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Accounting, payroll and marketing for hospitality businesses.
Who we work with: Cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels and caterers.
Book a free chatElephant Advisory helps Melbourne cafes, restaurants, bars and hotels with tax and compliance, weekly bookkeeping and award payroll, cash flow forecasting and social media. Margins in hospitality are thin, so we keep the numbers current enough to act on.
What gets hard for hospitality businesses
Thin margins
Food, wages and rent move every month. If you only see the numbers at tax time, it's too late to fix them.
Award payroll
Casual staff, penalty rates and rosters make payroll easy to get wrong and expensive to fix later.
Quiet weeks
A slow fortnight can tip cash flow quickly when suppliers and the ATO still expect to be paid.
One team, every part of the business
Each of these has its own page with the detail. Use as many or as few as you need.
Accounting and tax
Tax compliance, BAS and tax planning, plus reporting that shows food and wage costs as a share of sales.
Led by Sam Draper and Oz KarabadjakBookkeeping and payroll
POS and Xero connected, supplier bills entered, payroll and super run on time.
Led by Marissa MoroGrowth advisory
A rolling budget and cash flow forecast so you can see a quiet month coming.
Led by Shehan WijayasingheMarketing and content
Social media that fills tables, planned and posted for you.
Led by Mia BurgessHome and business loans
Loans for owners whose income comes from the business.
Led by Gavin HepponstallWhere most hospitality businesses start
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Questions hospitality businesses ask us
How often should a cafe do its bookkeeping?
Weekly is ideal in hospitality. Wages, suppliers and sales move fast, and weekly books let you catch a cost problem in the same month.
Can you run award payroll for casual staff?
Yes. Our bookkeepers run payroll in Xero, including casual and penalty rates, super and Single Touch Payroll reporting.
Can one team do our accounts and our social media?
Yes. Elephant Advisory has accounting, bookkeeping and a digital team in-house, so marketing spend is planned against real margins.
Do we have to sign up for everything?
No. Each service is quoted on its own. Most venues start with bookkeeping and payroll.
Want it all handled by one team?
Tell us where things are at. We'll tell you what to fix first.
General information only. It doesn't consider your objectives, financial situation or needs.
