Free Financial Planning Checklist Template
A financial planning checklist covers intake, discovery, analysis, plan delivery, implementation, and ongoing review so the work stays ordered and nothing gets missed.
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A financial plan can look tidy until taxes, pension rules, or a bad year in markets hit, and then the hard part is proving the numbers can take it. This Financial Planning Checklist runs the work as a project, moving from first intake through review without turning the process into a sales pitch.
The board holds six columns, and each one carries the cards that get a plan from questions to decisions. Space Grotesk headings sit on a violet-blue base with yellow‑olive accents, so the work reads like a ledger instead of a brochure, and the handoff stays clear when somebody asks “what do we actually have now, and what changes first?”.
- Client intake Cards cover engagement terms and invoicing, plus the data request checklist you’ll send out before discovery starts.
- Discovery and data Cards map cashflow and budget, collect pension and scheme details, and run risk profile and capacity assessment.
- Analysis and modelling Cards calculate retirement projections, audit the portfolio and tax position, and run scenario stress tests before any plan gets drafted.
- Plan delivery Cards take you through drafting the plan, preparing the meeting agenda, and recording decisions made in the plan meeting.
- Implement and set up Cards cover priorities and timetable, account changes and transfers, insurance adjustments, and tax planning changes.
In Plutio, you assign the tasks to whoever’s doing the work, then add your own dates because the board keeps sequence, not a calendar. The cards stay in one place from data request through stress tests and rebalancing, so plan reviews don’t restart from a blank page.
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What is on this board
6 columns carrying 18 cards. Adding it builds the whole thing as a project in your workspace, with every column and card in place.
| Column | What is in it |
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Client intake | Intake cards confirm engagement terms and invoicing, then cover the data request checklist you’ll send before discovery starts.
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Discovery and data | Discovery cards map cashflow and budget, collect pension and employment scheme data, and run risk profile and capacity checks.
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Analysis and modelling | Modelling cards calculate pension gaps and projections, audit the investment portfolio and tax position, and run stress tests.
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Plan delivery | Delivery cards cover drafting the plan document, preparing meeting materials, and recording decisions made in the meeting.
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Implement and set up | Implementation cards agree priorities and timetable, coordinate transfers and account changes, adjust insurance cover, and make tax planning changes.
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Review and monitoring | Review cards set up reporting and billing, schedule regular reviews, and track monitoring and rebalancing as agreed.
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What happens when you install it
- A project is created with its board, 6 columns and 18 cards already there.
- Nothing carries a due date, because a board holds the order the work runs in rather than a calendar. The dates go on once you know when the job starts.
- Every card opens as a task with its own description, assignee, dates, subtasks and files, and columns are renamed, reordered or deleted like any other.
Who it is for
Financial planners, retirement planning advisers, investment advisory teams, and estate planning firms that need a repeatable workflow from intake through ongoing reviews.
Questions about this project template
What goes in a financial planning checklist?
A financial planning checklist covers intake, data gathering, analysis and modelling, plan delivery, implementation steps, and ongoing review. This board also includes cards for risk and capacity assessment, stress testing, and rebalancing follow-through.
How do you structure the steps of a financial plan?
A plan usually moves from client intake to discovery, then analysis and modelling before the plan meeting happens. After decisions get recorded, implementation and ongoing monitoring keep the work from stopping at the document.
What information do you need to collect before building a financial plan?
Core inputs include cashflow and budget details, pension and employment scheme data, and what’s currently held across accounts and policies. This checklist puts those requests into the Discovery and data column so collection happens before modelling.
How do you test a financial plan for a market drop?
Scenario stress tests check how projections change under worse market conditions and other shocks. This checklist includes stress-testing as part of Analysis and modelling, before the plan gets delivered.
How do you keep implementation from getting stuck after the plan meeting?
Implementation usually needs a clear priority order, a timetable, and specific transfer, account, insurance, and tax tasks assigned to someone. This checklist keeps those steps in Implement and set up so decisions turn into actions.
Is a checklist enough for retirement planning work?
A checklist won’t replace professional judgement, but it does keep the workflow consistent from pension gap calculations through review meetings. This board covers retirement projections, implementation follow-through, and monitoring so the work stays traceable.
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