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Supervision and Competency Oversight Lead

Job description

Company:

  • Provide highly personalised and comprehensive financial advice for individuals and families with needs such as significant investments, estate planning, and preparing for retirement.
  • Part of a leading provider of advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management
  • We are one of the UK's largest wealth management firms, offering expert discretionary investment management and financial planning.

The role:

  • Lead an operational team, providing regulatory supervision over our Financial Advice team and their adherence to the firm's Training and Competency scheme and the overarching control environment.
  • Work closely with counterparts in Distribution, Business Assurance, Advice Standards, and Proposition.
  • Define, lead, and manage the operation of adviser activity to manage risk and ensure good customer outcomes.
  • Provide strong leadership, working with other key stakeholders and teams in shaping the development of the overall strategy and business plan.
  • Deliver key commitments outlined in the firm's Training and Competency scheme, including the monitoring of our advisers' KRIs and oversight of advice with accurate Management Information delivery.
  • Lead a risk-focused culture and identify areas for continuous improvements, including leading the team in necessary competency training interventions.
  • Oversee the management of advisers not performing against the firm's compliance and conduct expectations, including issuing disciplinary action up to and including a final written warning.
  • Manage identified operational issues by reporting to relevant stakeholders and maintaining effective communication.
  • Consistently review capacity management based on risks presented and deliver programmes of change, supporting or leading specific change projects.
  • Lead on risk identification and implement appropriate mitigations or interventions as outlined in the firm's Training and Competency scheme.
  • Develop and maintain strong and effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure clear communication and best practice approaches are identified and shared.


Required experience:

  • High level of experience of supervision and oversight within a regulated Financial Advice setting
  • Minimum of Diploma level 4 qualified
  • Lead by example, promoting exceptional performance, empowerment, accountability, and professionalism.
  • Provide inspirational leadership, engaging employees, teams, and key stakeholders, supporting a high-performing culture and a customer-centric environment.
  • Ability to create and implement change.
  • Strong communication skills to navigate complex environments, manage multiple senior stakeholders, and simplify complex concepts.
  • Able to represent and interact with all areas of the Company on compliance, sales, and advice processes.
  • Display sound judgement when recommending policy/process changes.
  • Demonstrate flexibility, prioritize workloads, and work on your own initiative.


If you are an experienced T&C/Supervisory specialist from a financial planning background please contact me confidentially to discuss the opportunity in more detail or please apply and I will be in contact.

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