St. James’s Place (SJP) is the largest provider of face-to-face financial advice in the UK, with 4,500+ Financial Advisers spread across 2,500+ individual financial advice businesses – which they call the Partnership. As the second fastest company to reach the FTSE 100, they are proud to now manage £153+ billion, on behalf of more than 850,000 clients, enabling them to use their size and scale as a force for good.
Workplace Initiatives
Programme for parents returning to work after Parental Leave?
Yes
Leadership development programmes?
Yes
Mentoring programmes?
Yes
Coaching programmes?
Yes
Employee-led diversity networks?
Yes
Internal women’s networking groups?
Yes
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage?
Yes
All information regarding maternity and paternity leave can be found here.
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022:
Average pay gap:
40%
Median pay gap:
41%
Average bonus gap:
90.1%
Median bonus gap:
50%
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter?
Yes, signed 2018
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership?
33% female representation on the board, this is currently met. 30% representation in senior roles by Sept 2023
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership?
10% across all roles by 2023
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index?
No
Returner Programme
SJP provides career returners, and changers, with a fully funded, training programme. Learning from training more than 1,000 individuals who have gone on to become some of the most respected and successful financial advisers in the profession, they equip you with everything you need.
Returning to a career in Financial Advice
Read about how commercial and life experience led one woman to retrain and revisit her first passion.
Testimonials
Emily has a thriving partner practice of St. James’s Place and alumni of the St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy. She is proving how people from a diversity of backgrounds can become entrepreneurs in the financial advice market.
For more details about the Academy please click this sjp.co.uk/academy
Retraining opportunity St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy is a funded, financially supported, award- winning training programme designed for those wanting to change careers.
St. James’s Place (SJP) is here to help you figure out what your priorities are and whether these align with their programme and values. Their Partnership model enables you to either start your own advice business and be self-employed or join an existing SJP Practice as a Financial Adviser, on a self-employed, or employed basis.
Are you looking for something with flexibility without impacting earnings potential?
Becoming a Financial Adviser with SJP enables you to work full-time, and manage your own diary, where and when you work.
Why Financial Advice?
The Guardian newspaper recently published research revealing that women currently own 48% of Britain’s wealth and are predicted to...
