Jobs in Finance

At Better Prospects our ethos is to take the time to understand your requirements and know that they will be as individual as you are.  We then set about matching your requirements to the right candidate or vacancy.  Your dedicated consultant, who will keep you constantly updated, will handle this. 

Type of Jobs Available

Companies in the area seek various skills, from the small company just looking for a part time bookkeeper to the larger company that has a structured team, from ledger clerks to senior qualified accountants.  Also Accountancy practices, looking at part qualified accountants, audit and tax applicants. 

On the Financial Services side, we handle roles from local banks and Building Societies as well as Independent Insurance Brokers, Mortgage Brokers and Financial Services companies.

Qualifications

Where studying is offered whilst working in a company, there maybe a commitment period to stay with them once training has been completed.

Applicants with a degree maybe exempt from certain parts of some qualifications.

Accountancy - Applicants looking to pursue a career in Accountancy need to look at studying AAT, ACA, or ACCA - some companies will offer these as a study package but these could also be on a self-finance basis.  For more details contact www.acca.co.uk or www.cima.global.com or www.ifa.org.uk

Insurance - Most employers will take on trainees and put them through ‘on the job’ training before encouraging them to study for CII Associateship examination and they maybe given time off to study.

The exam covers these core subjects: risk and insurance, company and contract law and their application to insurance and the business environment.  www.cii.co.uk for more information.

Within the Financial Services sector, there are various qualifications to be taken, depending on the sector employed in. 

Financial Advisors - These roles can be found as either employed or self-employed, if employed the choice of products that you are able to offer to customers maybe "tied " to the organisations financial products, whereas an Independent Financial Advisor can offer impartial advice on the products with a number of different organisations.

Training is unusually on the job, although most employers prefer to employ applicant who has already completed their FPC 1,2,3.  Some companies do run their own in house courses to help employees gain the certificates. 

It is possible to study by distance learning or by attending courses run by the Chartered Insurance Institute, the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Institute of Financial Services. 

www.sofa.org or www.cii.co.uk or www.financialplanning.org.uk  

Mortgage Advisors - To be able to offer advise or sell mortgages you need to have a CeMAP qualification.  To obtain this qualification you can either study by distant learning or join a company as a trainee where training is offered.  If you have this qualification and have not worked using these skills for a period of time, then the qualification will have to be retaken.  For further information contact www.ifslearning.com

We believe communication is key from both sides so that none of us are kept in the dark.

To find out more about how we can help you recruit for your vacancy, please view our Employers page, or see our latest vacancies.

Or contact us on: 01494 433346.