relationships with key contacts and providing advice and guidance

The benefits:

• Salary - up to £42,000
• Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection - 1x salary
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

What will you need to succeed?

• Established experience within a financial services organisation in a previous T&C role
• Level 4 diploma qualified. Working towards higher level industry qualifications such as Chartered is advantageous and support will be provided for further study.
• Knowledge of the following areas is essential:
• COBS, ICOB and MCOB product and sales process
• TCF
• Data Protection
• FCA and regulatory requirements
• Anti Money Laundering
• Good financial planning and technical knowledge
• Coaching and feedback skills
• Ability to build rapport
• Strong organisation skills
• Good understanding of risk
• Ability to work on multiple tasks and projects
• Willing and able to develop wide skills and knowledge
• Good communication skills
• Desire to learn and develop
• Attention to detail
• Sound judgement

Why us?

2Plan Wealth Management was Launched in July 2007 and we have continuously built on our strengths to become one of the leading wealth management firms in the UK. Our head office administration, technology and regulatory teams provide exceptional support to all our financial advisers around the country, enabling them to deliver the best possible service to clients. The client experience is paramount and all our advisers pride themselves on providing up-to-date advice and building long lasting, professional client relationships. We want all our clients to view 2plan wealth management as their trusted go-to adviser for their financial matters.

At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We're also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022.

The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague's individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it's personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.