Business Manager

This is a Centurion based Sales/Business Management role in Personal Financial Advice, Gauteng, that requires you to manage a team of new and vested Financial Advisors. This role is undertaken to recruit, support, and develop the Advisors to build successful practices and generate compliant advice-based sales. This role also contributes to the overall management/leadership of the branch by serving as a member of the Area MANCO.

• People Management: Recruitment and Selection of financial advisers; development & coaching of advisers & performance management (building and sustaining a productive team)
• Sales Management: Strategy and business plan execution and evaluation; drive, monitor and report sales, practice management, compliance, and risk management
• Financial Management: Apply business acumen to financial decision; undertake budget/expense
• Managing the existing business processes (i.e. conservation, outstanding business, financing, administration, and client care).

• Matric or equivalent
• Must be FAIS compliant with a certificate in Financial Planning or an equivalent qualification with 120 relevant credits at a minimum NQF level 5.
• Must have passed RE 5 level 1.
• Previous experience as a Sales Manager is preferable.
• Be accredited on all products that PFA distributes as well as accreditation on other optional products.
• Preferably 24 month’s service as a Financial Advisor.
• Have strong administrative capabilities.
• Should be comfortable in applying the sales process.
• Should be able to apply the six-step financial process.
• Having difficult conversations and being assertive.
• Coaching of others