Planner - Kingswood Group

Are you an experienced Wealth Planner looking for your next opportunity? We are currently looking to appoint an individual who has direct experience working with clients to provide wealth and financial planning solutions. You’ll ensure each client big or small is given the right guidance and advice to make the correct financial decisions. This role will be based out of our Hessle location where you’ll join a very passionate and talented group of individuals!

What you’ll do as a Wealth Planner:

• You will form key client relationships and collaborate with Investment Managers to increase client engagement.
• Working directly with clients, providing a wide range of financial planning solutions and conducting annual reviews.
• Growing your client bank organically through referrals and developing relationships with professional connections.
• Prepare, present and implement advice recommendations and cash flow modelling reports.
• Responsible for some general administrative tasks as part of the scope for this role.
• Liaising directly with the Client Liaison Administrators and Paraplanners to ensure a seamless client experience.
• Maintain competency via successful completion of your required ‘continuing professional development’ (CPD) hours.

What we are looking for:

• Qualified to a minimum of level 4 in Regulated Financial Planning.
• Experience in managing private client relationships and providing financial advice.
• Knowledge across a range of products and asset classes.
• The ability to work with clients across all wealth bands and providing the very best support and guidance to clients with little to no financial knowledge.
• Strong numeracy skills, attention to detail and experience of dealing with multiple currencies.

We provide a clear and transparent bonus structure for acquiring new clients and boosting your retention of existing clients. Here at Kingswood Group, we’re all about our people and are committed to recruiting and maintaining a diverse workforce. We celebrate, recognise, and appreciate our differences, irrespective of background, race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. We’re continually learning and improving our processes and policies to ensure an inclusive culture for all our employees.

In addition to this, we promote employee recognition and some of the top career development opportunities for those that are looking to progress. Teamwork, inclusivity, and culture in our business is really important to us – whilst we continue to add new benefits to offer the very best to our Kingswood Group, here is a rundown of our core benefits available to our fantastic employees:

• 26 days annual leave – including a day off for your birthday!
• Cycle to work scheme – If you’re an individual who enjoys a cycle into work, we’ve got you covered when it comes to saving money on a bike or equipment to use for commuting to our office locations.
• Life Assurance – An insurance that pays out a lump sum to your family should you pass away in service.
• Private healthcare – you’ll be able to provide cover for you and your family, by being granted access to our fabulous private healthcare (through Vitality), on top of receiving free annual eye tests (private healthcare is subject to one year’s service).
• 2 paid volunteering days – per year, for you to dedicate your time to a cause you are passionate about.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay for all our Kingswood Group.

Kingswood is passionate about creating a unified and consistent culture across all of our locations and business activities. All employees are expected to take responsibility for embodying our ‘One Kingswood’ behaviours and supporting others to live these behaviours too. Our Kingswood behaviours are:

• Support and empower – we recognise others’ contributions and collaborate to support success.
• Demonstrate Respect – we listen to understand and consider the impact of our words and actions.
• Continuously Evolve – we are curious and positive in our approach; providing constructive feedback to support growth.
• Champion Inclusivity – we embrace individuality and openness to create a vibrant, welcoming environment for all.
• Uphold Responsibility – we treat others fairly and always learn from our mistakes.