Financial Services
The numbers side, handled.
ELM's finance team manages the full financial operation of your childcare centre. We know childcare. CCS, payment streams, sector benchmarks. None of it is new to us.
What's included
The full picture,
every month.
Everything your centre needs to run a clean, compliant, well-reported financial operation, handled by people who know the sector inside out.
Day-to-day management
Accounts payable
Day-to-day transactions managed accurately and on time.
Payroll day-to-day management
Payroll processed correctly and on time, every pay cycle.
BAS lodgement
Prepared and lodged correctly, every quarter.
End of month checklists
A clean close every month, no loose ends.
Childcare-specific
CCS reconciliation
CCS claims reconciled and managed by people who understand how it works.
Custom chart of accounts
Built for childcare, not copied from a generic template.
Reporting & insights
Monthly management accounts
Clear, timely reporting that actually tells you something.
Budgeting
Realistic budgets built on sector-specific assumptions.
Sector insights & benchmarks
How your numbers compare to the rest of the sector.
Advice & support
Proactive business advice
We flag issues before they become problems.
Phone & email support
You get a designated finance & payroll officer and a finance assistant. Real people who know your centre and are available when you need them.
Secure off-site data backups
Your financial data protected and recoverable.
Why it matters
Most bookkeepers have never heard of CCS.
CCS, NQF compliance costs, occupancy-driven revenue. These aren't concepts a generalist bookkeeper encounters.
We work exclusively in early learning. Your books will be in the hands of people who already know what they're looking at.
Let's talk
Your books.
Done properly.
Tell us about your centre and we'll walk you through exactly how our finance team can take this off your plate.