Location

South

Company

Absolute

Office Based/Hybrid – Remote considered

Salary: Competitive salary + benefits package

Reporting to: Training and Competence Manager

Business Overview

Absolute Financial Group (Absolute) is a newly established national IFA consolidator, backed by Inflexion Private Equity and Tatton Asset Management plc, building one of the UK’s leading Independent Financial Planning businesses. The firm has £2.4bn of assets under advice and is now scaling its Compliance team, offering a rare opportunity to help shape a Private Equity-backed business from an early stage.

Role Purpose

The T&C Supervisor will support the Training & Competence Manager in maintaining the firm’s T&C framework across the South of England, ensuring advisers meet FCA requirements, the firm’s T&C Scheme, and Consumer Duty obligations. The role is hands-on — covering supervision, competence assessments, file reviews, coaching, and monitoring — and calls for someone who can balance robust oversight with a practical, coaching-led approach, comfortable challenging advisers while building strong working relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the T&C Manager in implementing and maintaining the T&C Scheme across the South of England, and supervise advisers to ensure they remain competent, qualified, and fit and proper.
• Conduct supervision meetings, competence assessments, and performance reviews; identify emerging risks, competency gaps, and training needs; escalate significant concerns as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate T&C records, supervision logs, and development plans.
• Undertake adviser file reviews, assessing advice quality and regulatory adherence; provide coaching and feedback, and support enhanced supervision or remediation where needed.
• Identify training needs and deliver or coordinate coaching and development activity; keep advisers updated on regulatory developments and promote continuous professional development.

• Monitor FCA and regulatory developments relevant to advisers; support alignment of the T&C framework with FCA requirements, contribute to Consumer Duty oversight, and escalate potential breaches or competence weaknesses.
• Prepare MI and reporting on adviser performance, competency, and risk trends for the T&C Manager, and support governance and compliance reporting.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Minimum 4 years’ relevant compliance experience in a Training & Competence or Quality Assurance role.
• Strong knowledge of FCA regulations, with experience in retail wealth management and financial planning.
• Experience within an advisory/wealth management environment, managing and mentoring an adviser population.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build relationships across the business.
• Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning (or equivalent).

Desirable

• Experience supporting acquisitions and integration activity in financial services.
• Professional compliance qualifications (CII, ICA, CISI, or equivalent).
• Exposure to entrepreneurial or scaling business environments.

Personal Attributes

• Approachable, supportive, and collaborative with advisers and colleagues.
• High attention to detail and commitment to regulatory standards.
• Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge constructively.
• Commercially aware, pragmatic, proactive, and effective in a fast-paced environment.

If interested please contact:  jobs@absolute-financial.com