Rathbones
Client Service Executive

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Role Title: Client Service Executive - Financial Planning
Division: Rathbones Financial Planning
Location: Sheffield
Contract: 12 months FTC
Hiring Manager: Darren Findlay
Working pattern: Hybrid
About the Role
Are you looking to build a rewarding career in wealth management? As a Client Service Executive, you'll play a key role in supporting our Financial Planners and Paraplanners to deliver an exceptional experience for clients at every stage of their financial journey.
This is a varied and rewarding position where you'll help coordinate client activities, ensure the smooth delivery of advice and service, and support efforts to attract and onboard new clients. You'll be at the heart of a collaborative team, helping to build strong client relationships while ensuring every interaction is delivered accurately, professionally, and to the highest standard.
This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience within a leading wealth management firm, develop your knowledge of financial planning, and build a strong foundation for your future career.
What you’ll be responsible for
- Play a key role within the client team, supporting the preparation, delivery and implementation of financial planning advice for both new and existing clients.
- Collaborate closely with Financial Planners and Paraplanners, helping to ensure work is delivered efficiently and within agreed timescales.
- Produce accurate, high-quality client documentation and service support, maintaining the exceptional standards our clients expect.
- Maintain up-to-date client records and CRM systems, helping to ensure a seamless and professional client experience.
- Build your knowledge and expertise by staying informed of evolving processes, procedures and industry best practice.
- Develop a strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance standards within a leading wealth management business.
- Build positive working relationships with colleagues, Financial Planners, Investment Managers, clients and external providers, becoming a trusted member of the wider team.
- Take an active role in team communications, ensuring actions are completed promptly and effectively.
- Contribute to a collaborative culture by supporting colleagues and other client teams when needed.
- Share knowledge and experience with peers, providing guidance and support to help the team succeed.
- Take on a variety of additional responsibilities and projects, offering excellent opportunities to broaden your experience and develop your career.
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About you
If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply:
- Experience within financial planning, wealth management, or the wider financial advice sector, with a solid understanding of financial services administration.
- A strong appreciation of both client and Financial Planner needs, with a genuine commitment to delivering an exceptional client experience.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- A meticulous approach, with exceptional attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy.
- A good understanding of compliance requirements and the ability to apply regulatory knowledge in a practical way.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Proven ability to coordinate tasks and activities across a wider team to ensure work is delivered smoothly and efficiently.
- Comfortable supporting multiple Financial Planners simultaneously, balancing priorities and adapting to changing demands.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to organise both your own workload and support others in meeting team objectives.
- Confident using Microsoft Office applications, including advanced Word and intermediate Excel skills.
We offer
Our offer to you
We want everyone at Rathbones to fulfil their potential, in an environment where you are proud to work and feel like you belong.
We offer a comprehensive remuneration package, which we review regularly, and benefits include:
- A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
- Private medical insurance – Individual on joining, family after 1 year’s service
- Life assurance - 8 x salary
- Income protection – 75 % salary
- Company share scheme
- Flexible holidays – purchase up to 5 additional days
- Discretionary bonus
- Green Car Scheme
- Family friendly policies – enhanced family leave for parents & carers
- Study support – study days and funding for courses and qualifications
- Season travel ticket loans
- Volunteering days
- Gym discounts
- Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you
Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. These include:


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- Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Take a moment to pause (Menopause) and Armed Forces.
- The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.
Life at Rathbones
We aim to become an employer of choice for the wealth management sector, to achieve this we are working hard to build a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that motivates, develops and embraces the strengths of all our colleagues. Being part of Rathbones means you will join a team of passionate professionals in a successful culture that cares for its people. At Rathbones, we provide meaningful work, opportunities, and a voice to all.
We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We welcome individuals who share our values.
We’re a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we’ve signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities. Find out more about the Government Scheme online.
If you feel there are any reasonable adjustments that would make the process easier for you and help you to perform at your best whether that is due to disability, neurodiversity or other protected characteristic, just let us know by emailing us at recruit@rathbones.com.
Mission
We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing — for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we’re part of.
Our values shape how we work:
- We aim high
- We get it done
- We show we care
- We do the right thing
These aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we treat each other, how we make decisions and how we build relationships that last.
We will close this advert once we have received enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out.
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