Our client, a wealth manager, is in an exciting growth phase. They are hiring an experienced wealth manager who enjoys client development.
The role responsibilities
- Offering advice to existing clients in line with MiFID and IDD regulations.
- Participating in new business development campaigns as necessary.
- Ensuring timely communication with the Central Bank of Ireland regarding the PCF application and compliance with relevant regulations, legislation, and CBI requirements. Notify the Company of any events, changes in circumstances, or matters that may impact the Appointee’s fitness and probity. Provide all relevant supporting documents or other information reasonably required by the Company to assess the notification/disclosure.
- Ongoing compliance with the CBI’s fitness and probity standards.
- Managing external resources and stakeholders, such as product providers.
- Prepare and implement contingency plans, including provisions for the Appointee’s absences due to annual leave or illness.
Post approval, the role responsibilities additionally include:
- Maintaining PCF-17 authorisation from the CBI, along with any other PCF roles
- Maintaining minimum competency requirements for PCF-17 as set out by the CBI from time to time, including but not limited to the Minimum Competency Code 2017
- To make regular ONR returns as required
- Day-to-day management of the Retail Sales function;
- Dotted line management for the Client and Adviser Services Team;
- Development of management information systems concerning the Retail Sales function to monitor the KPIs of the adviser team;
- Delivery of general processes, activities and systems suited to the retail sales function in conjunction with the Company’s CEO, Head of Finance and Head of Compliance;
- Ensuring information is consistently presented in the same language throughout all client-facing sales material;
- Annual review of terms of business, suitability report and other client-facing material
- Acting as a first-stage line manager role in respect of any client complaints, working with the Head of Compliance as appropriate and escalating when required;
- Ensuring that all sales materials and communications to clients (whether written or verbal) include a fair and prominent indication of any risks where potential benefits are referenced at a font size at least equivalent to the predominant font size used throughout the communication;
- Ensuring that information is up to date, bearing in mind the communication method;
- Ensuring that information presented to clients on future performance is based on performance scenarios in different market conditions and reflects the nature and risks of the specific types of instruments covered by the analysis;
- Preparation and delivery of monthly/quarterly/annual reporting;
- Strategic development of the retail sales function while contributing to the overall strategic direction of the company;
- Responsibility and oversight of designing, implementing and monitoring a continuous professional development (“CPD”) programme specifically addressing the retail sales function and team, to include the Appointee complying with his own CPD requirements (to include all ongoing CPD and education requirements to maintain his PCF status to the satisfaction of the CBI);
- Reporting to the Board on retail sales, including comprehensive reports to the CEO and Board of Directors and any relevant committees thereof at such times and frequency as determined by the Company;
- Oversight, control, implement, and systematically improve the Company’s retail sales operations and obligations.
The PCF 17 Head of Retail Sales role must be approved by the CBI (which would be via written application – an interview with the CBI may also be required).