Grad advice for career in financial planning

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I want to be a Financial Planner, will be graduating at the end of this year with an accredited degree.

I have 2 job offers but am unable to pick which would be better for my career progression.

Company A - Job Role: Financial Planning Graduate

Small firm - 1 x Managing Director (CFP), 1 x Financial Adviser, (No para planners), 1 x Client Services Officer and 6 x Accountants.

Responsibilities:
Document preparation and management along with general daily administration

Assisting with the Implementation of SOA's

Preparation of Records of Advice and Client Reviews

Working closely with financial advisers to prepare Statements of Advice (SOAs)

Company B - Job Role: Client Services Officer - They did say depending on how I go, career progression available to para planner and so on.

Small-Mid Sized Firm - 2 x Financial Advisers, 1 x Practice Manager (CFP), 1 x Operations Manager, 2 x Paraplanners, 2 x Client Services Officer.

Responsibilities:
Meet and Greet

Correspondence in and out

Phone Calls

Sort and scan existing files

Keep company database up to date

Researching Insurance products

Preparing Comparison of Financial/Insurance products for paraplanning team

Producing reports of findings & results of analysis

I’m just a bit unsure as to which one would be the best one to start my career off with. Would really appreciate any feedback. Thank you!

Edit: Accepted job at Company A. Thank you very much!
 

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