AI Consulting

AI Consulting for Financial Planning

Financial Planning businesses deal with collecting and organising client financial documents. AI Consulting fixes that. We build custom ai consulting solutions for financial planning professionals, starting from $500/hour. Practical AI consulting from someone who builds AI products every day. We help professional services firms and SMEs figure out where AI fits, what to prioritise, and how to implement it without wasting money on the wrong tools.

74%

of companies using AI have yet to achieve tangible value from their investment

Deloitte State of Generative AI, 2026

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 AI Consulting 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: honest assessment of what AI can and cannot do for your specific business. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

2. Generating compliant Statements of Advice. Our approach: starts with a hands-on discovery workshop, not a questionnaire. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

3. Tracking review meeting schedules across client portfolios. Our approach: advice from someone who builds AI products daily, not just advises on them. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

4. Maintaining records for ASIC compliance and audits. Our approach: honest assessment of what AI can and cannot do for your specific business. This directly addresses the way financial planning professionals actually work.

AI Consulting 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 1 day to ongoing. 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

How do you incorporate user feedback when building AI Consulting for Financial Planning?

We build in short cycles and show you progress regularly. Your Financial Planning team gets to test features as they are built and give feedback that shapes the next round. This way the final product reflects how people actually work.

Can we start with a pilot version of AI Consulting for our Financial Planning business?

That is exactly how we recommend starting. Build a focused pilot, test it with real users, and expand from there. This approach saves money and ensures you are building something that actually works for your Financial Planning team.

Does AI Consulting include reporting for my Financial Planning business?

Yes. We can build dashboards and reports tailored to the metrics that matter in Financial Planning. Whether you need daily summaries, monthly trends, or real-time data, we will set it up so you always know how things are going.

How customised is AI Consulting for Financial Planning businesses?

Completely. Unlike generic software, we build AI Consulting around how your Financial Planning business actually works. Every feature, workflow, and screen is designed for your specific needs.

Will there be downtime when rolling out AI Consulting in my Financial Planning business?

No. We plan rollouts carefully to avoid disrupting your Financial Planning operations. New systems run alongside existing ones during the transition, so there is no downtime for your team or customers.

What is a fractional AI officer?

It is like having a Chief AI Officer on your team part-time. You get senior AI expertise for a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. Typically this means a monthly retainer of two to five thousand dollars that covers workflow audits, tool recommendations, team training sessions, implementation support, and strategic guidance on your AI roadmap. No long-term contract required.

What is the minimum engagement?

A single one-hour strategy call is 500 dollars. Most clients find the best value in a half-day discovery workshop followed by a written roadmap. For ongoing advisory, we offer monthly retainers starting at two thousand dollars per month. There are no long-term contracts required.

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