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Trainee Personal Financial Adviser

Basic Salary

Every Trainee Personal Financial Adviser starts with a competitive basic salary.

Annual Average: £22,700

Bonus Scheme

The bonus scheme gives you uncapped earning opportunities and is made up of several elements that are directly influenced by your personal performance. It includes a quarterly bonus based on Open Ended Production & New Money and an annual element based on File Quality, persistency and Branch bonus


Free Shares

Free shares based on up to 5% of salary & held in trust for 3 years. After 3 years you can sell the shares or wait an extra 2 years and sell them tax-free. You earn dividends while the shares are in trust.


Sharekicker

There is the opportunity to increase earnings by using all or part of your annual bonus to buy shares. If the shares are kept for three years HBOS will add 50% more shares. This gives you the opportunity to increase the after-tax value of your bonus by 50%. This scheme is reviewed on an annual basis.


Recognition Scheme

Currently a top 100 scheme for best performers. Attracts additional bonus payments and better benefits. Kudos recognises top performers through regional quarterly events and on a national basis 10% of the sales force are invited to an exotic break, past events Monte Carlo, New York, Dubai and Cape Town for 2005.

Sharesave

Opportunity to buy shares on favourable terms for monthly payments of £5-£250, over a 3, 5 or 7 year fixed term. The last option was granted with a 20% reduction on the share price. This scheme is reviewed on an annual basis.

Private Medical Insurance

BUPA cover is provided to all TPFAs.

Life Assurance

Free death in service cover gives you 4 x basic salary, plus a pension for your partner.

Money Purchase Pension Scheme

All new colleagues automatically become members of the HBOS Group Money Purchase Scheme when they join the company.

As a member of the scheme you pay contributions into your individual retirement account and HBOS makes additional contributions on your behalf.  How much you contribute is up to you, a level 1-4 colleague will begin paying 4% contributions and will benefit from HBOS contributing 6% into your retirement account. You can increase or decrease your contributions at any time.

Full details of the HBOS Group Money Purchase Scheme are available on http://www.hbosgmps.co.uk/

Flex Benefits

Option to purchase additional benefits from a range of leisure, lifestyle and health packages for example the option to buy or sell extra holidays.

Colleague Products

Colleagues can benefit from a range of discounts and preferential rates across a wide range of HBOS products.

Holidays

Get 26 days holiday a year (rising to 29 with service) plus bank holidays.

Learning & Development

We'll provide you with an excellent induction programme and set you up to win. Our ongoing training and development opportunities are excellent.

Employee Referral Scheme (a GRAND in the hand)

Our employee referral scheme rewards colleagues for introducing an experienced external recruit who is a Competent Designated Individual (CDI) qualified to FPC or CeFa3 level to either Financial Adviser or Client Manager roles with HBOS.


Optional vehicle scheme

Option to lease a car at very competitive, subsidised rates.

Average Bonus

Over 65% of salesforce will earn above on target bonus.

Annual Average: £19,013



All information provided is guidance only.


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