Job Description
This is a remote position.
You will be engaged to provide high-calibre executive and operational administrative support to an established financial planner. Availability: approximately 2 hours per day.
The primary objective of the role is to maintain seamless day-to-day business operations by managing inbound communications, coordinating complex diary commitments, processing client billings accurately via Xero, and executing continuous workflow optimisations.
Contract Term
- Initial engagement: Approximately 2 hours per day
- Work arrangement: Remote
- Schedule: Daily, aligned with operational priorities and agreed business requirements
Scope of Services
Email Management & Triage
- Oversee and triage daily inbound email communications.
- Respond to routine client queries promptly and professionally.
- Identify, prioritise, and elevate critical client matters to the financial planner.
- Maintain a structured, organised, and decluttered inbox environment.
Calendar & Diary Coordination
- Coordinate diary scheduling to secure and confirm client appointments.
- Manage appointment bookings to prevent scheduling conflicts.
- Maintain a well-structured calendar aligned with business priorities.
Invoicing & Billing Administration
- Generate and dispatch accurate client invoices utilising Xero.
- Monitor billing workflows to ensure billing records remain up to date.
- Maintain basic billing hygiene within the practice accounting system.
- Conduct professional virtual liaison with clients via email correspondence.
- Maintain high standards of customer care and professional communication suitable for a financial planning practice.
- Manage day-to-day email communications with discretion and confidentiality.
Process Optimisation & Operational Efficiency
- Take the initiative to identify bottlenecks across recurring administrative activities.
- Develop and recommend efficient work processes to streamline daily support operations.
- Implement practical administrative improvements to support productivity.
- Daily triage and resolution of routine inbox communications.
- Continuous management and updating of the financial planner’s schedule and appointment bookings.
- Accurate, timely production and transmission of client invoices in Xero.
- Professional, timely virtual correspondence with clients.
- Documented administrative process improvements implemented as identified.
Requirements
Required Skills & Experience
- Hands-on proficiency with Xero for invoicing and billing.
- Strong technological proficiency with digital workplace and administrative tools.
- Proven initiative and capability to develop efficient administrative workflows independently.
- Exceptional written English communication skills suitable for executive client correspondence.
- Ability to work autonomously and manage daily commitments within an independent contractor capacity.
- Availability to commit to approximately 2 hours per day.