Financial Planning Graduate Trainee Nottingham 2024

Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person looking for your next challenge? If you are, and you’re looking to join a national operation with international reach, then we have a great role for you, based at our Nottingham City Centre office.

You can join a talented group of individuals in our Financial Planning department who support our growing network of UHY firms across the UK.

Our firm

The UHY Financial Planning is the Wealth Management arm of UHY Hacker Young Group, a Top 20 UK network of chartered accountants with 24 offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 340 offices in all major global business jurisdictions.

We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community.

We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you’re with us, to have fun in the workplace, work with like-minded individuals, and deliver great services. Are you looking to join a team that:

• is values driven?
• believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
• provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
• understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
• delivered 20% growth in the last 12 months?

If so we would love to hear from you.

Role overview

This is a fantastic opportunity to begin your career in Financial Advice and Wealth Management. As part of this role, you will be working in collaboration with the Advisers, and other members of the team to provide technical information, research and administrative support for new and existing business.

We will support you through a structured programme to achieve the CII Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning and will help you to develop your paraplanning skills, expertise and advanced technical knowledge in several key advisory areas.

This role offers the opportunity for great progression and development potential and would be suitable for a recent graduate looking for a career in Financial Services, particularly Independent Financial Advice, which is one of the fastest growing areas in this sector.

Job description

You will be responsible for assisting our financial advisers in delivery excellent service to our clients while working towards your qualifications to become an Independent Financial Adviser. While studying your responsibilities will include:

• Liaison with clients and service providers via telephone and email.
• Providing an administration support function to the financial planning team in an efficient and timely manner.
• Preparation and data gathering for client meeting meetings and financial planning reports.
• Process new business applications, liaise with other teams in the set-up of new accounts.
• Able to prioritise workload and identify when support is needed to achieve goals for a busy team.
• Interest in developing knowledge of Financial Planning, the wider business offering and the Financial Services sector.
• Completes all work according to procedures and standards. Collates and verifies the accuracy of information and work provided.
• Process new business applications and liaise with other team members.
• Supports business development through correct application of client processes and procedures.
• Assists team members as required and works effectively with colleagues in own and other teams.
• Confident communicator in both verbal and written form to liaise with clients and third-party providers.
• Understands and complies with all FCA regulations and principals applying to the role.
• Adhere to conduct risk standards and comply with regulations and principles applying to the role and our policies and procedures.

As you develop your knowledge and progress through the qualifications your role and responsibility will grow until you become a Financial Adviser and develop your own client base.

This role would suit an individual who serious about their progression through to Adviser. Beginning as a trainee financial planner, learning the ropes with administration, having full study support to achieve the CII Diploma in Financial Planning and progressing through to becoming a Financial Adviser.

Working arrangements

The working week: 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) to be worked from 09:00-17:30 with flexibility of hours to meet specific work demands.

Location: Your principle work based is our Nottingham Office.

At UHY it’s all about you – our benefits

• Study Package, including TOIL (Time off in Lieu)
• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown not counted as part of holiday entitlement
• The ability to ‘purchase’ extra days leave in salary sacrifice
• Private medical insurance at discounted rates
• Private medical insurance (Assistant manager and above)
• Private dental cover at discounted rates
• Subsidised corporate gym membership at Fitness First
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Season ticket loan (for travel)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay
• Pension Scheme arrangements

Person specification

Academic Requirements

• 2.1 degree
• Minimum A-levels, B,B,C grades (or equivalent and excluding general studies);
• Grade B or above in GSCE Maths and English Language (GSCE or equivalent).

Persistence

• Ability to work hard to complete near term tasks;
• Energy, stamina and persistence in achieving longer-term objectives

Reliability

• Conscientious and properly completes tasks
• Willing to put the needs and interests of others (including “work”) before personal needs
• Maintains standards and completes tasks in difficult circumstances
• Remains stable and self-controlled under stress

Initiative and Adaptability

• Willingness to adapt to and change in new circumstances
• Ability to identify new or different ways of doing things
• Active in taking steps to make sure things happen

Learning

• Consistent or improving record of academic attainment over time
• Application to “weak” or “disliked” subjects and courses
• High levels of achievement over a diverse range of subjects
• Learning well in a difficult or challenging environment

Leadership

• Success when in a position of responsibility, ensuring that a team or group works together and achieves its purpose; or contributing to a group in a similar way
• Success when in a position of responsibility, ensuring that a team or group works together and achieves its purpose; or contributing to a group in a similar way
• Organising a group, allocating tasks
• Setting, monitoring and achieving aims
• Resolving disputes and difficulties
• Ability to influence and persuade others

Understanding of the profession and the job

Well researched, enthusiastic and knowledgeable on

• the work and role of the auditor
• the challenges of the exams
• Uhy

Commercial Awareness

• Successful involvement with customers; putting the customer first
• Successful working relationships with colleagues
• Applying or improving procedures
• Measuring or improving performance
• An appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of businesses or organisations that they have been involved with

Business Development

• An understanding of what it takes for a business (or other organisation) to be grow, and an ability to put that understanding into practice
• A successful involvement in sales or marketing
• Successful self-promotion (e.g. in obtaining elected office)

Our core values and behaviours run through everything we do and support our purpose of helping you prosper. They set the tone for our team to work by and we are looking for people who value the same things as us: living empathy, making progress, being present and enjoying it!