We're one of the UK's leading investment management companies, with responsibility for over £44 billion of client assets. We've worked closely with clients and their trusted advisers for many years and gained a unique understanding of the specific needs of our clients.

Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I) seeks to deliver exceptional levels of customer service and has been trusted to meet the needs of private investors for almost 200 years. But our eyes are focused on your future.

Right now we're a team of over 1400 dedicated professionals located across 14 sites in the UK. We're looking to strengthen our team and need you to come on board and make a difference.

Role Title:

Financial Planning Director

What is the Purpose of the role?

Provide financial planning and investment advice in all key areas of expertise to new and existing clients of the firm.
Exeter Financial Planning team works as part of regional hub with Bristol, Cheltenham and Birmingham Offices.  Team of financial planners, paraplanners and other support staff.  Working collegiately with the wider office function and Southwest Offices.

What are the Key Responsibilities of the role?

• Provide financial planning and investment advice in all key areas of expertise to new and existing clients of the firm.
• Manage key Investment Management relationships with Financial Planning.
• To promote holistic Financial Planning to the business and to clients directly.
• To promote the wealth and investment proposition for Rathbones including Discretionary Investment Management.
• Help build and develop strategic relationships both internally and externally, increasing business in terms of assets under advice and assets under management, contributing to the growth in overall office and business revenue.
• To develop working relationships with Accountants, Solicitors and Corporate Finance businesses in Exeter and surrounding areas.
• Engage with change as roles transition to a Wealth Planner advice model.
• To consider the opportunities to add value to a client relationship with the services from the wider Rathbones Group.

What are the core skills and knowledge required?

• High level of technical knowledge required in all aspects of Financial Planning.
• Good investment knowledge.
• To support other financial planners / wealth planners within the office for their development and technical knowledge.
• Fully qualified with Chartered status (or equivalent).
• May suit a Wealth Planner with strength in advice.
• Can demonstrate alignment with the client centric ethos of the firm.
• Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. To share this responsibility to support an environment in which everyone is free to express themselves.
• Ideally qualification & experience of Defined Benefit Pension Scheme transfers.

As part of our collaborative and agile culture, our working week is 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Remuneration

10% contributory pension scheme & discretionary bonus.

Life & Income Protection

Life Assurance, Critical Illness & Income protection.

Travel

Season Ticket Loan & Electric Vehicle scheme.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

We want our people to feel empowered to be themselves in an environment that supports them, enabling them to perform in “out of the ordinary” ways. Our culture places belonging and inclusion at its centre and our work environment is integral to this. If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, as well as supportive and flexible working arrangements to help you succeed with us, please let our recruitment team know.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!