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Virtual assistant for financial advisers

The one-time recruitment fee is USD 2,795 (USD 350 deposit + USD 2,445 on hire). There is no ongoing recruitment markup. The six-month guarantee is a replacement search, not a refund.

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A bookkeeper reviewing figures with a calculator and notebook on the desk.

The fee

USD 2,795

Charged once. No monthly markup on the wage.

The shortlist

21 days

The target from an agreed brief to three finalists.

The guarantee

6 months

Another search if it does not work out. Not a refund.

The work

Tasks this hire takes

A virtual assistant for financial advisers prepares files, diaries reviews and chases paperwork.

The adviser still gives the advice and signs the SOA.

Two jobs shape a normal week for financial advisers: Book annual reviews in the practice diary, and chase signed authorities and missing facts. Firms hire for that rhythm, not for an empty inbox.

  • Book annual reviews in the practice diary

  • Chase signed authorities and missing facts

  • Update Xplan or AdviserLogic from the adviser notes

  • Prep the meeting pack the adviser will use

  • File the signed SOA back to the client record

Book annual reviews in the practice diary. For financial advisers, that work sits beside Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic. The principal still makes the call above it.

Chase signed authorities and missing facts. Ask each finalist for financial advisers when they last did this, and whether they did it in Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic.

The brief for financial advisers should treat this as a standing job: update Xplan or AdviserLogic from the adviser notes. Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic is where the office checks it.

Prep the meeting pack the adviser will use. If the hire has not used Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic, the first month for financial advisers includes learning it, and the principal still reviews the output.

File the signed SOA back to the client record. For financial advisers, write down what done looks like, and who is told when it is finished.

Day one

Software in the brief

Name Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic in the brief for financial advisers when the hire will use it in the first week.

Say whether The practice diary and review cycle is required on day one for financial advisers, or taught after the start.

A short task in A document checklist the paraplanner owns can be part of the interview for financial advisers, if you want to see the work.

You grant access to Xero for the practice invoice, not the client portfolio. For financial advisers, the hire should have that login before week two.

  • Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic

  • The practice diary and review cycle

  • A document checklist the paraplanner owns

  • Xero for the practice invoice, not the client portfolio

The line

Compliance boundary

The hire does not give financial advice or alter a recommendation.

For financial advisers, the interview repeats the boundary above. The hire should be able to say what they will not decide.

Who we introduce

Roles we place

We place an admin assistant and a paraplanning assistant when you ask for that brief.

Three people are introduced for financial advisers. You interview them, and you choose the one who starts.

Pricing

The recruitment fee is USD 2,795, charged once.

USD 350 opens the search. USD 2,445 is due when you select someone.

A monthly markup is a different model. We do not add one.

Charged once

USD 2,795

You pay the person you select directly after that.

Deposit to open the search
USD 350
Balance when you select someone
USD 2,445

USD 350 deposit + USD 2,445 on hire. A monthly markup is a different model.

Guarantee

Six months

If the person you select leaves within six months, we search again.

That second search is not a refund.

What the replacement guarantee covers

How a search works

Process

  1. 01

    Agree the brief

    Agree the tasks, tools and hours

  2. 02

    Search

    We search and assess candidates

  3. 03

    Shortlist

    About 21 days to three finalists is a target

  4. 04

    You choose

    You interview them and you choose

Book a free call when the financial advisers brief is ready to open.

The first 90 days

  1. 01

    Days 1 to 30 for financial advisers are for learning Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic and the way the office already hands work across.

  2. 02

    By day 60 this should be routine for financial advisers: Update Xplan or AdviserLogic from the adviser notes.

  3. 03

    The day-90 review asks one question for financial advisers: is “File the signed SOA back to the client record” happening without you chasing it?

What we ask before we search

  • On the call for financial advisers, we ask who does this today: book annual reviews in the practice diary.
  • We ask which of these the hire for financial advisers must open on day one: Xplan, Midwinter or AdviserLogic, The practice diary and review cycle, A document checklist the paraplanner owns.
  • For financial advisers, we ask you to say the line a new starter must not cross.

Shared hours are written into the brief for financial advisers before anyone is approached.

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FAQ

Post-Hire Support

We set you up to manage them.

Never managed a remote hire before? We set you up with the tools to manage them: remote time tracking, a business call line with SMS, communication and messaging tools, payments, and onboarding guidance for the first 30, 60 and 90 days.

We guide you through the legal side of hiring offshore (contracts, contractor setup and paying them properly) and keep it simple.

This is general guidance, not a substitute for your own legal or tax adviser.

See Post-Hire Support
  • Onboarding guidance for the first 30, 60 and 90 days
  • Communication tools and response expectations
  • Meeting cadence and management frameworks
  • KPI and performance guidance tailored to the role
  • SOP guidance so knowledge doesn't live in your head
  • Recommended tools for phone, payments, time tracking and messaging
  • Best practices for remote and offshore team management
  • Legal and compliance guide for engaging offshore team members

When you're ready

Send the role. Then pick a time.

A name, a number and the work you want to move. We'll use it to prepare the call.

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