As Assistant Manager of the Financial Planning Service Team, I played a dual role in team leadership and financial planning service delivery, working closely with the Client Services Manager to oversee a team responsible for paraplanning and financial planning administration. Our team managed both administrative and paraplanning requests for multiple advisers across various practices. My key responsibilities included: ✔ Team Management & Development – Assisted with recruitment, including job interviews for paraplanners and admin staff, as well as training, mentoring, performance reviews, and adviser catch-ups. ✔ Quality Assurance & Compliance – Conducted quality checks on advice documents, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with best practices. ✔ Strategy & Technical Expertise – Provided compliance and strategy research, acting as the go-to resource for both paraplanners and admin staff on technical queries and complex cases. ✔ Business Process Improvement – Monitored workflows, identified areas for process enhancement, and helped streamline service delivery. ✔ Senior Paraplanning Support – Continued preparing advice documents by handling overflow work, ensuring high-quality, efficient, and compliant advice production. This role strengthened my leadership skills, deepened my technical expertise, and enhanced my ability to manage teams, optimize workflows, and maintain high standards in financial advice delivery.

Direct Hire (Confidential) | Jul 2023 - May 2024

Senior Paraplanner

As a Senior Paraplanner, I played a key role in financial strategy development, research, and compliance, supporting financial planners with high-quality advice solutions. In addition to full-service paraplanning, I collaborated with advisers on project-based work, leveraging MS Excel to create Financial Health Reports, financial calculators, business reporting tools, and paraplanning task management systems.

Cloudstaff | May 2022 - Jul 2023

Senior Paraplanner

Similar to the previous experiences but with more depth and responsibility. I primarily took charge of all the research and analyses that goes into the advice, and this include liaising with the compliance team whenever necessary.

TOA Global | Jul 2019 - May 2022

Senior Paraplanner

Process Support. A paraplanner is a key person within the Financial Services industry that prepares Statement of Advice documents, financial modelling, scenario analyses, and other financial planning documents. The role is to primarily support the senior financial planner, and assist the practice manager and technical manager, in the duties of informing and advising clients on financial strategies, plans and products, IT operations and in organising the technical task and workflow for the business. We may also be involved in data collection, implementation and review process. My primary role is preparing the Statement of Advice and other research and advice documents. To support our commitment in providing consistent, quality, tailored advice, my role includes: | • Researching and comparing financial products, financial modelling and scenario building | • Providing financial planners with additional technical insights and experience | • Assisting the team in building up the best approach, strategies and product alternatives | • Ensuring all work meets the compliance standards set by the practice and licensee

Intiger Asset Management, Inc. | Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

Paraplanner

Experienced Paraplanner, working as part of a paraplanning team that handles ad-hoc SOA requests from multiple financial planning practices and licensees.

VBP | Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

Paraplanner

Client-dedicated Full Service Paraplanner, which involves a bit more exposure to investment strategies including portfolio construction.

Self-employed | Jun 2017 - Oct 2017

Day Trader

Took a short break from the corporate world to pursue full-time stock market trading independently.

VBP | Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

Paraplanning Support

• Preparing client reports and conducting research • Preparing application documents for insurances and investments • Managing database in CRM system • Other administrative and support tasks

GIZ - ProGED Project | Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

Admin Support for Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

Promotion of Green Economic Development (ProGED) Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH • The programme’s objective is to ensure that MSMEs work in a manner that is increasingly environmentally friendly and climate smart; in partnership with DTI • Preparing progress reports and providing support analysis for project steering • Assisting in implementing monitoring and evaluation tools and processes

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Master of Arts in Economics University of San Carlos | 2019

FNS50615 Diploma of Financial Planning, ASIC RG146 AccreditedInternational Institute of Technology (Australia) | 2018

Bachelor of Science in Economics, Minor in BusinessUniversity of San Carlos | 2015

Certified Securities Specialist Course Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. | 2015

About Me

I’m passionate about applying data-driven thinking to financial and economic challenges and expanding my skills in data science and analytics. Excited to explore how data enhances financial planning, decision-making, efficiency, and client outcomes.

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