Wealth Advice Assessor

The opportunity

We are looking for an experienced and detail-driven professional to join The Openwork Partnership, responsible for the advice checking of ongoing servicing advice.

In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring advice provided across the partnership meets current regulatory standards and aligns with Openwork's COB Suitability framework. You will review case advice, documentation, suitability reports, and annual reviews, providing clear, constructive feedback to advisers to support continuous improvement and high-quality client outcomes.

This is a full-time, 6 month FTC, operations on a hybrid basis with 3 days per week in our Swindon office.

The Benefits:

Salary – up to £35,000
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
Death in service - 4x salary
27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days. Up to 3 working days per year of paid time to participate in volunteering activities
A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key Accountabilities:

As a Wealth Advice Assessor you will check cases in accordance with current regulation and Openwork’s Suitable Advice Frameworks, in an accurate, effective, and fair way.
You will identify and champion improvements to team processes and procedures.
You'll work in collaboration across the partnership ensuring that the Financial Advisers’ requirements are met, which allows them to provide suitable advice.
You will 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.
Responsible for pro-actively managing an individual pipeline of cases.
Promotion of teamwork across Operations and the Network

What will you need to succeed?

Qualifications / Experience:

Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning
Good understanding of pension and investment products.
Previous experience of proactively managing a pipeline.
Previous experience of dealing with adviser and providers.

Knowledge:

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.
Familiar with Openwork adviser and network and/or other networks.
Understanding of how to use MS Office, particular Word and Excel.

Skills and Competencies:

Sound judgement skills, ensuring impartiality and consistency.
Good problem solving, analytical and decision making.
Able to express ideas and opinions to influence others and confront issues.
Ability to communicate, listen and negotiate effectively at a variety of levels using various mediums.
Able to work well as an individual and part of a wider team.
Time management, planning, prioritising, and organisation skills.
An attention to detail combined with high accuracy.
Able to build and maintain good working relationships.
Flexible in approach, can handle high work and associated pressures due to service level agreement delivery.

Why us?

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.

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