Specialist Wealth Advice Assessor - Swindon, United Kingdom - Openwork Ltd

Openwork Ltd
Openwork Ltd
Verified Company
Swindon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The opportunity:


This is a certified role in which you will be responsible for the pre-sale advice checking and sign off of Occupational Pension business for The Openwork Partnership, including schemes with Protected Benefits, SIPP and SSAS cases and Opt Outs.

In addition to this, you will assess both Pension and Investment advice on a pre and post-sale basis. You will ensure that the advice complies with current regulation and Openwork's COB Suitable Advice framework.

You will be responsible for reviewing both the advice and the Suitability Report, providing feedback to advisers and suggested improvements, where necessary.


This is a hybrid role based in our Swindon office, with the flexibility to work from home 2-3 days a week.


Your responsibilities will include:


  • You will be responsible for checking cases in accordance with current regulation and Openwork's COB Suitable Advice framework, in an accurate, effective, and fair way.
  • Work in collaboration across the partnership ensuring that the financial advisers' requirements are met, which allows them to provide suitable advice.
  • Identify and develop strong relationships with key contacts across the partnership (both internally and externally) providing advice and technical guidance as required.
  • Regularly chase the adviser and/or providers where there are outstanding requirements.
  • Ensure all work is completed compliantly and within agreed service level agreements.
  • Identify and champion improvements to team processes and procedures.
  • Responsible for proactively managing an individual pipeline of cases.
  • Promotion of teamwork across Operations and the Network.

What will you need to succeed?:

  • Ideally, you'll hold a Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning (with completed R04 exams or equivalent) and Pension Transfer Specialist qualifications.
  • Have a good understanding of pension and investment products.
  • Previous experience of proactively managing a pipeline.
  • Previous experience of dealing with adviser and providers.
  • Knowledge of Pensions & Investment products, including safeguarded Benefits, SIPPs, and Pension Crystallisation.
  • Good understanding of Financial Conduct Authority requirements for pension and investment transfers.
  • Awareness of Financial Conduct Authority, Treating Customers Fairly principles and general advice process.

Why 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 2021.

The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment 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.


On top of offering a modern workplace with bags of development opportunities, we also offer a highly attractive benefits package to reward you for your hard work.

This includes a competitive base salary, an industry-leading annual bonus, car allowance, enhanced pension, critical illness cover, income protection and a range of other flexible benefits.

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