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Financial Adviser - Dundalk

Location: 

Dundalk, IE

Company:  Irish Life Financial Services Limited
  • Full Time Permanent position
  • Hybrid role based in our Dundalk office

 

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a competitive salary, performance‑based bonuses with clear and realistic expectations, an excellent Defined Contribution pension with an enhanced company contribution, Health Insurance Allowance and discounts from Irish Life Health, Income Protection and Death in Service cover, paid life events leave (including maternity, paternity, parental leave and sabbaticals), as well as robust Learning and Development support and extensive wellbeing initiatives to support you in both your professional and personal life. Further details on our benefits package can be accessed here: Benefits Benefits (life-careers.com)

 

At Irish Life, our purpose is to help people build better futures. Our company values shape everything we do and underpin our vision of being the driving force behind Ireland’s financial, physical, and mental well-being.


We believe in doing the right thing—acting with integrity and making fair, responsible decisions. We aim high, setting ambitious goals and find better ways to innovate and improve. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we are dedicated to understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.  Achieving this this is only possible when we work best together—in a supportive, collaborative environment where every idea and contribution is valued.

 

 

Role Overview

 

Our Financial Planning distribution business, encompassing our Financial Advice team, Bancassurance, Worksite proposition and Digital Advice team, is embarking on an ambitious growth agenda to meet changing customer expectations around financial advice.

 

To support this growth, we are seeking experienced and motivated Financial Advisers to provide high‑quality, professional advice to individual customers and businesses, helping them to understand and plan for their financial needs.

 

This role operates under a hybrid working model, with 2 days per week in our modern Dundalk office and 3 days working from home. You will deliver tailored advice remotely, working with a portfolio of existing Irish Life customers, giving you a strong platform to build and maintain long‑standing client relationships.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

What we Offer

We have embraced a hybrid working model across most roles, giving you a balanced mix of home working and office collaboration. In the office, you will be part of a supportive team of Financial Advisers who share best practice and learn from one another.

 

We invest significantly in your development. You will complete a structured, comprehensive 5‑week onboarding programme to ensure you have the technical knowledge, sales process understanding and system expertise needed to succeed. This is followed by ongoing coaching, training and mentoring, as well as full educational support to obtain and maintain relevant professional qualifications.

 

We offer a clear and transparent career pathway, with progression linked to performance, qualifications and core competencies:

 

Financial Adviser › Experienced Financial Adviser › Senior Financial Adviser

 

This gives you a defined route to build a long‑term, rewarding career with Irish Life.

What you will help us to achieve

 

  • Build strong client relationships
    • Develop and deepen relationships with our existing clients, consistently delivering high‑quality advice through the Irish Life advice process and positioning yourself as a trusted long‑term partner.

  • Elevate client satisfaction
    • Work collaboratively with key teams and stakeholders across Irish Life, and within your customer base, to ensure clients fully experience the benefits of our advice process, leading to improved satisfaction, loyalty and retention.

  • Champion compliance and professionalism
    • Maintain full compliance with company policies, regulatory standards and legal requirements, whilst providing professional, client‑centred advice that reflects Irish Life’s values and commitment to consumer protection.

What you will need to be successful in the role

 

  • Proven success in helping others
    • Demonstrated experience in supporting individuals or organisations, with a track record of delivering strong outcomes, ideally in a financial services, advisory or customer‑facing environment.

  • Connecting through communication
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and rapport quickly, actively listen to customer needs and explain complex financial concepts in a clear, accessible way.
  • People‑centric skills
    • A genuine customer focus, warm and professional demeanour, and strong commercial awareness, enabling you to balance customer needs with business objectives and deliver mutually beneficial solutions.

  • Navigating regulations with ease
    • Strong understanding of the regulatory and compliance framework governing the Irish financial services industry. You take pride in adhering to consumer protection standards and embedding compliance into your daily work.

  • Knowing & growing
    • You are a Qualified Financial Adviser and fully up to date with Continuous Professional Development requirements (minimum requirement). You have a strong appetite for ongoing learning and development and you will be subject to Fitness and Probity regulation as set out by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Minimum Requirements

  • Fully qualified QFA as a minimum and up to date on all CPD requirements
  • Relevant third‑level qualification and/or RPA or CFP© designation would be an advantage

About us

 

Irish Life is one of Ireland’s largest financial institutions with a presence across a range of financial services markets.  We are one of Ireland’s leading financial services groups with over 1.5 million customers. For over 80 years, we’ve been helping people to look after their life insurance, pension and investment needs, and more recently their health insurance.

It is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies.

We are proud of our culture of developing and supporting the growth and professional development of our people. The focus has resulted in a team of top talent with high standards, positioning us at the forefront of our industry.

 

The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process.  Where Agency assistance is required the Irish Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Irish Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

 

Irish Life is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued.  We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported.  

 

We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

 

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact lifecareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.   


ILFS supports Equal Opportunity and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

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