Grow your business with clarity, cashflow and confidence

Profit & Cashflow Advisors for growing NZ businesses

We help business owners understand their numbers, improve cashflow, and grow profitably through smart bookkeeping systems, financial visibility, and strategic advisory
Xero Certified Partner
NZ Certified Bookkeepers
Auckland-based, NZ-wide
The Little Black Books Pathway
1
Financial Foundations (Bookkeeping)
2
The Profit & Cashfow Operating System 
3
Business Growth Club
What changes
No more guessing.
Be cashflow confidence, know your true profitability, and exactly how much you can afford to pay yourself every month.
Sarah Burgess · Founder
"We combine financial clarity, strategic insight, and proactive support to help business owners make confident decisions and grow sustainably, because great businesses are built on numbers you can trust."
Sound familiar?

Most business owners don't struggle because they lack effort. 
They struggle because they lack financial visibility.

Most business owners know the numbers need attention. What they don't always see is what that avoidance is actually costing them.

The late-night catch-up

Months of ignored reconciliation, and now it's 11pm and tax time is weeks away. You're exhausted, frustrated, and making expensive mistakes you'll discover later. Instead of focusing on growth, you’re stuck trying to piece together numbers after a long day.

Flying blind on cashflow

You know money is coming in, but you’re never fully sure what’s available, what’s committed, or what’s coming next You're not sure if you can afford to hire. And that invoice that hasn't been paid yet is quietly threatening next month's payroll.

Time you'll never get back

The business is growing, but so is the pressure. Messy systems, manual processes, and unclear numbers cost more than money. They cost time, energy, focus, and the freedom to step away from the business with confidence.

Pricing with no foundation

You suspect you're undercharging, its based on guesswork, competitors, or what 'feels right'. But without knowing your true cost base you can't price with confidence. So you cave when clients push back and margin quietly bleeds out.

IRD anxiety

GST, provisional tax, payroll, and compliance deadlines create constant background stress when the numbers aren’t up to date. Instead of feeling prepared, tax obligations arrive with uncertainty and pressure.

No one to call

Most business owners don’t just need reports. They need someone who understands the numbers, explains what they mean, and helps them make confident business decisions before problems happen.
The Little Black Books Pathway

The Profit & Cashflow Operating System to business growth.

Your financial operating system for sustainable business growth. 
We combine bookkeeping, cashflow forecasting, clarity reports, Ai Powered systems and our Profitablity calculator into one connnected system designed to help NZ business owners:
01

Financial Foundations

First off, you need clean numbers & reliable systems. So we get this sorted first. 
Your bookkeeping is the engine behind every business decision. We create accurate, real-time financial visibility through:
  • Xero bookkeeping
  • GST returns & payroll
  • Monthly P&L and balance sheet
  • IRD change management
  • Real-time cloud collaboration
Confident decisions start with clean numbers

From $640 / month
02

The 90 Day Profit & Cashflow Operating System

Once your numbers are clean, we help you understand them. This is a practical business growth program designed to help NZ business owners gain financial clarity, improve cashflow, increase profit, and build stronger business foundations.
  • Starts with The Vision to Plan
  • Financial Foundations
  • Profit Diagnostic
  • Cashflow Visibility Plan
  • Accountabiltiy and Advisory Sessions
Understanding your numbers before problems happen

From $6,000 
03

Business Growth Club

Your next level of support after the 90 Day Profit & Cashflow Operating System.
  • Monthly business growth workshops
  • Real-world business advice you can actually implement
  • Access to tools, templates and resources
  • Practical training on profit, cashflow, pricing, systems and strategy
  • A trusted business community that understands the challenges of growth
  • Q&A sessions to help solve real business problems
Keep the momentum going
$189/month
Why Little Black Books NZ 

We don't just do bookkeeping.
We build financial systems that help businesses grow

Most firms focus on reporting the past

We help you understand whats happening now, what'ts happening next and what decisions improve your future. 
That means, less financial stress, better cashflow, stronger profit, more confidence and more freedom

We bridge the gap

There's a real gap between what a bookkeeper records and what an accountant advises. Little Black Books lives in that space, giving you the strategic insight your accountant can't provide month-to-month.

We bring CFO experience to your business

Sarah's corporate accounting background means Little Black Books can offer Virtual CFO capabilities: cashflow strategy, forecasting, and financial modelling. Without the corporate price tag.

We're on your team

Little Black Books isn't a vendor you send receipts to once a month. We build genuine relationships, we hold you accountable, and we're available when a big decision needs a clear-eyed financial perspective.
WE work with
Trades businesses
Agencies
Service businesses
Consultants
eCommerce Businesses
Startups 
Growing SMEs
3×
Cashflow visibility
6h
Weekly time back
0
IRD penalties
Modern bookkeeping firm
Bookkeeping
Forecasting
Profitability
Visibility
Strategy
Growth focused
Meet Sarah
Sarah Burgess
Founder · Little Black Books NZ
Virtual CFO
Xero Certified
NZ Certified Bookkeeper

Built for business owners who want more than compliant books

We started Little Black Books because too many business owners were stuck reacting instead of leading. The books might have been “done” but business still felt stressful.

Cashflow felt unpredictable. Profit was unclear. Growth felt chaotic.

So we built a different model.

One that combines:

  • practical bookkeeping
  • financial visibility
  • strategic advisory
  • smart systems
  • AI-powered efficiencies

To help business owners grow with confidence.

Before Little Black Books, I spent years in corporate accounting and working in hedge funds as a Management Account. I know what a Virtual CFO looks like in a large organisation and I know that small businesses need exactly that kind of strategic financial thinking but have never had access to it. That's the gap I'm here to fill.

Your business is your asset, and understanding your finances is the single most powerful lever you have for building a business that gives you time, money, and freedom.

Lets build your profit & cashflow operating system
What clients say

Results that speak for themselves.

"Before LBBS, I had no idea if my business was actually profitable. Now I get a clear monthly report, Sarah flags anything unusual immediately, and I feel in control for the first time."
"The Foundations program was a turning point. I finally understood what my numbers were telling me and made a pricing change that added $3,000 a month to my bottom line within 60 days."
"I used to dread tax time. Now it's just another month. Having Sarah on our team means nothing gets missed, nothing is late, and I can focus entirely on growing the business."
Listen In

The Little Black Books Podcast.

Real conversations about money, business, and what it actually takes to build a profitable company in New Zealand. Sarah talks numbers, strategy, and the financial decisions every business owner faces — in plain English, no jargon.
Whether you're wrestling with pricing, cashflow, hiring, or just trying to understand your own numbers better — there's an episode for you.
Listen to the Podcast
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Little Black Books
The Podcast
New episodes on business finance, strategy, and growing a profitable NZ business.
Client Story

Let's find out what your numbers are telling you.

Book a free 30-minute consultation. No jargon, no hard sell just an honest conversation about where your business is, and what it could look like with the right financial partner alongside you.
Free · No obligation · 30 minutes · Auckland-based, NZ-wide
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