Bringing the big corporate best practices to the SME market
All successful Corporates bar none have the same characteristics; a good leader with a clear strategy that can be easily broken down into clear business Goals and Objectives, all of which is underpinned by strong financial management. Its these tools and best practices that we intend bringing to the SME market at AFFORDABLE rates and the reason why we have added CFO services to our suite of products. For more information please see our CFO Services.
Why Focused Books?
Focused books is managed by Anish Shah, Certified Practising Accountant with over 20 years of experience as Financial & Tax accountant. With experience across multiple industries, Anish has worked with a wide range of businesses, from startups to large corporations, providing expert advice and guidance on accounting, tax compliance, and strategic business management. Anish has the reputation, understanding and the creditability you can trust.
We are an accounting team that understands the importance of integrity and accuracy in bookkeeping.
Our team of qualified bookkeepers have an enormous amount of combined experience helping clients face and manage the challenges of running a small business in our uniquely Australian business conditions. We are experienced, qualified bookkeepers with at least a Certificate IV or more in qualifications and all are fully certified in the relevant accounting packages used.
This team is supported by experienced Managers and Qualified Accountants with more than 30 years experience to ensure no question or problem is left unsolved. Having qualified Accountants within our team, means that we understand your accountant’s requirements and ensure your books are “Accountant Ready” at all times. This will save time and reduce the accountant fees, going forward.
We support and work with over 150 small to medium businesses and currently have two ‘working hubs’ where we support our clients:
Adelaide
Canberra
Over the years, our team have been an integral part of our many client’s success. We use our experience and skills across your particular industry to ‘get things done’ quickly and correctly.
We pride ourselves on our customer service and problem-solving skills and make a delivery/response promise that no email or telephone call will take longer than 24 hours to be answered.
Highly skilled and qualified team
Our team are experienced, qualified bookkeepers with at least a Certificate IV or more in qualifications and all are fully certified in the relevant accounting packages used. This team is supported by experienced Managers and Qualified Accountants with more than 30 years’ experience to ensure no question or problem is unresolved or solved.
We pride ourselves on our customer service and problem-solving skills and make a delivery/response promise that no email or telephone call will take longer than 24 hours to be answered.
Having qualified Accountants within our team, means that we understand your accountant’s requirements and ensure your books are “Accountant Ready” at all times. This will save time and reduce the accountant fees, going forward.
Cloud Specialists
90% of our clients are using an accounting package that is hosted within the Cloud. This means we can generate operational efficiencies, save valuable travel time to and from your premises and ensure we always provide secure storage of your information.
We have expertise in all the major online accounting packages in the marketplace; the majority of our clients have opted to use either Xero or MYOB, but we have experience in all packages
Scalable
Our structure is built around, having the right person working on your business. The person that has the correct experience in your industry to provide you with value for service. We also have a large team, ensuring we can scale up or down very quickly depending upon your short term and longer-term requirements.
Small & Medium Business Focus (SME)
We focus only on Small to Medium size Enterprises and feel the SME’s are the lifeblood of progress and innovation within the Australian economy
We have expertise and experience across a multitude of industries that include (but not limited too)
- Medical Services; Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Remedial Gyms,
- Construction and Building
- Hospitality; Bars, Cafes, Restaurants
- Retail Outlets
- Churches and Charities
Summary of our services
- Accurate BAS preparation and expert handling of related ATO matters
- Cloud computing as well as traditional onsite and offsite bookkeeping
- Training on financial software
- Payroll services and access to HR advice
- Software solutions suitable for your business
- 10+ years of experience with small businesses in Australia
Bookkeeping Training
Our bookkeepers make bookkeeping for small business easy. We offer bookkeeping training for business-owners who want to use bookkeeping software themselves. We simply can manage the BAS for you.
“By Failing to Prepare, you are Preparing to Fail”
A great quote from the great Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the US. This has really resonated with me over the years, for the successful diverse businesses I've been lucky enough to be a part of. We all shared a common DNA flowing through our business veins. It's these best practice Corporate tools we want to bring to the SME market.
- We all plan for the short, medium and long term. We understand where the company needs to be throughout its evolution.
- We set divisional, departmental and individual targets on the back of this planning.
- We ensure we have visibility of its key success drives and monitor these very closely throughout the journey.
- We understand the importance of making the right commercial decisions around the “HOW”, “WHERE”, “WHAT” and “WHEN” questions.
Get In Touch
Don’t hesitate to contact us for additional info
Our team of qualified bookkeepers have an enormous amount of combined experience helping clients face and manage the challenges of running a small business in our uniquely Australian business conditions. We are experienced, qualified bookkeepers with at least a Certificate IV or more in qualifications and all are fully certified in the relevant accounting packages used.
This team is supported by experienced Managers and Qualified Accountants with more than 20 years experience to ensure no question or problem is left unsolved. Having qualified Accountants within our team, means that we understand your accountant’s requirements and ensure your books are “Accountant Ready” at all times. This will save time and reduce the accountant fees, going forward.