Level 4
Apprentice Paraplanner
ADANAC FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD · Yeovil
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- Pay
- £23,200 a year
- Hours
- 35 a week
- Length
- 24 months
- Starts
- 30 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 31 Oct 2026
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- just now
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What you would do
We’re seeking an Apprentice Paraplanner to support our team of Independent Financial Advisers. Joining a collaborative, client-focused environment, you’ll help deliver holistic financial planning for private and business clients, ensuring advice is accurate, compliant and tailored to individual needs.
Day to day
- Supporting three IFAs
- Attending client meetings (where practical)
- Producing high-quality suitability reports across a range of financial planning areas, including Cash Flow Modelling
- Conducting technical research across pensions, investments, protection and financial planning solutions
- Supporting advisers with complex client cases from initial research through to recommendation
- Maintaining accurate client records
- Supporting annual reviews
- Preparing client documentation and technical analysis
What you would study
Paraplanner and financial planner (level 4)
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard.
College or training organisation
SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD.
Your training course
Paraplanner and financial planner.
Equal to Level 4 (Higher national certificate).
Your training plan
Your training will be completed online via your workplace address.
Other training
You will achieve the Paraplanner and Financial Planner Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard:
- Fully and part funded learning and development programme that includes the DipPFS Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning
- Develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of successful Paraplanners
- Free CII membership for non-members through the CII Aspire Apprenticeship Programme for those who have not previously been a paid member
- Includes CII digital study book and exam entry for each R0 exam
- The Diploma in Regulated Financial Planning includes:
- R01 Financial Services Regulation and Ethics
- R02 Investment Principles and Risk
- R03 Personal Taxation
- R04 Pensions and Retirement Planning
- R05 Financial Protection
- R06 Financial Planning Practice
- Multiple seminars per R0 exam!
- All seminars recorded and available on-demand
- Interactive chat, forums and class notebooks for real-time support and assistance from experienced financial services professionals
- Additional resources through RM Advance
- Regular tutorials and assessments from an experienced financial service professional
Training provider: SKILLS EDGE TRAINING LTD
Working week
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
What you need
- GCSE 5 subjects including Maths & English at grade 4/C or above (essential)
- A Level Business, Maths, Law or Economics at grade N/A (desired)
Skills they are looking for
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Financial Planning interest
- Independent working
- Able to meet deadlines
After the apprenticeship
.
Where
Yeovil, South West (BA20).
About ADANAC FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
Adanac Financial Services Ltd was created in 2002. Its foundations are built on the demand for a firm that understands and specialises in the needs of solicitors, accountants and their clients, as well as providing high quality independent financial advice for our private and business clients.
Adanac have earned an excellent reputation that extends across the South-West, attributable to our consistent delivery and commitment to all our clients.
We are committed to remaining totally independent and impartial; we are not part of or owned by any financial institution.
Our office is near the centre of Yeovil, located in Manor Road with a pre bookable parking space for your convenience.
Our team of consultants, as well as being qualified practitioners providing holistic advice, are specialists in their own field.
This includes Pensions & Divorce, Trusts & Inheritance Tax planning, Investments, Pension simplification, Long Term Care and Corporate Financial Planning.
Benefits
- Full study support towards Chartered status on completion of the apprenticeship, including paid study leave and exam funding
- Death in Service 4 x salary
- Long-term sickness pay
- 5% employer pension contribution
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), increasing after 5 years’ service.
Reference 2000060399.
Report a problem with this listing- Pay
- £23,200 a year
- Hours
- 35 a week
- Length
- 24 months
- Starts
- 30 Nov 2026
- Advertised closing date
- 31 Oct 2026
- Openings
- 1 position
- Last checked
- just now
Applications are handled by the Find an Apprenticeship service.
Know someone this would suit?