Employee Benefit Consultant - Johannesburg at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Role Purpose    

• The Employee Benefits Consultant (EBC) crafts passionate, meaningful partnerships around our employee benefits products that will stand the test of time with independent financial advisers (IFAs). Product, market, and sales knowledge applied in the IFAs practice will set them apart from their counterparts. The EB Consultant/IFA business relationship will be strengthened by first class service, in-depth business analysis and continuous improvement

Requirements    
Qualifications:

• 3-year BCom degree in the following fields: Business (essential)
• Honours degree is an advantage
• CFA and/or CFP® is an advantage

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years’ financial service industry experience - must include employee benefits (essential)
• Experience in Momentum Employee Benefits is an advantage
• Strong knowledge of the Employee Benefits industry and market including but not limited to retirement funds
• A proven track record in successfully dealing with clients and/or IFAs in a practice
• Technology Savvy

Duties & Responsibilities    
Enthuse through Brand, SME Service & Digital:

• Support the Business Consultant and Investment Consultant on all referrals.
• Understand who we a targeting, the landscape they are working in, competitor influences, events that will enthuse, critical moments of truth used.
• Ensure long-lasting, deep, and meaningful relationships with the IFA.
• IFAs to move from non-active supporters to active supporters, to ambassadors.
• Connection to the brand and digital way of work.
• Production/Business retention & growth of assets.

Enable and empower through partnership:

• IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders. Good source of information.
• EB Consultant will coach every IFA that they look after through 1:1 coaching sessions and regular engagements.
• EB Consultant will have a very clear understanding of the impact of regulation on the IFA practice.
• Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings
• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.
• Take ownership for driving career development.

Influence through coaching and learning:

• IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders. Good source of information.
• EB Consultant will coach every IFA that they look after through 1:1 coaching sessions and regular engagements.
• EB Consultant will have a very clear understanding of the impact of regulation on the IFA practice.
• Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings.

Competencies    
Competencies

• Leading change and innovation
• Diversity and inclusiveness
• Drive for results
• Ability to drive and influence IFA commitment
• Collaboration
• Impact and influence
• Growing talent.
• Self-awareness and insight