Investment Graduate in Guildford

As a member of the Bespoke Investment Management team you will assist in the on boarding of new clients along with the maintenance of existing clients. You will also commence or continue your study to enable you to develop into a junior investment manager. This will involve you undertaking the CISI or CFA exam program over a three to four year period.
Key responsibilities

• Assist with ongoing client relationship management, including incoming and outgoing communication, account opening coordination and portfolio enquiries.
• Assist with the client take on process, coordinating efforts with other departments within the business to ensure the smoothest possible outcome for the client.
• Take responsibility for checking new business paperwork, scanning documents, managing cash balances and cash movements, updating static client information, preparing valuations, archiving documents and other general ad hoc client maintenance and office duties.
• Assist clients with all administration-related queries, offering support to other team members if required in order to efficiently and effectively respond.
• Assist with correct record keeping practices across the team, highlighting and rectifying any issues across company systems.
• Gather and assist in the production of suitability documentation and ensure reviews are completed as required according to individual client agreements.
• Proactively seek to improve on processes and procedures within the scope of this role, challenging where required and taking an active role in their own continuous learning.
• During your study, seek to understand the investment framework at TrinityBridge, along with the relevant risk profiles and client suitability when assessing a client’s portfolio.

Regulatory responsibilities | Compliance/T&C

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the role, whilst practising effective risk management taking account of outcomes for clients.

• Understand, follow and demonstrate compliance with all relevant internal and external rules, regulations and procedures that apply to the conduct of the business. Follow principles and rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the internal requirements set out in the Compliance Manual, local and Group Compliance and Risk policies.

About you | Qualifications, skills and strengths

• Educated to at least undergraduate level
• Strong interest in finance, economics and companies
• Numerate with Strong MS Office skills; Word (intermediate level), Excel (intermediate level – basic formulas), PowerPoint (intermediate level), Outlook (intermediate level)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) including Report writing.
• Personal values that demonstrate the ability to listen, patience and to empathise with respect.
• Proactive nature, demonstrating a desire to gain efficiencies and improve procedures
• Ability to work to tight deadlines with consistent accuracy and willing to help and assist to get the right client outcome
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident to suggest ways of improving the service currently offered
• Proven ability to take the initiative

At TrinityBridge we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
We appreciate that from time to time, recruitment agencies will have speculative CVs that they may wish to submit to our Talent Acquisition team in relation to a specific role.

To avoid any ambiguity around fees, please note that speculative CVs received by TrinityBridge, that have not been authorised in advance, by us, will be ineligible for an agency fee. Thank you.
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At TrinityBridge we are all connected by our mission to be leading UK Wealth Manager, growing trusted client relationships that last for generations.
We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose, and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

We offer a wide range of inclusive benefits that provides our people with all the support they need to find a healthy balance in all aspects of their lives. We also invest in the growth of our people providing a sense of belonging and team spirit and the ability to thrive.

We recruit people from all backgrounds and are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping our people to balance work and home life and make practical choices for wellbeing while delivering impact where it matters, all of which contributes to our exceptional client experience.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition so, if you need a job description or application form in an alternative format, or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please get in touch at TalentAcquisition@trinitybridge.com.