Para Planner

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time

**Salary**: $70,710 - $84,869

**Grade**:STL 4

**Occupation**:Accounting, finance and procurement

**Location**:Melbourne

**Reference**:VG/PRS/1875077ES

Formulate financial plans for clients with low to medium complexity portfolios. Receive coaching and advice from experienced Senior Planners.
- **Footscray, Bendigo or Dandenong**location, with flexible, hybrid work arrangement**:

- ** 12 month contract**:

- ** Full-time or part-time considered (minimum 26.6 hours per week)**:

- ** Applications close 3 August 2025**

**State Trustees**
- As the public trustee of Victoria, we support Victorians to protect and grow their legacy and financial wellbeing at all stages of life. We are a caring, passionate and united team of 400 people across 3 locations Footscray, Dandenong and Bendigo.

**About the Role**
- As a Para Planner, you'll play a critical role in delivering quality financial planning services to our clients. Working within our experienced Financial Planning team, you'll provide technical and strategic support to formulate financial advice for low to medium complexity client portfolios.
- You'll engage with a range of internal stakeholders and be responsible for producing advice documentation, investment instructions and client-ready reports.

**What You'll Do**
- Analyse client information to provide clear financial planning strategy direction
- Prepare financial plans and investment performance review documents
- Achieve revenue/volume production targets
- Ensure compliance with ASIC and FPA guidelines and requirements
- Satisfy internal and external audit standards
- Maintain accurate records, update systems, and contribute to team targets

**Skills and Experience**
- Bachelor of Business/Commerce (Financial Planning), Diploma of Financial Planning (or equivalent) and RG 146 compliant
- Experience in para planning roles
- Excellent written communication and report-writing skills
- Strong attention to detail and stakeholder engagement skills
- Comfortable working with Microsoft Office and financial planning software (e.g. Xplan/Xtools+)
- Desirable: Tertiary qualification in business/finance

**Employee Benefits**
- At State Trustees, we offer more than a job—we offer a career with purpose. Our benefits include:

- Career development and education support
- Flexible working arrangements and purchased leave
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Free will preparation and retailer discounts
- Reward and recognition programs
- Inclusive and values-driven culture
- Most importantly, you will be part of an organisation that works collaboratively to improve the lives of Victorians.

**Our Culture**
- For our clients, our people and the Victorian community, we demonstrate Care, Unity, Passion - we are here, we work together and we bring our best.

**How to Apply**
- We recognise the power of diversity and creating an environment where all our people feel they belong and reflect the communities in which we live, work and serve. We care about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender identity, age, ability, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a great fit for our team, we'd love to hear from you._

- Applications close Sunday 3 August 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 18 July 2025