Financial advisers help people and organisations choose investments, savings, pensions, mortgages and insurance products.
£23,000 - £60,000
37 to 39 a week (between 8am and 6pm)
You'll need:
You'll need to:
You can get into this job through:
This role is open to graduates of most subjects.
Particularly relevant subjects include:
Once you finish your course, you could apply to join a finance company or a bank as a graduate trainee adviser.
You'll usually need:
You could do a Financial Adviser Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship or a Financial Services Professional Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You could start as a financial services administrator, pensions administrator or customer services adviser and work your way up.
To do this, you'll need to study for a level 4 qualification in financial advice recognised by the Financial Conduct Authority.
These include:
If you work in pensions, you could do qualifications offered by the Pensions Management Institute, while you move into an adviser role.
You can find more information about working in financial services from The London Institute of Banking and Finance or Pension Careers.
As a financial adviser, you could:
You could work in an office, from home, at a client's home or in a contact centre.
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