Current vacancies

The role:

• • Working in a target driven environment with an attractive bonus structure in addition to a competitive and attractive salary
  • Identify cross-selling prospects for additional products and arrange follow-up calls with customers for future sales opportunities
  • Build rapport & relationships with our potential and existing customers.
  • Experience in the insurance industry would be preferred

Your Skills and Experience:
• Insurance broker experience or insurance industry experience is desirable.
• APA Personal General Insurance or CIP Qualified is preferred but not essential
• Excellent phone manner & communication skills
• Good IT Skills
• Previous experience of working in a sales & target driven environment is preferred
• Enthusiastic, professional, positive and flexible approach that includes the ability to self-motivate

Here’s what you’ll get in return:
• An invitation to be part of the Acorn family !
• Excellent Salary ranging from €30-34k plus uncapped monthly bonus for high performing advisors
• End of year company bonus
• A comprehensive benefits package which includes: up to 25 days annual leave, company pension scheme, sick leave, employee assistance programme and much more.
• A career development plan – With other opportunities both in Acorn Insurance and Acorn Life, we encourage people to invest in their professional development and reward our people with career advancement
• As part of the benefits package, we will be including flexible remote working options with just 1 day a week onsite so you can work to live and not live to work !
• In Acorn, we listen, we hear and we support. Our people are our strongest asset and we know that by looking after our people, the organisation will thrive – A “Win Win” for everyone !

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Ask Acorn is powered by ordinary people achieving extraordinary results. So we want to meet ambitious self-starters determined to create their own success stories. Self-confidence, listening abilities, integrity, perseverance and a record of success are all essential attributes for success in this role.

As life gets more complex, so does the challenge of managing money. With so much choice available, people need trusted experts to advise them. This offers opportunities to anyone interested in finance and keen to help people create secure financial futures for themselves and their families. With Ask Acorn on your side, you can build a rewarding career as a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) that benefits you, your customers and the wider community.

Ask Acorn is committed to helping new advisors towards their qualification as a Qualified Financial Advisor through the required exam process. The QFA designation and qualification is trademarked, established and recognised inside and outside the financial services industry and recognised as a symbol of trust. In-house training and QFA subscriptions are provided free of charge by Ask Acorn.

Financial advisors working with Ask Acorn can look forward to making a positive impact on people’s lives, working independently and, if the time and effort are put in, enjoying an impressive income.

If you possess the following skills and characteristics, then we may have the perfect career for you:

• Ability to listen and build strong personal relationships
• Self-confident and receptive to coaching with a high standard of personal integrity
• Hard-working, goal-oriented and the ability to persevere
• Possession of a suitable natural market and interested in meeting and working with people
• Successful track record in current/previous field of employment
• Can see yourself giving financial advice as a profession

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Acorn Life DAC and Acorn Brokerage Limited (trading as Ask Acorn) are recruiting a Senior Compliance Specialist, for a 12-month FTC, to work closely with the Head of Compliance to assist with the delivery of all aspects of the Compliance Programme.
The role is a Controlled Function CF-2 role in accordance with the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness & Probity Regime. This is a hybrid working role.

Overview of Duties:
– Assist in the development and management of key compliance policies and procedures.
– Ensure business as usual compliance requirements are met.
– Assist with regulatory reporting and managing the relationship with the Central Bank of Ireland.
– Assist with regulatory audits, inspections, and thematic assessments to ensure readiness and sound execution.
– Assist with the identification, monitoring, and management of key changes in regulations.
– Assist with the implementation of regulations to include managing key work streams/projects to ensure full compliance.
– Lead the management of the compliance business-as-usual Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) requirements.
– Provide support and assistance to the Data Protection Officer where necessary.
– Conduct compliance monitoring reviews and report findings.
– Support the Head of Compliance with the preparation of compliance management reports for senior management and externally.
– Provide compliance advice to key stakeholders, senior management, and the business units.
– Assist with the preparation and delivery of in-house compliance training modules.
– Assist with the management of errors and breaches to include errors and breaches reporting.
– Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and the business units.
– Promote a culture of compliance with the firms.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
– Strong understanding of laws, regulations which apply to the insurance industry.
– Sound analytical and report writing skills.
– Ability to work well with others and manage business relationships.
– An ethical mindset and decision-making skills.
– Solutions orientated.

Education and/or Experience:
– Relevant experience (+3 years) in a second line of defence compliance role(s) within a regulated entity (preferably insurance sector).
– Degree qualified (i.e. business, law, compliance).
– Compliance qualification(s) attained, a distinct advantage.