Operations Executive

Operations Executive

The Operation and Onboarding team provide crucial support to new financial advisers joining Sandringham Financial Partners and the M&G Wealth Advice Academy. This multi-disciplined, cross-skilled role will work across the core onboarding functions assisting with the process owners to smoothly onboard advisers and their clients into the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Onboarding Manager with processing of new adviser applications for the M&G Wealth Advice Academy and Sandringham Financial Partners Ltd
• Collating and scanning all received application paperwork
• Requesting character and regulatory references for new advisers
• Second checking received applications
• Assisting the Agencies Co-ordinator with creation of new agencies with financial product providers, Agency and fee related queries
• Coordinating with product providers and Sandringham Directors to complete new terms of business
• Collating and tracking new agency requests
• Creation of necessary system logins to allow new adviser to carry out new business
• Assisting the Transfer Co-Ordinator to transfer client data and client fees to Sandringham
• Creation of client transfer paperwork using mail merge functionality
• Collating, scanning and processing returned client paperwork
• Sending client paperwork to product providers and tracking and following up unprocessed items
• Keeping all communication saved and tracked
• Regularly updating new advisers on progress
• Other ad hoc duties that arise on a week-by-week basis

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• A quick learner with a proven record of taking onboard new processes and detailed information
• Experience in administration and a busy office environment
• A diligent and proactive approach to work and an eye for detail
• Experience in Financial Services (preferable but not essential)
• Able to work in a team and independently to meet goals
• Confident in using your own initiative as well as work from the instruction of others
• The ability to be flexible in responding to the needs of the business
• Proficient in IT
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products, especially Word and Excel
• Confident on the phone and face to face
• Strong communicator across various media and levels of seniority within the business
• Proactive, honest and self-disciplined

Location: Huddersfield