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We juggle a few balls for you

Bookkeeping & Financial Management

Keeping your day-to-day finances organised, accurate and up to date.

  • Bookkeeping and day-to-day financial management
  • Accounts payable and receivable management
  • Bank and account reconciliations
  • Preparation of management reports and financial statements
  • Budgeting and cash flow reporting
  • Project accounting and job costing
  • Multi-currency bookkeeping
  • Petty cash management
  • Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting documentation

Payroll & Employee Services

Managing payroll accurately and ensuring your employees and contractors are paid correctly and on time.

  • Payroll management, including end-of-year reconciliations
  • Payroll for performing artists and project-based teams
  • Superannuation processing
  • WorkCover administration

BAS, Compliance & Business Support

Helping your business stay compliant and meet its financial obligations with confidence.

  • Registered BAS Agent services
  • BAS and IAS preparation and lodgement
  • Statutory compliance and reporting
  • Risk management support and financial policy compliance
  • Ensuring financial information is managed securely and confidentially

Software Expertise

Planet Janet is experienced in working with:

  • Xero
  • MYOB
  • QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Streamtime (Creative Agency Project Management Software)
 

Industries & Experience

Planet Janet has extensive experience supporting:

  • Creative and marketing agencies
  • Film, television and performing arts organisations
  • Small to medium businesses
  • Professional service firms
  • Not-for-profit organisations
  • Project-based businesses
 

Who We Work With

Planet Janet partners with small to medium-sized businesses across Melbourne and Australia, typically supporting organisations with 2–50 employees. With extensive experience in creative, project-based and professional service industries, Planet Janet understands the unique financial requirements of businesses where every project, deadline and dollar counts.

Industries include:

  • Advertising and marketing agencies
  • Film, television and video production
  • Sound production and music
  • Events and live entertainment
  • Public relations and communications
  • Creative and digital agencies
  • Commercial photography
  • Sport and athlete management
  • Multimedia and content production
  • Professional services
  • Not-for-profit organisations

Whether you’re managing multiple projects, paying freelance contractors or performing artists, or simply need a trusted Registered BAS Agent to keep your finances running smoothly, Planet Janet provides practical, personalised bookkeeping and financial support tailored to the way you work.

Commitment to Best Practice

As a Registered BAS Agent, Planet Janet stays up to date with Australian taxation, bookkeeping and payroll requirements through ongoing professional development, industry training and software education. This ensures clients receive accurate, compliant and current financial support while meeting their ATO obligations with confidence.

This version elevates the BAS Agent qualification from just another service to a key point of trust and professionalism, which is valuable when prospective clients are deciding who to trust with their business finances.

FAQ

Planet Janet provides bookkeeping, accounting support and financial administration for businesses, creative agencies and project-based organisations. We understand that project-based businesses can have complex financial workflows, multiple suppliers, changing workloads and tight deadlines, so our support is designed to keep the financial side organised, accurate and under control.

We can support the day-to-day financial administration that keeps your business running smoothly, from bookkeeping and accounts administration through to invoicing, reconciliations, reporting and keeping financial records organised. The level of support can be tailored to what your business and existing team actually need.

Absolutely. Planet Janet can work alongside your accountant or other financial professionals, taking care of the ongoing bookkeeping and financial administration and helping ensure the information they need is organised and available when required.

Yes. This is an important part of what we do. For creative agencies and project-based organisations, keeping track of project costs, invoices, supplier payments and financial information can quickly become complicated. Planet Janet can help establish and maintain processes that make the financial administration of individual projects easier to manage.

Yes. We can provide ongoing support without you necessarily needing to employ an additional in-house team member. We can work alongside your existing staff and become a reliable extension of your business, while still giving you the flexibility of outsourced financial administration.

That’s a good place to start. We can look at how you’re currently managing your bookkeeping, accounting support and financial administration, identify where you may need help, and determine the level of support that makes sense for your business. The aim is to make your financial processes simpler and more manageable not add unnecessary complexity.

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