Regional Manager: Sls Sc Succession Fin Planning

**Who are we?**

Sanlam is a business that focuses on the middle and affluent market. We are dedicated to supporting, growing, and empowering clients with affordable, easy, and suitable solutions, primarily through face-to-face intermediary channels, but also directly. We have approximately 2,000 tied advisers and 2,000 supporting independent brokers, all dedicated to meet the financial needs of our clients. Our vision: We aspire to be the best at building enduring relationships by connecting clients with Sanlam. We create sustainable value by attracting new clients, supporting ongoing client engagement, and providing adaptive solutions designed to answer life’s financial questions. ULTIMATELY, WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BE FINANCIALLY CONFIDENT, SECURE AND PROSPEROUS.

As part of SanlamConnect, Succession Financial Planning (SFP) is a financial services provider with a focus on the Registered Financial Adviser (RFA), looking to grow a professional practice while offering holistic financial planning to their clients. SFP is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sanlam Group.

**What will you do?**
- This is a regional management role within Succession (AFP and SFP). This role is accountable to drive sales growth within the region across all four classes of business (Life, ST, Health and Wealth) distribution both Sanlam and other external products provider products. Key focus areas include:
- Create and execute a regional sales strategy
- Increasing regional market share and implementing the Succession VP
- Drive sales and marketing across all four classes of business
- Drive new planners acquisition
- Manager FP contracts
- Support FP business development
- Ensure compliance is maintained within the region
- Build business partnerships with internal and external (approximately 130) industry product providers
- Manage a team of Business Administration Consultant’s that drive:

- On-boarding, vesting, and development of Financial Planners
- Oversee compliance of submitted business,
- Practice development and or management of Financial Planners
- People Management
- Budget and expense management

**What will make you successful in this role?**
- Qualification & experience
- Grade 12
- Management diploma
- Commercial/Financial or business related diploma/degree
- CFP/RFP3 or equivalent (i.e.: 120credits)/Possibly KI
- Extensive Financial Services experience in a marketing/sales environment
- Sales and operational management/leadership of a team/unit

Knowledge and skills
IT:

- E2 Financials
- MS: Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Sanfin
- Sanport
- COMPAY
- SSED Analytics
- POWER BI
- Business:

- Broad and significant Financial Services Industry Knowledge/understanding
- Financial Services Product Knowledge
- Distribution Strategy and Models/ how a distribution business operate
- Knowledge of Life, Investment, Health and ST
- Financial and budget management
- Strategy Planning/business planning and execution
- Sales and marketing processes and principles/plans
- Market and client segmentation knowledge
- Value driver metrics and measures
- Relevant regulatory legislation and compliance knowledge within Financial Services
- Risk management and compliance
- Good general legal technical knowledge
- Leadership and management principles and governances
- Contracts and licensing agreements
- Commission and remuneration structures
- Business metrics and measurements

Personal qualities
- Cultivates Innovation
- Client Centricity
- Results Driven
- Collaboration
- Flexibility and Adaptability
- Drives Vision and Purpose
- Business Insight
- Directs Work
- Decision Quality
- Treating Customers Fairly

**Personal Attributes**
- Persuades - Contributing through others- Manages complexity - Contributing through others- Decision quality - Contributing through others- Business insight - Contributing through others**Build a successful career with us**
- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.**Core Competencies**
- Being resilient - Contributing through others- Collaborates - Contributing through others- Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others- Customer focus - Contributing through others- Drives results - Contributing through others**Turnaround time**-
Our aim is to help you build a successful career with us- We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their wort