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For a childcare, bookkeeping is not paperwork for its own sake.

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Childcare — Bookkeeper

A senior bookkeeper for childcare

For a childcare, bookkeeping is not paperwork for its own sake. The books here cover tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group. It is the record that tells the owner what each job, product, or client actually earned, and what tax and payroll obligations are coming.

The pain is specific: enrolment paperwork, waitlists, and parent messages eat the hours meant for the children. Books fall behind during busy periods, and catching up costs more than keeping up ever would.

A sensible first engagement is a books review and cleanup, followed by a monthly close routine: categorisation, reconciliation, and a short report the owner can read. If the first close lands cleanly, the rhythm continues.

Day to day, enrolment paperwork, waitlists, and parent messages eat the hours meant for the children. The business sells daycare, nursery, and after-school care. The chart has to cover tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group.

What you get

What this engagement covers for childcare

Chart of accounts and categorisation — Categorisation follows a chart designed for the business: tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group. New or unusual transactions are flagged rather than forced into the nearest category.
Invoicing and receivables — Receivables are managed actively: monthly fee invoices with sibling discounts and late-payment follow-ups. Invoices go out on time, ageing is reviewed monthly, and follow-ups happen before a small delay becomes a bad debt.
Payables and expenses — Expenses are recorded when they happen, with receipts attached and categories applied, so supplier bills and card spending reconcile instead of surprising.
Payroll and contractor pay — Payroll follows the business's real staffing pattern: educators on salary or hourly rosters, with ratio cover for absences. Hours, overtime, and contractor payments are recorded in the same routine as the rest of the books.
Monthly close and reports — The monthly close is a real routine: accounts reconciled, reports produced, and unusual items flagged for the owner. No month is left open to drift.
Tax-season preparation — The books are kept tax-ready throughout the year: term starts bring enrolment surges, and funding claims must reconcile each term. When filing time comes, the accountant receives organised records, not a box of receipts.

The systems childcare businesses actually run

Built on your stack, not on top of it

The tools are the ones accountants expect: Xero and childcare-management software, with bank feeds connected and receipts captured digitally. The bookkeeper works in the business's own books, not in a separate spreadsheet that nobody reconciles.

Honest limits matter here. A bookkeeper records and reconciles; they do not give tax advice, sign returns, or replace a licensed accountant. Anything that needs professional judgment goes to the owner's accountant, with organised records attached.

A sensible first project is a books review and one clean monthly close. The measure is simple: reconciled accounts, a readable report, and a file the accountant would accept.

Timing is driven by term starts bring enrolment surges, and funding claims must reconcile each term. Timing is driven by term starts bring enrolment surges, and funding claims must reconcile each term. The customers are parents choosing care for young children.

How it works

From kickoff to delivery for childcare

Books review and cleanup
Existing books are reviewed: what is categorised, what is reconciled, and what is missing. Cleanup comes before routine, so the monthly close starts from true balances. For childcare, that includes tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group.
Chart and routines set up
The chart of accounts and monthly routines are set up around the business's real activity, with categorisation rules and a receipt routine the owner can actually follow. For childcare, that includes monthly fee invoices with sibling discounts and late-payment follow-ups.
Monthly close
Each month closes on a rhythm: transactions categorised, accounts reconciled, invoices and payables reviewed, and a short report produced for the owner. For childcare, that includes educators on salary or hourly rosters, with ratio cover for absences.
Tax-season readiness
Records are kept ready all year, so tax season is a handover of organised files to the accountant, not a frantic reconstruction of twelve months. For childcare, that includes term starts bring enrolment surges, and funding claims must reconcile each term.

Why Omer

Why hire Omer

Books that are current, not reconstructed — monthly categorisation and reconciliation keep the record true all year For childcare, that means tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group.
Accountant-ready, not accountant-dependent — the books are organised for professional review without replacing it For childcare, that means monthly fee invoices with sibling discounts and late-payment follow-ups.
Tax-season readiness built in — records are kept in a form an accountant can use directly For childcare, that means educators on salary or hourly rosters, with ratio cover for absences.
No invented figures, no estimates dressed as facts — reconciled numbers only, with unusual items flagged, not smoothed over For childcare, that means tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group.
Your books, your access — work happens in the owner's own accounting software, fully visible at any time For childcare, that means monthly fee invoices with sibling discounts and late-payment follow-ups.

Outcomes

What changes in practice

The realistic outcome is calmer money management: invoices out on time, accounts reconciled monthly, and a clear picture of what the business earned and what it owes. Tax season stops being a reconstruction project, and pricing decisions start resting on real margins.

The customers are parents choosing care for young children. Categories must capture tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group. What is on offer is daycare, nursery, and after-school care.

That is the standard this engagement is measured against: reconciled books and readable reports, not hours logged. <a href="/hire/">Browse all hire engagements</a> or <a href="/contact.html">discuss your books</a> directly.

FAQ

Questions, answered

How does invoicing work for childcare?

Monthly fee invoices with sibling discounts and late-payment follow-ups. Outstanding invoices are reviewed monthly, so late payers surface while a follow-up can still recover them.

Can you fix a year of messy books?

Yes, starting with a review: opening balances checked, uncategorised transactions cleared, and duplicates removed, before any monthly routine begins.

What software do you work in?

The business's own accounting software, with bank feeds connected and receipts captured digitally, so the owner and the accountant can open the books at any time.

What do you need to start?

Access to the existing books and bank feeds, plus a short conversation about how the business charges, pays staff, and handles receipts. Cleanup comes before routine.

What does the chart of accounts cover for childcare?

The books here cover tuition fees, government funding, and meal charges, split by age group. Categories follow how the business actually earns and spends, so monthly reports read as business sense rather than accounting jargon.

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