Virtual Assistant for Financial Advisors
Run a tighter advisory firm without letting admin, follow-ups, and documentation steal your day. A Virtual Assistant (VA) trained for advisor workflows standardizes execution, protects your calendar, and keeps client operations organized in a compliance-aware way.
Your VA executes operational workflows under your direction. They do not provide investment advice, recommendations, or licensed services.
Offload admin while strengthening fiduciary documentation
Advisory firms do not need “more help.” They need repeatable processes that keep client service consistent and documentation complete. Your VA becomes the operational layer that maintains follow-up discipline, reduces errors, and improves the record trail that supports fiduciary standards.
What Is a Financial Virtual Assistant?
A virtual financial assistant is a professional who provides financial support and services to individuals or businesses remotely. With the right virtual solutions for advisors, including assistants who can manage a wide range of financial tasks: from forecasting, portfolio tracking, to client communications, without needing to be on-site.
Virtual financial assistants can help individuals and businesses with their financial needs without being present in the exact location. They can work from anywhere, using digital tools and software to manage financial information and provide timely, accurate financial support.
Operational Workflows a Financial VA Manages for RIAs and Planners
Client service and calendar control
Your VA orchestrates the moving parts that cause calendar drift and client frustration, so your week runs on rails.
- Schedules review meetings, discovery calls, annual check-ins, and reschedules.
- Triages inboxes, routes client requests, and drafts replies for your approval.
- Maintains reminder workflows for paperwork, signatures, and meeting prep
- Coordinates webinars, seminars, and client appreciation events
CRM hygiene and meeting prep
Your VA maintains CRM accuracy so follow-ups happen, notes are retrievable, and nothing slips during busy periods.
- Updates contact records, meeting notes, tasks, and follow-up sequences
- Builds meeting prep packs: agenda, prior notes, open action items, key dates
- Drafts post-meeting recap emails and converts decisions into tasks and deadlines
- Standardizes file naming, folders, and client document checklists
Compliance and documentation for RIAs and broker-dealers
Most “compliance problems” start as documentation problems. Your VA enforces audit-readiness by maintaining the books and records your firm relies on for review and supervision. They act as a documentation layer, ensuring client interactions and required disclosures are tracked in a consistent system.
Recordkeeping, audit readiness, and approvals
- Maintains client file completeness checklists and documentation standards
- Organizes signed forms, disclosures, meeting notes, and correspondence
- Reconciles outstanding items and escalates missing documentation
- Prepares retrieval paths and folder structures so audits do not become fire drills
Disclosure distribution and ongoing compliance hygiene
Your VA standardizes how required documents move through your client service workflow.
- Coordinates distribution and tracking for Form ADV Part 2 and Form CRS based on your internal process
- Maintains approval steps for client communications that require review
- Logs workflow completion inside your CRM for internal supervision
Streamline client onboarding with KYC and AML-friendly workflows
Onboarding is where firms lose time and introduce mistakes. Your VA manages the high-touch document collection process, moving prospects through the funnel without manual advisor intervention, while keeping onboarding steps traceable.
- Sends onboarding checklists and tracks completion status
- Coordinates secure document collection aligned with your process
- Manages e-signature requests and follows up on missing items
- Provisions portal access and provides basic “how-to” guidance
- Logs onboarding milestones in the CRM so the process is visible at a glance
Paraplanning lite and meeting readiness
Your VA can run paraplanning lite tasks that keep planning work moving, without crossing into advice or recommendations.
- Gathers required data for plan preparation and organizes inputs for your review.
- Prepares meeting materials, summaries, and action-item trackers
- Maintains client updates and documentation routines between reviews
Pipeline execution for advisory firms
You do not need more ideas. You need consistent execution. Your VA executes the repetitive outreach and follow-up tasks that fuel your pipeline, while you stay focused on client conversations and conversions.
- Builds prospect lists using tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator and logs activity in the CRM
- Maintains referral follow-up workflows and client thank-you sequences
- Coordinates webinars and events: invites, reminders, attendance tracking, follow-up sequences
- Produces newsletter execution: formatting, scheduling, list hygiene, and segmentation (with your approvals)
Tools your VA can work inside
Your VA operates inside the tools you already use and maintains clean handoffs between systems.
- CRMs: Wealthbox, Redtail, Salesforce, and similar
- Scheduling: Calendly, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook
- Docs: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365
- Cloud storage: SharePoint, Box, or Dropbox
- Project tracking: ClickUp, Asana, Trello
- Communication: Slack, Microsoft Teams
- Portfolio and planning support: Familiarity with ecosystems like eMoney, MoneyGuidePro, or Orion for data entry, report pulling, and meeting-ready exports (under your supervision and approvals)
Virtual Financial Advisor vs Virtual Financial Assistant
A Virtual Financial Assistant runs the operational engine: scheduling, CRM hygiene, documentation, onboarding logistics, and compliant marketing workflows under your approval process.
A Virtual Financial Advisor is a licensed professional responsible for advice, recommendations, and regulated services. This is a strategic distinction: a VA expands execution capacity, while you retain licensed decision-making and oversight.
How it works
Step 1: Define your workflows and outcomes
Tell us what you want your VA to own, your tools, your ideal hours, and the outcomes you care about (clean CRM, faster onboarding, better follow-up, stronger documentation).
Step 2: Match with a vetted VA
We shortlist candidates who are process-driven, detail-oriented, and experienced in admin-heavy roles that require discretion and consistency.
Step 3: Onboard with Financial SOPs and access controls
We help you implement Financial SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), permissions, and weekly check-ins so execution stays consistent, auditable, and easy to manage.
Frequently Asked Questions
A VA handles compliance support by maintaining documentation hygiene, enforcing checklists, and standardizing approval workflows. Compliance decisions and final sign-off remain the firm’s legal responsibility.
A VA works inside Wealthbox or Redtail to manage records, update tasks, log notes, and execute follow-up sequences, following defined permissions and firm standards.
A VA communicates with clients for scheduling, reminders, and basic service requests. Sensitive matters get escalated to the advisor using pre-set rules.
A VA supports the onboarding of high-net-worth clients by collecting documents, tracking missing items, managing signatures, and updating CRM progress.
Initial VA delegation tasks include scheduling, inbox triage, CRM updates, meeting preparation, and post-meeting follow-ups. These tasks produce immediate time savings and improve operational consistency.