Financial Checklist
Table of Contents
Before the meeting with a financial advisor
Decide what you hope to accomplish financially within the next year or two.
Ask yourself how confident do you feel about where you are today.
Ask yourself how confident do you feel about reaching your financial goals for the future.
Think what level of risk you are most comfortable with.
Decide how involved you want to be in investment decision-making.
Think what are your top areas of financial concern today.
Decide what do you most look forward to doing in the future.
Prepare a list of any other questions you have regarding your current financial situation.
Prepare supporting documents for accounts or areas of your financial picture that you feel deserve immediate attention.
Prepare a list of future dreams and financial goals you would like to achieve
Your first meeting
Listen to the advisor carefully as to be able to tailor a financial plan that meets your specific needs.
Discuss with the advisor an approach to creating a financial plan.
Review the details of the planning process and find out how a financial plan could help you reach your goals.
Discuss the investment options.
Discuss the type of financial service relationship that would best suit your needs.
Discuss the fee structure.
After the meeting
Evaluate information and discuss your priorities.
Review the financial plan.
During each follow-up financial plan meeting with your advisor review your plan and your progress and make adjustments as needed.
Keep the advisor up-to-date on anything that might affect your plan.
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Presented by:
John F. Smith
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Introduction
Who it's for
This Financial Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Financial steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Financial workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
- Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
- Onboard faster - use the Financial checklist as the SOP and training guide
- Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth
How to use it
How to use this Financial Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Financial comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.