Boardly Bookkeeping

Decision-ready books,
numbers you can trust.

You didn't start your business to crunch the numbers.
We built ours to do exactly that.

  • Get out of the books. We run your bookkeeping, payroll and bills.
  • Know where you stand within 7 business days of every month-end.
  • Straight answers to the big questions: can I afford to hire, and will cash hold?

Trusted partners

  • Australian Bookkeepers AssociationMember of the Australian Bookkeepers Association
  • Xero
  • Employment Hero Partner

Sound familiar?

The books are getting done.
They're just never ready when you need them.

“My books are always behind.”
“I can't get a straight answer on whether I can afford to hire, take the job, or even pay myself.”
“I'm flying blind on cash flow.”
“I'm exposed on compliance I don't fully understand.”
“I've had a bookkeeper before. It didn't fix the problem.”

It isn't you. BAS, payroll and super rules keep growing and swallow whatever time there is, so the books slip. Books that are behind can't tell you anything useful, so you stay the only one who understands the numbers, stuck working in the business instead of on it.

What we believe

You shouldn't need a full executive team
to get boardroom-ready numbers

Most owners we meet make the big decisions on their own. No board, no CFO, and books that are a month or three behind. Big companies have a finance team to tell them where they stand. We think you should too, so that's what we do: keep your books current and accurate, then tell you plainly what they're saying.

Our promise

Decision-ready books
Books that are done aren't the same as books you can decide on.

Ours are reconciled and closed within 7 business days of every month-end. We call it our Decision-Ready Standard.

01

Clarity

Books you can trust, every month

Hand us the backlog, the mess and the part you dread. It's the part we love. Every month you get back books that are current, reconciled and clear enough to decide on.

  • Bookkeeping
  • Payroll
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • BAS lodgement
An illustrative September calendar: bookkeeping, payroll, BAS lodgement, and bills and invoices each done in their week, month-end on the 30th, then the month closed on business day 5 of 7. Decision-Ready Standard met, books current to 30 September, with Bek, pictured.
02

Boardly Intel

Understand what your numbers are telling you

Reports tell you what happened. Each month we tell you what it means: what's driving your cash, what's changed, and what to watch next.

An illustrative September Resilience Intel page: stock on hand is 87 days, 27 days over the 60-day target. What it means: $19,207 of cash sitting on your shelves. Next steps: bring stock back to 60 days, release up to $19,207, and follow up at the October Decision Tracking review with Bek, pictured.
03

Decision-Ready.

Make brave, smart decisions in time for it to matter

  • When to time the big equipment purchase.
  • Which part of the business to grow, and how much to reinvest.
  • Whether you can afford to grow the team.
  • Which services are the most profitable to focus on.
An illustrative September Decision Tracking page on books closed and current, with the Decision-Ready Standard met: the next key hire is affordable from February, grow your most profitable service line, and buy the new equipment next quarter from cash on hand. Each decision is checked again with Bek, pictured, at October Decision Tracking.

How we work

Nothing starts until you've seen
the whole plan.

Four steps, from a first conversation to books you can trust, and a plan that grows with you. And if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you on the first call.

A small business owner smiling and waving on a relaxed video call at her desk
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Decision-Ready Assessment

It starts with a discovery call. Then we look at your books, cash flow and records, and give you a straight answer on where your books stand, with our recommendation and a quote.

Free · Decision-Ready Report

A bookkeeper checking a receipt against the books on her laptop
2

Groundwork

We set up your systems and bring your books to a reconciled starting point. Fixed scope, fixed price and a finish line: your plan starts with clean books.

Fixed scope · fixed price

A business owner in his office reading through his monthly report
3

Your plan

Decision-ready books month after month, and business insights at the level your business needs.

One fixed monthly fee

Two people reviewing the numbers together at a table
4

Re-assessment

Each quarter we check your plan still fits the work your business needs. As you grow, we suggest changes to your plan that match, so the work we do and the intel we provide you is always the best fit.

As your business grows

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Find out where your books really stand.

Book a discovery call. It’s the first step of our free Decision-Ready Assessment, and you’ll come away with a straight answer on your numbers and what it would take to make them decision-ready. The booking page will set out more detail of the process and what to expect while you’re on the call.

Book a discovery call