Alexforbes: Financial Advisor
Division / Department Individual Consulting (Retail)
Job Title Financial Advisor
Deadline 30 October
Email address: advisorcareers@alexforbes.com
Main Purpose of Job To transform every client’s financial journey through inclusive advice, intelligent technology and impactful solutions that grow and protect their wealth, empowering them to achieve their long-term investment goals
Direct Reporting Line Regional/Senior or other designated reporting line
Direct / Indirect reports to this position 1-3
Experience required:
- At least 2 years’ experience in the: –
- Financial Services industry – including service providers and the retail market
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- Legislation governing investment markets (local and offshore), investment vehicles and retirement funds
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- Tax implications of the various investment options available
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- Specific long-term Insurance Categories,
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- Compulsory and Discretionary Investments
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- Ability to provide Estate Planning advice and the gathering of information to draft standard wills
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- Ability to build rapport with key stakeholders
Educational required
- Matric
- Tertiary qualification i.e. relevant. BCom/BBus allowing access to a Post graduate diploma in Financial Planning
- RE5
- NQF 6 in Wealth Management or RPL completed
Professional registration (if applicable): CFP license (member of the FPI or studying towards it) – advantageous
Computer Literacy :Extensive practical experience on Microsoft office (outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint)
Personal profile and competencies:
- Financial planning, product and regulatory knowledge
- Client needs analysis and goal-based advice
- Clear, empathetic communication and trust building
- Ethical judgement and strong compliance discipline
- Commercial acumen and practice management
- Digital fluency and data-informed decision-making
- Risk awareness and governance adherence
- Personal effectiveness, resilience and continuous learning
Key Result Area
Main Activities:
- Develop and implement strategies to obtain and manage business opportunities that emanate within assigned corporate accounts
- Manage and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders in assigned Corporates
- Source new business from retained clients and by means of referrals
- Support Alexforbes client related strategies and deliver key goals
- Ensure that the client’s investment portfolio is consistent with FPC’s investment philosophy
- Provide the client with information on the performance of the various investment portfolios available
- Identify a client’s investment needs, risk tolerance and profile, other investments (and other assets), personal circumstances, income requirements, investment time horizon etc
- Make a recommendation based on the risk questionnaire and subsequent discussions in line with Financial Planning Consultants house views.
- Complete recommendations within agreed turnaround times
- Provide the client with information on the performance of the various investment portfolios available
- Provide the necessary reports and or recommendations as well as a verbal or written explanation of the investment return.
- Provide basic investment principles education to the client i.e. risk versus reward, market sentiment, trends, performance (offshore and local), benchmarks etc.
- Provide holistic financial planning services (including investments, risk cover and estate planning) to clients
- Resolve client concerns, queries and/or complaints
Email address: advisorcareers@alexforbes.com
