A virtual financial advisor helps clients choose investments and develop short- and long-term financial planning strategies. In this role, you typically do not meet your clients in person; you communicate with clients through phone calls, emails, video conferences, and chat applications. The job duties of a financial advisor include assessing your clients' current financial condition by reviewing their assets, investments, and other financial decisions they have made, such as retirement plans and life insurance policies. Once you have evaluated their finances, you determine an investment and budgeting plan to meet your client's financial goals. The plan may include a regular savings deposit to increase their emergency funds, opening college accounts for children, or investing in retirement plans.