The opportunity
As Regional Manager, you will play a pivotal role within our Advisory function, ensuring our Financial Planners are supported, developed, and empowered to deliver exceptional client experiences. Acting as the first point of contact for guidance, you will provide effective, visible leadership across your region, setting clear expectations and driving consistent, high‑quality outcomes.
You will be accountable for managing regional performance, monitoring key KPIs such as revenue, productivity, client acquisition and profitability, and ensuring planners are set up to succeed through effective development planning, coaching and oversight. You will support the creation and delivery of regional strategies while helping shape a collaborative, high‑performing culture that supports the advancement of sustainable commercial growth.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual who is passionate about people’s development, commercial performance, and excellent client outcomes.
Location
This role is regionally focused, with regular travel expected across our offices in the Southern region, including London, Worthing and Fareham. We enable home and office working, allowing you to balance your personal responsibilities/interests and connecting with your colleagues.
What you will be doing
Performance, Accountability & Operational Delivery
- Lead a high‑performing region, using KPIs and insight to inspire consistently brilliant outcomes from our planners.
- Drive commercial success, spotting trends early and turning insight into action to boost revenue, productivity, and sustainable growth.
- Set the pace for excellence, establishing clear goals and maintaining a strong, visible presence across the region.
People Leadership, Coaching & Development
- Bring out the best in every planner, providing clear direction, meaningful feedback, and supportive challenge.
- Boost capability through hands‑on development, from real‑world client scenario coaching to targeted learning interventions.
- Champion a thriving team culture, fostering collaboration, wellbeing, and an environment where people feel supported and empowered.
- Help shape the future direction of the region, translating national strategy into practical, high‑impact regional plans.
- Raise the bar on quality and consistency, ensuring high standards are embedded and lived every day.
Client Outcomes & Business Growth
- Elevate client experiences by supporting planners to deliver exceptional, fully compliant financial planning advice.
- Grow the region’s footprint by encouraging strong professional networks, client retention, and new‑business generation.
- Be the go‑to support for planners, offering rapid guidance and clear escalation to keep service levels high.
Compliance, Governance & Professional Standards
- Lead with integrity, upholding FCA, Consumer Duty, T&C, and SMCR requirements with rigour and accuracy.
- Act as a trusted guardian of quality, identifying risks early and ensuring concerns are escalated swiftly and appropriately.
- Set the standard, modelling sound judgement and professionalism in everything you do.
- Champion best practice, staying connected to regulatory and market changes that help us deliver even better client outcomes.
Collaboration & Team Contribution
- Create a seamless client journey, working closely with Paraplanners, Client Executives, and Planners to deliver excellence end‑to‑end.
- Share insights and inspire others, contributing to team sessions, development days, and regional initiatives.
- Lead by example, reinforcing a culture of integrity, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Bring the region together through engaging planner events that build capability, alignment, and community.
About you
- A strong communicator and analytical thinker with proven leadership and people‑management experience.
- Adaptable, decisive, and able to stay calm and effective under pressure.
- A collaborative team player who builds trust and influences stakeholders at all levels.
- Skilled at balancing commercial priorities with people needs to achieve positive outcomes, exercising sound judgement and discretion.
What Success Looks Like
- A high‑performing, engaged planning team that feels supported, empowered, and committed to long‑term success.
- Consistent uplift in planner capability and client outcomes, driven by strong coaching, development, and quality advice.
- Sustainable regional growth and operational excellence, underpinned by robust compliance, accurate documentation, and efficient ways of working.
Learning & Development Opportunities
- Leadership and management development programmes, including advanced coaching, strategic leadership, and people development.
- Cross-functional collaboration projects, allowing exposure to proposition development, compliance, marketing, and operations.
- Participation in national strategic initiatives, contributing to organisational growth, planner capability programmes, or future ready advisory models.
Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR)
As this is a Certified role under the SMCR, the Regional Director is required to adhere to the FCA Conduct Rules: -
- You must act with integrity
- You must act with due skill, care and diligence
- You must be open and cooperative with the FCA and other regulators
- You must pay due regard to the interests of clients and treat them fairly
- You must observe proper standards of market conduct
- You must act to deliver good outcomes for clients
Benefits
- 30 days holiday plus public holidays
- 3 days of celebratory leave (to be used for your birthday, wellbeing, volunteering, or other celebratory events important to you.
- Private medical insurance, 24/7 digital GP and health advice
- Employee assistance programme providing support for your mental and physical health
- Group pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Eyecare vouchers
- Enhanced family leave
- Referral scheme
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About Progeny
We create, enhance, and preserve wealth.
We are the first and only firm in the UK to bring together independent financial planning, asset management, tax, HR, and private and corporate legal services.
We are forward-thinking and tech-driven, using technology to eliminate paperwork, improve communications, and enrich the relationship between client and adviser.
At Progeny, we believe that we all have the power to make good things happen. We want to use our success as a catalyst for making real change. We created the Progeny Foundation to support local charities including Zarach.
We are the proud winners of the Yorkshire Financial Awards 2024 Best Employer award for the third year running.
Skills Required
- Proven leadership and people-management experience
- Strong communication and analytical thinking skills
- Experience driving commercial performance and using KPIs (revenue, productivity, client acquisition, profitability)
- Experience coaching and developing financial planners and delivering targeted learning interventions
- Knowledge of FCA requirements, Consumer Duty, T&C, and SMCR (Certified role)
- Ability to ensure fully compliant financial planning and maintain quality documentation
- Regular regional travel across Southern offices (London, Worthing, Fareham)
- Ability to translate national strategy into regional plans and collaborate cross-functionally
What We Do
Progeny is the first and only global professional services firm to bring together independent advisory excellence across financial planning, tax, legal and asset management. We join the dots to understand the bigger picture of you, your family and your business to ensure you always receive first-class non-siloed advice, regardless of complexity, speciality or territory. Our team of Chartered Financial Planners, Corporate Lawyers, Private Solicitors and Tax Specialists are equipped to deliver sophisticated solutions that meet your complex needs. Working together, for you. We aim to achieve the very best for investors, businesses, and family offices with our diversity of expertise. Matching you with the right team of professionals, we can help you to achieve your needs and goals.
