Allison Gardiner

With over two decades working with small business owners in Victoria, Allison provides exemplary bookkeeping services, specialising in trust bookkeeping which includes legal, conveyancing, real estate and travel.

Allison understands what causes business owners stress and how bookkeepers can implement systems and strategies to minimise it. Allison and her team focus on automation, helping to streamline processes for her clients to make life easier for everyone. One particular success story involved taking a client from legacy desktop software to online accounting software Xero. Using cloud-based software allowed Allison to automate her client’s processes and enable them to go paperless. They previously had an internal bookkeeper working three full days per week, but after Allison implemented the improvements, they no longer required her. The clients now do some tasks themselves, and Allison and her team manage BAS, payroll and other compliance work, saving the client around $20,000 per year.

Why did you choose to be in the bookkeeping industry?

Allison chose this industry because in a very tangible way it allows her to assist small businesses to be the best they can be. A business bookkeeper is in the engine room of a business, seeing the day to day operations, and the peaks and troughs over a longer period. This means bookkeepers understand the pain points and can work with clients to implement strategies to ease them and enjoy the fruits of their labour with the business owner. Allison loves becoming an integral part of her clients’ teams and seeing them achieve their goals and grow their businesses.

Business tips from Allison

Quarantine the money that needs to be kept aside to pay liabilities. If you treat that money as already belonging to someone else, you won’t be tempted to use it to prop up cash, so avoiding the cashflow merry go around that would ensue.

Get to know Allison

Allison grew up in Coffs Harbour, NSW, before moving down to Melbourne. When she’s not helping her clients achieve their business goals, you’ll find Allison hiking, or boating. She loves anything to do with water!