Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Graduate Trainee Paraplanner - Knutsford


Graduate Opportunity Form
 
 
Please return completed form to the MMUBS Placement Unit at busplacement@mmu.ac.uk
 
Employer Information:
 

Contact Name*:
Simon Baggott
Contact Email*:
 
sbaggott@clarionwealth.co.uk
Company Name*:
 
Clarion Wealth Planning Limited
Company Address:
 
Marble Arch, King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6HD
Company Description:
Based in North East Cheshire and tightly integrated into the Manchester professional services community, Clarion Wealth Planning is a leading wealth management boutique with a sister company that provides a discretionary investment service designed specifically for Clarion clients. Clarion is committed to providing true, lifelong financial planning to a client base of high net worth business owners. Its managing director is a founding member of the Institute of Financial Planning. As a boutique firm dealing with sophisticated clients, Clarion is able to provide a graduate scheme that offers a rare breadth and depth of experience, with the opportunity to take on significant responsibility at an early stage.
 
Company Web Address:
www.clarionwealth.co.uk

 

Placement Information:

 

Job Title:
Graduate trainee paraplanner
Location:
Knutsford
Number of posts:
1
Job Description:
The scheme is a structured two-year programme at the end of which graduate trainees will be highly skilled paraplanners, carrying out detailed technical research and devising innovative financial planning solutions for Clarion’s demanding clientele of high-net-worth business owners. They will also be supported as they study toward the gold-standard Certified Financial Planner qualification awarded by the Institute of Financial Planning, an accreditation they will be expected to achieve during the course of the programme.
 
Graduate trainee paraplanners at Clarion Wealth planning will contribute to the financial planning process from day one. Initially providing administrative support, and dealing with clients and product providers from an early stage, they will receive continuous training to enable them quickly to play a full role in the paraplanning team.
 
Upon completion of the programme trainees will be fully qualified, first-class paraplanners, with the solid grounding they will require whether they choose ultimately to continue down the technical route or to pursue careers in fields such as advice or compliance.
 
Person Specification:
Qualifications and skills
·         BA Hons Banking and Finance, including personal financial planning and investment electives, class 2.1 or above
·         Strong analytical abilities
·         Comfortable interrogating and manipulating data
·         Understanding of the principles of investment and risk
·         Excellent written English
Personal attributes
·         Demonstrable interest in financial planning
·         Committed to real life outcomes, not just technical analysis – eager to engage with the person behind the numbers
·         Strong interpersonal skills; the confidence to deal with a client bank of highly successful businesspeople and liaise with a range of external providers
·         Obsessive attention to detail
·         Lateral thinking and solutions-orientated approach.
·         Desire to work in a boutique firm that provides breadth and depth of experience
·         Eager to be a critical but cooperative, hands-on team member
·         Able to take a proactive role in managing own study schedule and ready to take responsibility for hitting key development milestones
·         Eager to take on responsibility
·         Desire to build a career in East Cheshire, on the doorstep of Manchester
 

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