Business Manager

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** Job Description
** This is a Sandton based Sales/Business Management role in Personal Financial Advice, Gauteng, that requires you to manage a team of new and vested Financial Advisors. This role is undertaken to recruit, support, and develop the Advisors to build successful practices and generate compliant advice-based sales. This role also contributes to the overall management/leadership of the branch by serving as a member of the Area MANCO.
** Key Result Areas:**
* ** People Management:
** Recruitment and Selection of financial advisers; development & coaching of advisers & performance management (building and sustaining a productive team)
* ** Sales Management:
** Strategy and business plan execution and evaluation; drive, monitor and report sales, practice management, compliance, and risk management
* ** Financial Management:
** Apply business acumen to financial decision; undertake budget/expense
* ** Managing the existing business processes** (i.e. conservation, outstanding business, financing, administration, and client care)
** Critical Skills and qualities:
*** Coaching/training/development
* People/performance management
* Planning, organising and monitoring
* Analytical thinker
* Interpersonal/communication
* Goal setting and execution
* Sales and marketing focused
* Able to motivate and inspire
* Business and financial acumen
** Qualifications and Experience required:
*** Matric or equivalent
* Must be FAIS compliant with a certificate in Financial Planning or an equivalent qualification with 120 relevant credits at a minimum NQF level 5.
* Must have passed RE 5 level 1.
* Previous experience as a Sales Manager is preferable.
* Be accredited on all products that PFA distributes as well as accreditation on other optional products.
* Preferably 24 month’s service as a Financial Advisor.
* Have strong administrative capabilities.
* Should be comfortable in applying the sales process.
* Should be able to apply the six-step financial process.
* Having difficult conversations and being assertive.
* Coaching of others
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* Competencies:

*** Strategic* Innovation
* Customer First
* Leading with influence
* Collaboration (Relating)
* Decision Making
* Execution* Personal Mastery
* Technical /Business Competencies
** Skills
* * Building Trust, Change Management, Client Needs Assessments, Commercial Acumen, Consultative Selling, Customer-Focused, Customer Service, Customer Understanding, Direct Selling, Executing Plans, Identifying Customer Needs, Identifying Sales Opportunities, Sales Software, Strengthening Customer Relationships, Upselling
** Competencies
* * Builds Effective Teams### ### Builds Networks### ### Business Insight### ### Collaborates### ### Communicates Effectively### ### Customer Focus### ### Drives Results### ### Ensures Accountability
** Education
* * NQF Level 9 – Masters
** Closing Date
** 13 February 2026 , 23:59
*** The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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