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Apprentice Financial Planner

EVANS ASH FINANCIAL SERVICES · SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
Location
PENKRIDGE, STAFFORD
Postcode
ST19 5DH
Salary
£19,999.20 a year
Duration
2 Years
Hours per week
40h
Positions available
1
Degree awarded
Paraplanner and financial planner (level 4)
Start date
2 October 2026
Application deadline
18 September 2026
Posted
26 August 2026
Vacancy reference
2000050292

About the role

  • Pass the CII Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning (DipPFS) exams via Skills Edge
  • Direct on-the-job training and experience supporting one of the partners, to build understanding and rapport with the clients to be working with
  • Arranging meetings and file preparation
  • Working on client files for pre and post reviews, and new client meetings to update files
  • Once experienced and competent, setting up protection assurance for clients

Requirements

No explicit entry criteria stated in the description

Working week

09:00 - 17:00, Monday to Friday. Occasional work outside of these hours for meetings/conferences. Reasonable travel and accommodation are at Evans Ash cost. It is not a working from home role, but occasional times will be agreed.

Skills

Communication skillsIT skillsAttention to detailOrganisation skillsCustomer care skillsProblem solving skillsAnalytical skillsLogicalRapport buildingEmpathy (reading client needs)Break complex details downTime management / punctualityDriven / hardworking

Required qualifications

Essential
Degree · Business, Finance or related subject · Grade Pass

Training & development

Training will take place online within the workplace and consist of weekly e-learning, monthly seminars and quarterly masterclasses to achieve the apprenticeship standard. 

Future prospects

Once qualified and proven competences, as clients passed across, a switch from employed to self-employed aligning to partnership rules and additional tax planning this can bring.

Partner will be planning a timescale to their retirement and more client ownership and earnings will be structured towards successful candidate and reduction in Partners Day to day involvement, so in effect a work-out package for Partner and increasing role/ownership in Evans Ash for the successful candidate.

Future exams, unless required by regulation, at applicants cost for their benefit.

Company benefits

Once qualified and proven competences, as clients passed across, a switch from employed to self-employed aligning to partnership rules and the additional tax planning this can bring.

Partner will be planning a timescale to their retirement, and more client ownership and earnings will be structured towards successful candidate and reduction in Partner's day to day involvement, so in effect a work-out package for Partner and increasing role in Evans Ash for the successful candidate.

Things to consider

All applicants should have an awareness of financial planning.

Consideration given to experienced paraplanner without a degree. 

  • Pass DBS check and maintain future checks
  • No credit issues and awareness that poor credit will cause a loss of employment to meet FCA rules on this
  • Ongoing credit checks annually
  • Access to own car for meetings outside office and full driving licence to be both maintained when qualified

About EVANS ASH FINANCIAL SERVICES

Independent Financial Adviser firm, specialising in wealth management and retirement planning, with additional expertise in Mortgages; Later Life planning and protection planning. Family firm with over 25 years of successful support for clients.

Website
www.evansash.co.uk