Financial Advisor Reference Verification Form

Professional Reference Verification for Financial Advisors

When hiring financial advisors for your wealth management firm, thorough reference checks are essential to ensure you're bringing on qualified professionals who can serve your clients with integrity and expertise. This Financial Advisor Reference Verification Form streamlines the process of gathering detailed insights from previous employers, supervisors, and professional references.

Why Use This Template?

Wealth management firms, investment advisory companies, and financial planning practices need to verify more than just credentials—they need to understand an advisor's track record with client relationships, compliance adherence, and investment performance. This template helps you systematically collect critical information including:

• Professional history and role verification
• Client relationship management capabilities
• Compliance and regulatory history
• Investment performance and portfolio management skills
• Communication style and team collaboration
• Areas of specialization and expertise

Built for Financial Services Professionals

Whether you're a hiring manager at a registered investment advisor (RIA) firm, a partner at a wealth management practice, or an HR specialist in financial services, this form provides the structure you need to conduct thorough due diligence. The questions are designed specifically for the financial advisory context, addressing industry-specific concerns like fiduciary responsibility, AUM management, and client retention.

Streamline Your Hiring Process with Paperform

This template takes advantage of Paperform's professional design capabilities to create a form that inspires confidence and encourages detailed responses. Conditional logic reveals follow-up questions based on initial answers, ensuring you gather comprehensive information without overwhelming referees. You can customize the form to match your firm's branding, embed it on your careers page, or send it via email directly to references.

After submission, connect your form to Stepper to automatically route reference responses to hiring managers, compile data across multiple references, and trigger next steps in your recruitment workflow—all without manual data entry. For firms requiring documented verification records, integrate with Papersign to collect formal signatures on reference attestations.

Trusted by wealth management firms, RIA practices, and financial advisory companies to conduct compliant, comprehensive reference verification that protects clients and strengthens teams.