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About Us

At Sedulo we are building a world class team to deliver our mission to make positive change in the communities we work in. We do this by:

· Working with our clients to transform their business and personal finances

· Connecting and contributing to the business community in the cities we are located in

· Working with charities by fundraising and influencing change both now and in the future through the Sedulo Foundation

· Being a great place to work and develop your career

· At Sedulo we embrace a holistic and innovative culture with diversity and integrity at the heart. We are working to build an open and inclusive environment which supports the needs of all our team members.

We are looking for people to join the team who want to deliver beyond expectation and get results. Whether this be through embracing feedback, creating fulfilling relationships with colleagues and clients, being genuinely interested in their work, or by simply being the best version of themselves. At Sedulo, we know how important it is to create an environment for positive change, both in work and in the communities, we work within. This is demonstrated through our persistent commitment to charitable projects and a strong focus on innovation in everything that we do. You can make an impact at Sedulo, not only through delivering amazing work, but also through participating in the charity campaigns we run throughout the year. Alongside all of this, our events team ensure we also have a lot of fun – with countless wellbeing activities and events being hosted at all our offices every week!

We understand that to be a world class organisation, we must embrace uniqueness and choose courage over comfort. Everything we strive to be is grounded in our core values: Personable, Integrity, Holistic, Innovative and Deliver Beyond Expectation.

Specific Responsibilities

· Providing support to our firm’s advisers in completing non-client facing tasks in relation to the preparation and administration of recommendations being made.

· Embrace AI and its development to enhance processes.

· Liaising with advisers as appropriate

· Dealing with client queries in an efficient and timely manner

· Making sure any updates and reports are issued to clients in a timely manner

· Reviewing client investment portfolios, asset allocations, risk profiles etc. when requested · Preparing recommendations, including:

- Identifying and discussing areas with the adviser

- Undertaking relevant research

- Preparing documentation to the reviewed by the adviser

- Preparing suitability reports

- Completing applications / proposal forms

· Preparing and maintaining client files, including:

- Collecting all relevant information to support any recommendations to be made

- Making sure all relevant documentation held within a client file is compliant

Making sure you follow the firm’s compliance processes and procedures at all times

Relevant experience, skills & knowledge

• Having a positive culture attitude at all times
• Good written / oral communication skills
• The ability to take on and understand the environment we operate it, and the issues this raises
• Good IT skills
• Ability to compile reports
• We expect an individual in this role to hold or be working towards the Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (CII) or equivalent

What we offer

We’re committed to supporting our people both professionally and personally. Our benefits are designed to help you thrive inside and outside of work:

· 26 days’ holiday per year (including your birthday as a paid day off), plus all public bank holidays and two paid volunteering days.

· Flexible & Hybrid Working: Enjoy flexible working hours with core hours between 10am and 4pm, and the option to work remotely for up to 20% of your working week. You can also work abroad for up to one month per year and flex up to 2 of your UK bank holidays to suit your personal beliefs or preferences.

· Financial Security & Support: Pension scheme with Royal London, plus free access to financial and mortgage advice, life insurance cover, and income protection from day one.

· Health & Wellbeing: Access a range of discounted health, wellbeing, and retail benefits to help you stay healthy and make the most of your downtime through Help@Hand, Medicash and Zest.

· Learning & Development: Continuous professional and personal development opportunities to support your career growth.

· Culture & Community: Enjoy access to our exclusive members’ club facilities, including complimentary breakfast and refreshments, regular social and networking events, and our legendary annual conference abroad.

· Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced maternity and paternity leave with additional family friendly policies to support you.

· Travel & Lifestyle Perks: Annual travel ticket loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, and access to our salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle scheme through Octopus EV.

Sedulo Group requests that recruitment agencies do not speculatively submit CVs to any employee or associate of our company unless explicitly asked to do so by our Chief People & Culture Officer.

Any CVs sent to any member of our team on a speculative basis will not be recognised. We will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by an instructed agency that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.

In the event that an uninstructed agency's correspondence includes a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy will prevail.

Our aim is to encourage and support all applicants during the application process, if you have any reasonable adjustments that you will require, please do not hesitate to get in touch via people@ sedulo.co.uk.

Pay: £40,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Financial planning services
• Life insurance
• Paid volunteer time
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Please confirm that you do not require visa sponsorship now or in the future to work in the UK? (Note: unfortunately this role does not support sponsorship)
• Please confirm you are happy to be based in the office for a minimum of 4 days per week in line with our working from home policy?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person