- Responsible for liaising with advisers and support teams to ensure recommendations are smoothly constructed and put together for clients. - Assist with the day to day management of a small team which includes case management, oversight of administration and paraplanning as well as formulating recommendations with advisers.- Carry out quality control checks to ensure business has been processed correctly and to identify training requirements and errors which need to be rectified. - Conduct the research for our central investment proposition and liaise with our Head of Research on matters such as our bespoke risk profiling questionnaires. - Carry our report and file reviews for protection and mortgage reports completed by advisers. - Helped establish the end to end process which takes clients through the entire onboarding journey from their initial meetings to their annual reviews. - Responsible for producing various internal processes guides such as our Vulnerable Client policy.- Work alongside senior management to establish and implement process changes to improve internal systems.

Foresight provides financial planning advice for successful business owners, professionals, high net-worth individuals and their associated businesses. Based in Hale, Cheshire, the practice has grown since 1998 to become one of the most trusted advisers in the area.Foresight has a reputation for consistently delivering high quality, independent, advice that gives clients confidence that their money is being looked after professionally.Foresight has developed The Quantum Programme, a unique financial planning process, to ensure that clients receive a bespoke service tailored to their individual requirements. In doing so we give our clients The Edge - a clear advantage in achieving their financial goals.

I regularly review fact finds, file notes, client risk profile questionnaires etc. as provided by the Financial Advisers to gain an understanding of the client requirements discussed and agreed.I undertake quotes using relevant in-house platforms or request quotes from external providers.I undertake the necessary research and analysis, including:- Fund analysis- Product comparison- Product analysis- Fund research- Charges analysisI write suitability reports detailing the recommended advice to suit the client’s needs, discussing the reports with the Financial Adviser, amending as necessary.I report and monitor obstacles and deviations from the agreed timescales to the Financial Adviser and IFA Administrator, so that client expectations are appropriately managed.I ensure that potential service delivery failures are brought to the attention of the compliance team in a timely manner, that resolution is swift and work together to revise process so that the likelihood of repeat errors is lessened.

I regularly used provider platforms, including the Zurich Intermediary platform, Old Mutual Wealth, Prudential and Parmenion in order to obtain up to date valuations and to gather information advisers require on clients plans.I regularly interacted with clients and providers over the phone, acting as an effective link between adviser, client and product provider.I was responsible for the handling of client’s policy documents in the processing of new business. I sent letters of authority and requests for key information, following these up with calls to providers to obtain the requested information and track this all using excel spreadsheets.I provided post client meeting administrative support through producing fact finds by collating the relevant information that the adviser has provided me with. I attended various events on behalf of the firm with product providers such as Zurich and Prudential. I am proficient on the back-office system Intelligent Office- IO. I became comfortable with a variety of functions on IO, including managing client accounts, setting up policies to produce valuations as well as the income side of the back-office system.I was responsible for producing suitability reports for advisers to present to clients in areas such as pensions, protection and investments. Whilst the firm used Paraplanning Online (PPOL) to do this, I have also written a suitability report in its entirety as part of the coursework module J09. I was tasked with producing charges comparisons using FE Analytics to show the differences in reduction of yield amongst various portfolios. I also regularly used Dynamic Planner to produce models of client portfolios to determine whether the risk level of the portfolio was in line with client's attitudes to risk.