Automation

Business Process Automation for Financial Planning

Financial Planning businesses deal with collecting and organising client financial documents. Business Process Automation fixes that. We build custom automation solutions for financial planning professionals - fixed-price quotes, no hourly billing. We take the processes your team does by hand - enquiries, quoting, invoicing, reporting, data entry between systems - and make them run themselves. Built for teams of 2 to 200, owned by you, with no ongoing retainer required.

30%

of hours worked globally could be automated with current technology

McKinsey Global Institute

12 hours

per week spent on compliance documentation by Australian financial planners

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2024

Financial planners are buried in compliance documentation. Automating the repetitive parts of SOAs and ROAs gives advisers back hours every week to actually advise their clients.

Callum Holt, Founder, 13Labs

Last updated: 2026-03-19

Financial Planning Challenges That Automation Solves

Financial advisers, wealth managers, and retirement planning specialists. These are the specific problems we see financial planning businesses bring to us:

1. Collecting and organising client financial documents. Our approach: connects the tools you already use - no rip and replace. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

2. Generating compliant Statements of Advice. Our approach: reclaim 10 to 20 hours per week of repetitive manual work. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

3. Tracking review meeting schedules across client portfolios. Our approach: no mandatory retainer - own it, or have us train your team to run it. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

4. Maintaining records for ASIC compliance and audits. Our approach: connects the tools you already use - no rip and replace. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

Business Process Automation Solutions for Financial Planning

Based on the challenges above, here are the applications we recommend for financial planning businesses:

Document Management: Secure client document upload and organisation. Learn how to build a document management.

Customer Portal: Portfolio overview and meeting scheduler. Learn how to build a customer portal.

Task Manager: Advice register and regulatory deadline tracking. Learn how to build a task manager.

Each of these can be customised to your specific financial planning workflows. We scope the exact features you need during a free consultation.

What Financial Planning Businesses Can Expect

We measure success by real business outcomes, not feature lists. For financial planning businesses, the key metrics are:

Funds under advice: We set up tracking from day one so you can see the impact in real numbers.

Client retention rate: We set up tracking from day one so you can see the impact in real numbers.

Review meeting compliance: We set up tracking from day one so you can see the impact in real numbers.

Tech adoption in financial planning is at the medium level. About half of financial planning businesses now use some form of digital tools. But most are using off-the-shelf products that only partially fit. Custom software built around your actual workflows is the next step.

Typical investment: $1500-4000. Most financial planning clients see measurable ROI within the first month.

How We Work with Financial Planning Clients

Discovery. You tell us about your financial planning business: what is working, what is not, and what you wish you had. We ask about your current tools, team size, and daily workflows.

Scoping and quote. We define exactly what we will build and send you a fixed-price quote. No hourly rates. For financial planning projects, this usually falls within $1500-4000.

Build. We build your solution, typically within 2-4 weeks. You talk directly to our founder and lead engineer. No project managers or middlemen.

Launch and handover. We deploy, walk your team through everything, and provide ongoing support. You own all the code and data.

Financial Planning in Melbourne

Strong financial services sector with many independent advisers in CBD, South Melbourne, and affluent eastern suburbs

We have worked with financial planning businesses across Melbourne's inner suburbs, outer suburbs, and regional Victoria. Whether you are based in the CBD, Fitzroy, or Geelong, we can meet in person or work remotely.

At a Glance

ChallengeSolutionExpected Outcome
Collecting and organising client financial documentsDocument Management: Secure client document upload and organisationFunds under advice
Generating compliant Statements of AdviceCustomer Portal: Portfolio overview and meeting schedulerClient retention rate
Tracking review meeting schedules across client portfoliosTask Manager: Advice register and regulatory deadline trackingReview meeting compliance
Maintaining records for ASIC compliance and auditsDocument Management: Secure client document upload and organisationFunds under advice

Frequently Asked Questions

What features should a Automation have for Financial Planning?

The features depend on your specific needs, but for Financial Planning businesses we typically recommend starting with the essentials and adding from there. We will help you prioritise what matters most during the scoping process.

What is the process for getting Automation built for my Financial Planning business?

It starts with a free consultation where we learn about your Financial Planning business and what you need. From there, we scope the project, agree on a price, and start building. You will see progress throughout and can give feedback at every stage.

Do you have experience building Automation for Financial Planning?

Yes. We have worked with Financial Planning businesses to build Automation solutions that fit their specific workflows. Every industry has its quirks, and we take time to understand yours before we start building.

How long does Business Process Automation take for a Financial Planning business?

Most Business Process Automation projects for Financial Planning businesses take 2-4 weeks. Simpler builds can be faster. We will give you an honest timeline in your free consultation based on exactly what you need.

How much does Business Process Automation cost for Financial Planning businesses?

For Financial Planning businesses, every Business Process Automation project is scoped individually and quoted at a fixed price before work begins. We offer a free consultation to understand your requirements and provide a clear quote with no surprises.

Do we need to be a big company for this to be worth it?

No - the opposite. Small teams feel manual work hardest because every hour matters. If a process eats more staff time each month than the automation would cost over its first few months, it is worth automating. That maths often works for businesses with as few as two or three staff.

What happens if an automation breaks?

Every workflow we ship includes error handling and monitoring, so failures alert someone rather than silently dropping work. During the support period we fix issues directly. After handover, your documentation covers the common failure modes - or your team can be trained to maintain workflows themselves through buildAutomation.

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