Talent Pool: Retail Business Consultant (Bloemfontein)
Momentum Metropolitan
- Bloemfontein, Free State
- Permanent
- Full-time
Reference Number MMH230301-2
Job Title Talent Pool: Retail Business Consultant (Bloemfontein)
Position Type Permanent
Role Family Sales
Cluster Momentum Distribution Services
Remote Opportunity Some of the time
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Free State
Location - Town / City Bloemfontein
IntroductionMomentum, a financial services provider of choice since 1966, known for its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative culture is committed to wealth creation and preservation, insurance, and income protection for all our clients. We do this through our understanding of the retail insurance, savings, and investment markets in SA.
Role PurposeThe Retail Business Consultant crafts passionate, energetic, and meaningful partnerships with IFAs that will stand the test of time. Product, market, and sales intelligence will set them apart from their counterparts. The consultant/IFA relationship will be strengthened by ease of doing business, first-class services, deep business analysis and continuous improvement of the IFA's business.
RequirementsEXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications:
- 3-year BCom degree in the following fields: Business Management, Marketing, Communications, Finance and Legal
(essential)
- Willingness to study towards the degree and recognition of prior learning if you have 3+ years of experience working in
MDS.
- CFP® is an advantage.
Experience:
- 3 to 5 years’ financial service industry experience (desired)
- 1 to 3 years relevant sales experience (essential)
- Experience in Momentum Myriad and Investo products is an advantage
- Strong business acumen with sound knowledge in risk assessments, claims, underwriting, tax, business assurance
- Knowledge of financial services industry and insurance products (desired)
Duties & ResponsibilitiesRESPONSIBILITIES AND WORK OUTPUTS
Engage:
- Be visible to the IFA in order to understand their needs and drive their value proposition
- Visit the IFA and IFA office based on a defined plan and deliver a message
- Analyse, monitor and/or increase prescribed weekly activities to exceed sales targets.
- Present the professional, disciplined nature of the IFA Agenda and minutes of all meetings
- Understand who we are targeting, the landscape they are working in, competitor influences, events that will enthuse,
- Ensure long-lasting, deep, and meaningful relationships with the IFA
- IFAs to move from non-active supporters to active supporters, to ambassadors
- IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders.
- Be the IFA's source of information within Momentum
- Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings
- Enable better financial planning and advice outcomes
- IFA having the perception that Momentum are thought leaders.
- Be the IFA's source of information within Momentum
- Be accountable, innovative, excellent, honest, diverse, and influential in your business dealings
- Enable better financial planning and advice outcomes
- Achieve and/or exceed the minimum production targets,
- Achieve and/or exceed the minimum productive IFAs required
Brand Ambassadorship
Leading and Supervising
Professional standards
Relating and networking (building rapport and relationships)
Stress tolerance
Flawless and effective communication (written and oral)
Delivering results and meeting stakeholder expectations
Teamwork and collaboration
Positively impact and influence on the IFA practice
Deadline Driven
Able to travel as much as the job requires and travel documentation in order
Persuading and influencingPolicyWe are committed to Employment Equity, diversity and inclusion when recruiting internally and externally. All appointments are made in alignment to our Employment Equity goals and we encourage people with disabilities to apply.