KiwiSaver Consultant

Our KiwiSaver and Retirement Planning team is expanding, and we are seeking a talented, outgoing KiwiSaver Consultant to join us. 

As a KiwiSaver Consultant you will assist people to join a KiwiSaver scheme that will help them maximise the benefits available to them both now and in retirement. You will listen to client's needs and help to set them up with a solution that fits their situation, assisting individual families to business people and everyone in between.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building and maintaining a client base
• Identifying new prospects and seeking networking opportunities to widen the profile of both Cole Murray and yourself, using and growing your networks to maximum advantage
• Facilitating any documentation required including KiwiSaver scheme applications and transfers, liaising closely with scheme providers (crossing the t's and dotting the i's)
• Managing client's needs, ensuring regular touch-points are maintained including (at minimum) annual reviews of their risk requirements
• Making confident recommendations to clients, offering transparency through the process
• Referring clients to other areas of the business as much as possible (for risk management, financial planning, retirement planning and wealth generation) to ensure long-term and effective client relationships
• Approaching all business with a view to help your clients succeed on their financial journey, whatever that may mean for them
• Upholding Cole Murray's code of conduct and FMA best practice, maintaining a friendly, ethical professionalism at all times and ensuring accurate client records are maintain to satisfy compliance audits
• Undertaking study and learning to maintain up-to-date knowledge of all issues relating to KiwiSaver and the schemes you recommend, including achieving QFE status

You'll need to be: 

• Passionate about helping people succeed
• Able to cross-sell with tenacity
• Equipped with previous experience and knowledge in the financial sector (ideally)
• A qualified Authorised Financial Adviser ideally, or a Registered Financial Adviser with willingness to gain the AFA accreditation
• An effective communicator (both written and verbal) with people of all ages and walks of life
• Reasonably well versed with technology with a willingness to learn and adapt to new ways of doing things
• Able to prioritise, organise yourself and meet deadlines (a lot of your work will be completed autonomously)
• Positive and forward-thinking

This role is based at our Hastings office in sunny Hawke's Bay, joining our team of talented professionals. An attractive package, including ongoing professional development opportunities, is available for the right applicant. 

Learn more about what it's like to work with us here.

Only people eligible to live and work in New Zealand need apply. 

Does this sound like you?

We are taking applications for this role now!

To apply, send your CV and covering letter to Office Manager Tony Southey - email Tony now.

You can also phone him for an introductory chat in confidence - just ring him here at the office (06 870 7050).