Advice Standards Analyst

About the Business

Working alongside our sister company, Quilter Cheviot, Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning provides highly personalised and comprehensive financial advice for individuals and families with needs such as significant investments, estate planning and preparing for retirement. We are part of Quilter plc, a leading provider of advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions and discretionary fund management which is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges and manages over £111.6 billion of client investments (as at March 2024).

Quilter Cheviot has been trusted by individuals and families for over 250 years, ensuring their investments are managed with precision and foresight. Today we are one of the UK’s largest wealth management firms offering expert discretionary investment management and financial planning through our sister company, Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning. We are truly client centric; providing a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners to help them navigate their financial future with confidence. We have presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands as well as Dubai.

If you want to play a part in shaping the future of our business, bringing new ideas and challenge then now is a great time to join us.
• The role is key in supporting the Head of Advice Standards in the adaption of QFPs advice standards to suit a directly authorised advice business. You will be technically competent and well organised with the ability to work at pace and with multiple projects running concurrently.
• The key focus initially will be to help deliver a smooth transition of the advice standards. This will involve adapting the advice standard from covering various propositions to be refined to focus on a single proposition.

About the Role

Level: 3

Department: Advice Standards

Location: Birmingham | Carlisle l Chester l Exeter l Leeds l London. The role will be linked to one or more of the regional offices with remote working for part of the week.

Contract type: Permanent  

You will be responsible for supporting the development and maintenance of Quilter Cheviot’s Financial Planning Advice Standards.  Ensuring our advice standards align to our strategy, service offering, target market, and external influences (incl. regulatory). Helping ensure good client outcomes remain at the centre of our business and culture. The role requires a deep understanding of Financial Planning practices and how they are influenced by internal and external drivers. 

Responsibilities:

• Support with the development of Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning’s advice standards and help establish a review cycle to ensure the standards remain up to date.

• Ensure any changes are applied consistently across all advice collateral. This will include the Advice Standards, the Business Submission Standards, Checklists, Process maps, Suitability Reports etc.

• Help conduct impact assessments relating to regulatory or propositional changes.

• Help manage the regulatory change calendar, allowing the team to plan effective resource.

• Support other teams as a point of escalation when required.

• Support other teams where a process concession needs escalation.

• Support other business teams with change implementation.

• You will need to be comfortable working with front office teams, central teams including risk and compliance, and senior leadership across QFP, QCFP and QC. 

About You

• Deep understanding of financial planning practices. 

• Clear understanding of typical client needs and objectives. Ideally having practised in a client facing role and worked in a Business Assurance function. 

• Competent relationship management skills and stakeholder engagement.

• Clear and confident communicator, able to engage individuals, teams, leadership, and formal governance structures.  You will be comfortable in presenting and have the ability to speak with confidence.

• As this will be a new team, you will need to be flexible in our early establishment as our priorities may change quickly.

• You will be organised and analytical, as the role will involve the production of impact assessments and the presentation of this information to various stakeholders with varying degrees of knowledge.

• You will help create a culture that promotes exceptional performance, empowerment, accountability and professionalism and will work with all colleagues to help form a cohesive team.

• You will be comfortable in creating and implementing change.

• You will have a can-do attitude, have the strength of personality to influence and guide with personal motivation and confidence.

• You will show strong communication skills – ability to navigate complex and political environments and work with multiple senior stakeholders.

• You will be flexible and adaptable to an ever-changing environment with the ability to work under pressure whilst remaining focused and calm.

• Have attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Diploma qualified level 4 in Financial Advice

• CF6 (or equivalent)

• ER1 (or equivalent)

• CF8 (or equivalent)

• AF7 (or equivalent)

• Advanced Diploma / Chartered level 6 in Financial Advice (desirable)

Inclusion & Diversity

We value diversity and strive to promote inclusivity in all aspects of our culture. We believe in equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no applicant encounters less favourable treatment based on anything but their skills, qualifications, experience, and potential. We celebrate the unique contributions of a diverse workforce and create a respectful, nurturing environment where every colleague can thrive.

Values

Do the right thing: We act with integrity and are proudly committed to going above and beyond in service of our clients and the support we provide our communities.
Always curious: We continuously seek new ideas and knowledge so we’re one step ahead of our clients’ needs. We look for inspiration everywhere and encourage experimentation, recognising that this is how we create brilliant solutions for brighter futures.
Embrace challenge: We aim high to transform our potential into meaningful outcomes. With ambition as our driving force and a steadfast commitment to growth, we succeed for the good of every generation.
Stronger together: Combining our diverse talents, we accomplish more collectively than we ever could do alone. We speak openly, actively listen, and support each other, and constructively challenge and embrace new ideas. We seek empowerment and demonstrate ownership and trust, with the confidence to make impactful decisions.

Core Benefits

Holiday: 182 hours (26 days)

Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in incentive scheme, to incentivise business performance and their contribution.

Pension Scheme: A non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions.

Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard with options to increase cover to include your partner or children.

Life Assurance: 4x your salary.

Income Protection: 75% of salary, less state benefits, payable after 26 weeks of absence.

Healthcare Cash Plan: Jersey employees only

In addition to our core benefits, we offer a range of flexible benefits to UK employees that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.