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Experience the Brooks Macdonald difference
We help all our people to meet their full potential through innovative, effective and engaging experiences. We know there’s no better way to learn and develop than through hands-on experience and everyday challenges, blended with formal learning, and we encourage everyone to take ownership of their personal and professional development.
Investing in our people
Nurturing our employees to reach their full potential is central to our success as a business, and a clear focus of our people strategy. We offer our employees support with their ongoing development through various initiatives including but not limited to:
- Professional qualifications to ensure individuals have the technical capability and competence to carry out their role
- Training and development programmes delivered both face-to-face and virtually with a focus on management and leadership capability, professional skills, and driving client excellence
- Opportunity to participate in coaching and mentoring
- Diversity, equity and inclusion training to ensure we continue to maintain an inclusive culture for everyone
Working at Brooks Macdonald
Our guiding principles
Our values (we call them guiding principles) define our long-term strategy and how we serve our clients every day. We are a values-driven organisation, and our guiding principles have been a major force in shaping our firm.
More than paper-based ideologies
These are the basic beliefs that everyone in our business is expected to hold. They provide the principles that shape our actions and are essential to fulfilling our mission to build robust personal relationships that allow us to provide a high level of service to all of our partners and clients. We are dedicated to the highest professional standards and believe in acting with honesty, fairness and clarity in everything we do.
Transparency and integrity
Our guiding principles are a powerful force to support our commitment to transparency and integrity. To make these principles more than just paper-based ideologies, our performance-management approach is centred around transparently linking employee goals to these beliefs and rewarding performance against them.
We do the right thing
We do the right thing
- We are worthy of our clients', partners' and one another's trust
- We act with integrity, honesty and fairness and we value diversity
- We take responsibility for our actions and decisions
- We deal with issues and tackle hard decisions head on
We are connected
We are connected
- We collaborate and work as one team to bring the best of Brooks Macdonald to all we do
- We actively seek opportunities to learn from others and share our expertise
- We actively listen and communicate with clarity
- We look externally, challenge ourselves and are open to new ways of doing things
We care
We care
- Our clients, advisers and partners are at the heart of everything we do
- We support our people to be the best they can be
- We treat our clients, advisers, partners and each other with respect
- We ask for help and we offer support to one another
We make a difference
We make a difference
- We focus on delivering value for clients, advisers, partners and shareholders
- We are ambitious and constantly strive to be the best at what we do
- We innovate, learn from our actions and actively gather feedback to improve
- We develop our skills and nurture our relationships to ensure we remain relevant
Inclusive by design
We have built an ‘Inclusive by Design’ culture that inspires people to do their best work, build strong and valuable relationships, and enjoy themselves. We are committed to addressing diversity by being proactive.
As part of our commitment to our ‘Inclusive by Design’ philosophy, our recruitment process is designed to ensure we hire the right talent for the role, regardless of race, religion or belief, sexuality, age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
We encourage diverse representation through gender-balanced shortlists and interview panels, and welcome applications from candidates that want to work flexibly.
Inclusive by design
- Creates a formal obligation to optimise our inclusive culture and diversity ambitions through every process and every change that we make
- Aligns with our guiding principles of acting with honesty, fairness and clarity in everything we do
- Enhances our company’s reputation
- Fosters a more inclusive culture
- Holds senior managers accountable for increasing diversity in individual teams
Partnerships
We are driven by our ambition and passion to cultivate a diverse and equitable workplace at Brooks Macdonald, embracing an Inclusive by Design approach. Our commitment extends to fostering a more balanced and fair industry. To achieve these goals, we have partnered with several organisations, and you can learn more about each of these partnerships.
Women in Finance Charter
Women in Finance Charter
We are proud signatories to this commitment by HM Treasury to work together to build a more balanced and fair industry.
In September 2018, Brooks Macdonald signed up to the Women in Finance Charter. At that time, we had 23% female representation in senior roles, and in 2021 we set a revised target of 30% to be achieved by 2024. As of May 2024, 39% of senior roles were occupied by women and 41% of the total workforce was female.
Nevertheless, this success does not stop our ambitions to build on this target and we continue to focus on increasing our gender balance at all levels. We are committed to the advancement of women within financial services. We are ambitious and passionate about creating a diverse and equitable workplace at Brooks Macdonald which is Inclusive by Design.
LGBT Great
LGBT Great
We are proud to be a member of LGBT Great since 2019, showcasing our dedication to fostering inclusion and a sense of belonging for everyone. LGBT Great supports organisations in becoming genuinely inclusive, as the prosperity of your people leads to collective success.
Menopause Friendly UK
Menopause Friendly UK
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace for those experiencing menopause and are proud to have committed to being a menopause-friendly employer. We are also actively working towards achieving The Menopause Friendly Accreditation which supports menopause in the workplace across five key pillars:
- Culture
- Policies and Practices
- Training
- Engagement
- Working Environment
Benefits
We offer a broad range of benefits to support employees throughout their career, tailored to each individual’s needs.
Pensions and protection
Pensions and protection
- Competitive contributory employee pension
- Critical illness cover
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Discounted investment solutions
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
- Annual leave (30 days per annum, with the opportunity to carry-over up to five days and purchase up to three additional days)
- Employee assistance programme
- Private medical insurance
- Employee options for: Dental insurance, Health cash plan, Discounted health assessments, Partner/dependent insurance
Leisure and lifestyle
Leisure and lifestyle
- Family leave (maternity, shared parental leave and adoption pay – 26 weeks at 100% of base salary; paternity pay – 6 weeks at 100% of base salary)
- Green car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest-free season ticket loan
- Discounted gym and health club corporate memberships
- Professional subscriptions
Additional benefits
Additional benefits
- Hybrid working
- Volunteering day
- Sharesave scheme
- Personal development and wellness fund (£150 per year)
- Access to savings and discounts via Perkpal
Extra curricular
We facilitate a range of activities away from the day-to-day.
Charity Committee
Charity Committee
We're all about making a difference and doing the right thing. In fact, they're two of our guiding principles - developed by our people for our people and combine the best of who we are today with who we aspire to be. Our clients come first, but we also want to have a positive impact on our wider community.
The Charity Committee has been set up to focus our charitable efforts, to help us make a real difference to charities that have a clear link to our guiding principles. Following nominations and a vote across the Group, the current Brooks MacDonald's chosen charities are:
Mental Health First Aiders
Mental Health First Aiders
Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) England describes the role of a Mental Health First Aider in the workplace as “a point of contact for an employee who is experiencing a mental health issue or emotional distress”
Our team of Mental Health First Aiders provides an avenue for people who are struggling, and is available to colleagues who need someone to talk to in complete confidence.
Charity Committee
Charity Committee
We're all about being connected, not only with our clients, but with each other. We work hard, but there's value in making time to play hard too.
The Social Committee is in charge of organising and hosting events to help employees spend social time with colleagues.