02 Oct
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Empire Financial Group
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East Perth
02 Oct
Empire Financial Group
East Perth
We are seeking a Bachelor of Commerce/Financial Planning/Accounting student/graduate to join our award-winning team on a full-time basis.
This will be a hybrid role for approximately the first 6-12 months. While you are learning the ropes from our senior team members, you will be fulfilling the role of our Office Concierge – a perfect opportunity for someone with great customer service skills looking to get their first role in a corporate environment.
This would be an ideal role for someone who has honed their customer service skills in retail or hospitality while studying at uni.
This is no ordinary job, you’ll also get to plan and attend events and meet lots of customers face to face so you’ll need to be confident, have great people skills and present really well – we’ll rely on you to make a great first impression. Your day-to-day duties will be varied and consist of:
- Managing incoming phone calls.
- Ensuring reception and meeting areas are always well presented.
- Offering and serving refreshments to clients and colleagues.
- Organising incoming and outgoing mail and receive all deliveries.
- Monitoring and ordering office supplies.
- Preparing for in-house and external functions, setting up rooms, ordering catering, assisting with external functions and events.
- Arranging for client recognition such as birthday cards and gifts for special occasions (purchasing, administering, and posting).
In addition to these duties, you will be trained in aspects of financial planning support, with a view to transitioning to the Financial Planning Account Manager role after satisfactory training and commitment to the role. This part of the job includes:
- Providing support to the financial advisors by conducting research on investment, superannuation, and insurance portfolios.
- Assessing ongoing client strategies to ensure strategic advice stays relevant to clients’ goals, objectives, and personal circumstances.
- Building and maintaining professional relationships with existing clients, internal and external stakeholders, including, accountants, lawyers, finance and property brokers and other business professionals.
- Assist with implementation of adviser recommendations e.g. preparing all existing client applications; management of applications from lodgment to completion, ensuring compliance requirements are met throughout the process.
- To contribute to an excellent client experience of Empire Financial Group, demonstrating service quality, impact, and client satisfaction.
The successful candidate is required to have completed or be working towards completing a Financial Planning, a Commerce/Business or a related Degree with the pursuit of a successful career in Financial Advice. Your qualifications and customer service experience are important to us, and we’re just as interested in the personal qualities you could bring to the team including:
- Very well presented and confident talking to a wide range of people.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and a positive and friendly attitude.
- Priding yourself on a sense of urgency.
- High attention to detail.
- Enjoy working within a team.
- Strong service ethic to proactively help clients.
- Self-motivated with a willingness to learn and use your initiative.
What do you get in return?
You will have the opportunity to work and be trained by one of Perth’s most experienced and highly regarded teams of financial professionals. Empire Financial Group was built with an emphasis on professionalism, technical expertise, and outstanding customer service – the perfect grounding for an aspiring financial adviser.
We have a lovely office in East Perth, just a stone’s throw from public transport, cafes, river walks and the Claisebrook marina. This is a role with real career and remuneration progression, due to the dynamic and fast paced growth of our business. Our team of professionals are mature and friendly, and we take time to celebrate throughout the year – successes, achievements, and key events.
We give back to our clients too – we run a client event each year, not only to thank them for their business but enable us to give back to the community too.
If these things sound good to you and you like what you see in our company profile, then we’d love to talk to you as soon as possible.
If you feel you are a suitable candidate, please upload your CV together with separate covering letter, including details of your experience and qualifications and why this job interests you.
📌 Financial Planning Assistant - Office Concierge (East Perth)
🏢 Empire Financial Group
📍 East Perth