My wife and I are both accountants. We have two children, one of them is a child with special needs. I’ve always known the importance of getting our family’s financial planning done, but never quite came around to it due to our busy schedule.
We were lucky to have met Pauline, our Financial Planner. She was interested in finding out our goals and how she could help us to achieve them. After taking the time to understand us, she helped us in assessing where we are now and what actions we need to do in order to achieve our goals. She helped us to come up with our financial plan.
I’m very happy that we engaged Pauline for her services. Truth be told, it is actually a tedious process to get the plan done. It requires perseverance and knowing how to go through each of the steps. Luckily, with Pauline’s help, she guided us through it and gave us the options and suggestions which helped us a lot during our financial planning journey.
Once we have completed our financial plan, we now know our financial standing, and what our spending is like. When we first saw our cash flow, we were surprised that we have been running a deficit. Within a month, Pauline helped us to identify the key areas which can be improved.
Through financial planning, we also realized that some of our insurance plans did not match with our family’s needs. Pauline was non-biased and was very objective in her advice to us. She helped us to streamline and optimize our current policies to meet our objectives. With this, we are able to save a substantial amount of money on insurance premiums alone.
Pauline also helped us with our estate planning. We initially had our Wills and Trust drawn up. After reviewing it, we realized there were many areas that were left hanging and no longer matched our needs. Pauline highlighted the areas which we never considered before and it was extremely helpful for my wife and me to consider restructuring our Will and Trust.
This was especially true for our special needs child. This area has always been a major concern for us as we want to ensure that both our children are taken care of, in the event something happens to us.
I’m glad we did our financial plan with Pauline. Once you are her client, she puts your interest first and lets you know the best way to manage your finances even if it means she’s not going to get anything out of the recommendation.
This is what I call “professional” and doing her business with “passion” and “from the heart”. She is also very detailed and tactful on how best to resolve the issues by giving us options for us to consider.
The best thing about getting my family’s financial planning, is that me and my wife are clear on what our needs are and how much we need to save to achieve our goals. We no longer need to second guess like before. After going through this process, I feel that having a financial plan is very important. Especially if you have a family to take care of, or if you are unsure whether you are saving enough for the future.
About the Author
Pauline Teoh loves to coach busy professionals to achieve their financial independence. She is a Licensed Financial Planner, Childpreneur Coach and is an expert in Risk Management, Investment Planning and Estate Planning
