United Kingdom · Paraplanning
Financial adviser
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Also advertised as Independent Financial Adviser
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1From This Job To A Course
The qualifications matched to this job
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The units you would start with
Built for Financial adviser
5 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.
- Principles of Financial Planning Level 4
- Financial planning practice Level 4
- Retail Advice & Planning Level 4
- Financial planning process Level 6
- Processing instructions for straightforward mortgage and/or financial planning business Level 2
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2What This Role Really Is
Working within small businesses or large organisations such as banks, giving clients specialist advice on how to manage their money.
- Prepare draft financial proposals in consultation with the financial planner.
- Discuss and agree on draft financial proposals with the financial planner.
- Create client presentations and produce comprehensible technical reports.
- Document the recommended solutions, covering suitability, affordability, impact on existing arrangements, features, benefits, and associated risks.
- Select appropriate financial solutions aligned with the client’s needs and risk profile, in compliance with regulations.
- Justify the recommended solutions based on client assessments.
- Ensure reports adhere to industry regulation and guidelines.
- Provide supplementary information to the client.
- Confirm the return of completed documents from the client.
- Obtain necessary information about the client's financial circumstances and investment objectives.
- Identify potential future changes impacting advice.
- Gather information related to the client's country of residence and domicile.
- Ascertain the client's risk attitude and financial capacity to bear risks.
- Obtain details about the client’s experience and knowledge regarding risks involved.
- Explain consequences of not disclosing relevant information.
- Confirm agreement with the client on the areas of need and required actions.
- Agree on actions required for strategy implementation with the financial planner.
- Complete application and proposal forms accurately with client authority.
3Skills You Will Use
What you’ll use
Skills This Role Draws On
Technical
- What is required - the Financial Adviser has the ability to...
- Know your customer: Make decisions confidently and autonomously in full awareness of the risk/potential external implications attached. Know when to seek further professional input, whilst maintaining high ethical standards and adhering to Treating Customers Fairly requirements.
- Customer service: Proactively and regularly meet the company’s stated service/quality assurance standards, including complaints procedures.
- Customer service: Consistently support colleagues and collaborate to achieve a successful customer outcome.
- Business development: Develop long term relationships with customers. Create new opportunities for business growth through referrals and networking. Build a new business or sustain and grow an existing business by prioritising workloads and deliver in accordance with the associated business plan.
- g Risk: Apply regulatory requirements both in the role of a Financial Adviser and also as applied to the Company. Maintain, the Fit and Proper person standards as laid down by the relevant regulator(s).
- Using systems and processes: Demonstrate technical proficiency in using the firm’s I.T. systems required to complete the advice process, maintain accurate records, and agree review meetings to sustain the client / adviser relationship. Ensure Data Protection Act is not contravened.
- Communication skills: Build rapport and communicate with empathy. Present and explain complex information simply and clearly both orally and verbally.
Ways of working
- a: t is required – the Financial Adviser demonstrates
4The Pathway
The pathway
Getting in, in the UK
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Financial adviser (Level 4) — Skills England standard ST0374
5Pay And Demand
Pay & demand
The figure is the median for full-time employees in the ONS occupation this job title codes to (Finance and investment analysts and advisers), from the April 2025 survey, about six months old when published, as ASHE always is. It is that occupation's middle, not this role's. Half earn more.
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A lesson from Principles of Financial Planning, worked against Financial adviser.
Applied to your work in Financial adviser
The objective of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of the principles of financial planning, including savings, investments, and protection and retirement solutions. Learners will understand their tax treatment and application within the financial planning process.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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- What is required - the Financial Adviser has the ability to...
- Know your customer: Make decisions confidently and autonomously in full awareness of the risk/potential external implications attached. Know when to seek further professional input, whilst maintaining high ethical standards and adhering to Treating Customers Fairly requirements.
- Customer service: Proactively and regularly meet the company’s stated service/quality assurance standards, including complaints procedures.
- Customer service: Consistently support colleagues and collaborate to achieve a successful customer outcome.
- Business development: Develop long term relationships with customers. Create new opportunities for business growth through referrals and networking. Build a new business or sustain and grow an existing business by prioritising workloads and deliver in accordance with the associated business plan.
- g Risk: Apply regulatory requirements both in the role of a Financial Adviser and also as applied to the Company. Maintain, the Fit and Proper person standards as laid down by the relevant regulator(s).
- Using systems and processes: Demonstrate technical proficiency in using the firm’s I.T. systems required to complete the advice process, maintain accurate records, and agree review meetings to sustain the client / adviser relationship. Ensure Data Protection Act is not contravened.
- Communication skills: Build rapport and communicate with empathy. Present and explain complex information simply and clearly both orally and verbally.
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6Where To Go From Here
Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.
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