Mortgage and protection firm Access Financial Services has appointed Peter Phillips as the new training manager for its academy.
Access FS has doubled its broker number in the past year from 100 to 200. This is the third year running that has doubled in size with 100% year-on-year growth.
Much of that is due to the success of its academy bringing new people into the mortgage and protection industries.
The academies now run monthly with up to 15 people on each one, so Peter Phillips has been brought in to manage the academy programme and to structure the ongoing mentoring that newly qualified Access brokers receive. This in turn will help Access to accelerate its further growth.
Peter will work with the firm’s senior management to provide Access FS advisers with training and support to set them up for success in mortgage and protection sales. It will initially train them in all protection products, teaching them how to provide excellent advice and how to develop their businesses. It will then teach them about mortgage sales, providing each adviser with CeMAP 1,2, and 3 as well as in-depth knowledge of mortgage and specialist lending products. Peter joins with over twenty years in the industry, having previously been part of Simply Academy and Countrywide. Peter will spearhead the firm’s academy.
The academy is designed to train brokers to become quality self-employed advisers and high-income earners, equipping them with the skills to generate their own business and grow a successful brokerage. Access FS also welcomes experienced brokers who want to become self-employed and registered individuals under Access FS as the principle. These brokers will receive training and compliance help while running their own businesses.
Earlier this month, Access FS revealed that it had reached 200 advisers following an unprecedented year of growth. The six-year-old firm announced this accomplishment at its academy earlier this month as founder, Karl Wilkinson, set a target to hire and train another 100 young aspiring entrepreneurs in 2023 to continue the firm’s desire to build the business around young leaders.
“We are incredibly proud to welcome Peter to Access Financial Services,” Karl Wilkinson, CEO, commented.
“Peter’s role will be invaluable for our expansion plans as we look to meet the demand of our academy signups.”
He added. “We are thrilled to reach the 200 milestone, the number of advisers wanting to join Access this year surpassed expectation. We are ambitious, and expect to have 300 advisers by the end of this year, while laying the ground work to achieve 1,000 advisers over the next three-years.
“Protection is a priority – all advisers start their journey with us focusing on protection. The protection gap is as large as ever, according to Statista 60% of the country lacks life assurance with many not even considering it until purchasing a house with a spouse. The gap for other protection products such as critical illness and income support is even wider, so we are bringing in bright young people and training them to be excellent in both protection and mortgage sales, to ensure people always receive the best advice not only for their mortgage but across the suite of protection and insurance products too.”
Having access to a dedicated training manager is latest benefit for Access FS advisers, who already receive unrivalled support. The firm has also doubled the number of its head office staff, brought in administrative support, and paraplanning, for its advisers.
