Financial Services Apprentice

About the Role

Working collaboratively with Financial Advisers and other colleagues, you will assist in key financial administrative tasks. You will learn all aspects of the business and become a valued member of the team.

What you'll do at work

• Develop a broad knowledge of financial products including both individual and employer pension knowledge, investments, and protection products.
• Prepare annual review and meeting packs to assist the IFA/Client meeting process.
• Provide assistance and updates to the client where required including documentation being returned and processed.
• Liaise with various providers, gathering and correlating plan/policy information and ensuring a smooth and timely business process.
• Progress mortgage, protection, pension, and investment business through to completion.
• General Administration duties including filing, scanning, invoicing, and post.
• Answering calls promptly and in a professional manner.
• Preparing client valuations and updating policy data.

Where you'll work

8 Camberwell Way
Doxford International Business Park
Sunderland
SR3 3XN

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

ZENITH TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Financial services administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Apply professional standards and best practice to support positive outcomes for stakeholders, in accordance with legal, regulatory, and ethical rules and principles.
• Deliver customer service to internal and/or external stakeholders that meets their requirements, considering service level agreements, and ethical and financial regulations, such as Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles, Know Your Customer (KYC), and identifying and supporting vulnerable customers.
• Collaborate with and support financial services teams with planned and ad-hoc tasks or projects.
• Identify potential risks and align tasks with company guidelines to effectively mitigate risks, escalating where appropriate.
• Escalate issues where appropriate in line with organisational policies, procedures, and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Use digital systems and processes to meet business and customer needs, considering financial services regulatory and governance requirements.
• Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and positive relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of their individual expectations and needs.
• Select and use appropriate communication methods for the audience and circumstances, and convey technical and non-technical information to stakeholders, adapting as needed and in compliance with relevant policies, guidelines, and legislation.
• Use available tools and techniques to research, collate, analyse, and present data relevant to their role and audience.
• Plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, managing time and resources effectively.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and recommend solutions to improve processes.
• Apply current and developing sustainable principles and techniques relative to role.
• Participate in training and development activities related to their role, and stay up to date with relevant legal, regulatory, and other changes affecting the industry.
• Work in line with organisational equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.
• Apply professional standards and best practice to support positive outcomes for stakeholders, in accordance with legal, regulatory, and ethical rules and principles.
• Deliver customer service to internal and/or external stakeholders that meets their requirements, considering service level agreements, and ethical and financial regulations, such as Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles, Know Your Customer (KYC), and identifying and supporting vulnerable customers.
• Collaborate with and support financial services teams with planned and ad-hoc tasks or projects.
• Identify potential risks and align tasks with company guidelines to effectively mitigate risks, escalating where appropriate.
• Escalate issues where appropriate in line with organisational policies, procedures, and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Use digital systems and processes to meet business and customer needs, considering financial services regulatory and governance requirements.
• Handle data safely and securely and share information in compliance with data protection legislation and organisational policy.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and positive relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of their individual expectations and needs.
• Select and use appropriate communication methods for the audience and circumstances, and convey technical and non-technical information to stakeholders, adapting as needed and in compliance with relevant policies, guidelines, and legislation.
• Use available tools and techniques to research, collate, analyse, and present data relevant to their role and audience.
• Plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, managing time and resources effectively.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and recommend solutions to improve processes.
• Apply current and developing sustainable principles and techniques relative to role.
• Participate in training and development activities related to their role, and stay up to date with relevant legal, regulatory, and other changes affecting the industry.
• Work in line with organisational equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.