Chartered Financial Planner

**Chartered Financial Planner - Devon & Cornwall region**

**About Attivo**:
Attivo are Lifestyle Financial Planners.

We’re a privately owned company. We prefer it that way. It means we’re free to do what we feel is best for our clients and our people. Our work is all about our clients. We pride ourselves on being completely transparent, open and honest - an approach that builds trust with our clients and inspires their financial confidence.

Our experienced, highly qualified Financial Planners and expert support teams are committed to delivering more for all our clients. Our independent status and unique approach to understanding our clients, their preferences and their motivation, sets us apart. We will build and provide ongoing support for a bespoke financial plan aimed at fulfilment of our clients lifestyle needs.

Whether you’re a private client or a business accessing our corporate services, you can rely on a clear, consistent service from your Financial Planner and from our experienced teams.

**About the role**:
As a Chartered Financial Planner, you will provide high calibre, long term tax and lifestyle financial planning services to clients of Attivo. Building strong, long term client relationships and ensuring clients’ needs are satisfied compliantly and efficiently and maximise new business opportunities and retain the group’s growing client base.

You will be an ambassador of Attivo, representing its core values and company behaviours, raising the profile of the business and the profession with internal and external stakeholders.

As a business, we fully support hybrid working and have both working from home and flexible working policies. You will have a base office (London) and can expect a mix of office based for training purposes, working from home and travelling in and around the area to meet clients.

We have a number of clients already located in the Devon and Cornwall area for you to manage, however, you will be expected to grow the client bank so experience of business development and networking is essential for this role.

**Key Responsibilities include**:

- Develop life plans with and for our clients, utilising cash flow modelling and SMART objectives.
- Proactively seeking and generating new partnerships with new clients
- Providing the 'Attivo service' to our clients, which involves them feeling like they are our only client.
- Attend client meetings, provide financial advice, and make recommendations to help clients achieve their financial planning requirements
- Ensure the compliance procedure is adhered to at all times to protect and safeguard the company by meeting the regulatory aspects of the role
- Develop product, technical and regulatory knowledge to keep up to date with latest financial regulations
- Provide full disclosure of compliant advice process and charges to the client
- Conduct in-depth reviews of clients’ financial circumstances and future aims
- Ensure recommendations are suitable for the client and are fully understood
- Adhere to AML requirements and deliver suitability reports within prescribed timescales
- Follow through with client and providers to ensure business completed in a timely manner
- Ensure all regulatory obligations are discharged fully during all engagements with client
- Support the business in responding to any complaints either being handled internally or by the Financial Ombudsman Services
- Maintain a high standard of file quality and compliance standards
- Maintain continuous professional development records and a comprehensive knowledge of pensions, investments and estate planning

**About you**:
You will need to be a Chartered Financial Planner, holding the Advanced Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning. You will need to have at least three years experience as a Financial Planner, operating at the highest level.

The existing client base is located in the Devon and Cornwall region, so you will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance from Exeter, Plymouth, or Taunton.

You are an excellent communicator and able to influence others, acting as a financial coach, building trust with our high-net-worth clients. You are able to work with demanding objectives and prioritise your own workload.

You have excellent networking and business development skills and have attracting new clients through organic growth,

**Essential skills and experience**
- A proven track record providing high levels of service and advice
- Qualified Chartered Financial Planner with the CII

**Salary and benefits**
Up to £80,000 depending on experience, plus car allowance, bonus and benefits.

Attivo also offers:

- Non-contributory Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance and Cash Plan
- Income Protection
- Critical Illness
- Death in Service
- Generous holiday allowance, rising with length of service
- Work from home and flexible working available
- Excellent culture, promoting employee wellbeing and engagement.

**Recruitment Policy**

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