Paraplanner Team Leader - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Blakemore Recruitment

Blakemore Recruitment

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are recruiting for a Financial Planning practice in Milton Keynes who are looking for a Paraplanner Team Leader to join their team.

Key Responsibilities:
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Manage paraplanning team and workflow.
Oversight of the report queue:
Primary liaison between the advisers and paraplanning team:
Keep them informed on report timescales
Prioritise reports as needed
Chase advisers for information, should they not be responding to requests from other members of the Paraplanning team
Discuss and deal with any issues advisers may be having with the paraplanning team
Checking reports/work for trainee paraplanners (or indeed more complex ones for senior paraplanners, if required).
Checking other reports/projects/wordings etc as requested by the Partners, or the Compliance Manager etc.
Put in place training for all Paraplanners as needed (both internal processes and product/platform knowledge); more structured training for Trainee Paraplanners and new starters.
Sign off new starters, when competent (usually 6m +), upwardly refer to HR and provide supporting evidence.
Sign off trainees, when competent (usually 2yrs +), upwardly refer to HR/Compliance Manager.
Spotcheck paraplanning work periodically across the team to ensure compliance with the firm's processes and regulatory requirements.
Paraplanning team reporting:
Oversee the preparation of weekly MI
Summary of Paraplanning workloads at company meetings
Provide feedback for staff generally and paraplanners specifically for twice yearly appraisals, upwardly refer to HR
Feedback on trainees to the Partners/Compliance Manager
Attendance and participation in Operations Meetings, to provide PP feedback as needed whole meeting attendance not required
Attendance and participation in Team Leader meetings, to provide PP feedback as needed.
Run Paraplanner team meetings, communication with the paraplanning team over any issues
Product and Platform Due Diligence, and to a lesser extent fund due diligence
General monitoring of workloads, may result in a recommendation to HR e.g. further staff required or reallocation of resource
Updating the software used to reflect quarterly changes in our CAP models
Maintaining and enhancing the firms report writing software plus any other communication material held outside of this but used by the team.
The maintenance and provision of training re all software used by paraplanners to fulfil their role.
Project/Systems work as required.
The Team Leader role is in addition to fulfilling the role of 'Paraplanner

' This includes:

Liaison with the planner to discuss client objectives /missing information etc and keep them updated re progress.
Undertaking technical research
Preparation of well written and compliant suitability reports
The timely issue of client reports and accompanying documentation
Maintain awareness of, and act in accordance with, all compliance and legislative obligations.
Proactively enhance industry and company knowledge through internal and external sources.
Maintain core systems ensuring that all tasks are carried out and completed in line with company policy and procedures.

Systems:
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Technically competent with:
Outlook, Word, Excel, MS Teams to intermediate level
Competent with Intelligent Office (backoffice system) or similar
Competent with ATEB, Selectapension, Voyant, DocuSign, and FE Analytics.
Detailed knowledge of platforms ideally:
Quilter, Aviva, M&G and Aegon ARC

Personal Specification:
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Ideally Diploma qualified as a minimum, ideally working towards the Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning
Ideally with at least, 5+ years' experience as a Paraplanner
Ability to communicate at all levels, organised, effective time management and ability to prioritise workload
Problem solving resolving indepth problems and issues to find appropriate solutions
Ability to lead a team, making decisions as needed