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For established business owners whose books are behind, messy or quietly overwhelming.

The Connected Bookkeeper: PAUSE + Reset is a focused, done with you financial reset, designed to bring clarity and confidence back without the process dragging out for months.

Apply for PAUSE + Reset

When the business is working, but the books are a mess.

Money is coming in.
Bills are being paid.
From the outside, everything looks fine.

But behind closed doors, your financial records are messy, behind, or you just can’t trust them; and it’s taking up far more mental space than it should.

The PAUSE + Reset framework exists for this exact moment: when growth has outpaced systems and avoiding your numbers has become the path of least resistance.

This is not ongoing bookkeeping.
This is a contained reset.

What PAUSE is

PAUSE is a done-together financial reset where we work side-by-side, in real time, to bring your records back under control.

Instead of handing everything over and waiting weeks (or months) for updates, we sit down together and:

  • Catch your books up properly.

  • Clean up what has been avoided, or rushed.

  • Make sense of what you’re actually looking at.

  • Set up tailored systems to future proof your ongoing success.

  • Restore calm, clarity and control.

The work is deliberate and focused, specifically designed to move the needle faster because we slow down and do it properly.

What PAUSE is NOT:

  • Financial advice

  • Business coaching

  • Strategy or forecasting

  • A long-term bookkeeping arrangement

I’m not here to tell you what decisions to make with your money. My role is to clean the slate, walk you through the mechanics and leave you in a place where decisions feel possible again.

Who is this for?

PAUSE + Reset is designed for business owners who

  • Are operating at 6-figure+ turnover

  • Have grown quickly and outpaced their systems

  • Are paying the bills but avoiding the books

  • Feel mentally blocked by financial mess

  • Value discretion, speed and clarity

If your records are “okay-ish but stressful” or “technically there, but not really trustworthy”, PAUSE + reset is likely the right fit.

Apply for PAUSE + Reset

How the PAUSE + Reset works

PAUSE + Reset is offered as a contained intensive, not an ongoing commitment.

The Mini
$1,650

A 1-day financial reset

For businesses that need a basic clean-up and clarity reset

  • Ideal for sole traders / side hustles

  • Catch up on overdue records (up to 12 months)

  • Correct errors or inconsistencies

  • Re-establish confidence in numbers

  • Outline best practice to future proof success.

The Main Event
$4,950

A 3-day financial intensive

For deeper chaos, longer gaps or layered complexity.

  • Best for company structures or full time businesses.

  • Work through historical backlog

  • Untangle systems and processes + tailor new ones

  • Leave you with clean, understandable + usable records

  • Establish strong foundations for simplicity at tax time.

A note on pricing: my priority if to get you feeling calm, sorted and back in control. Flexible payment terms are available to suit your situation.

I work with one client at a time, use a waitlist and keep the scope clear and contained.

Clients complete PAUSE + Reset with

  • Clean, up-to-date financial records

  • A clear understanding of where their business stands

  • Reduced stress and mental load

  • Confidence to engage accountants, advisors or growth plans again

Most importantly, the financial mess is no longer sitting in the background, demanding your attention.

Financial chaos doesn’t need more pressure.

It needs calm attention and decisive action.

PAUSE + Reset exists because capable business owners don’t need motivation, or another checklist. They need space, clarity and someone steady to walk them through it.

The work is quiet.
Intentional.
And deeply practical.

PAUSE + Reset is offered by application only.

If you’re ready to stop the noise and the stress, to stop avoiding your books and reset them properly in a way that is designed for you, I would love the opportunity to guide you.

Apply for the PAUSE + Reset

The Connected Bookkeeper
Adelaide (Kaurna), Australia

hello@theconnectedbookkeeper.com.au

PAUSE + Reset is a tried and tested framework designed by Linja Reid (The Connected Bookkeeper)
ABN 62 541 347 538

Financial record-keeping services only.
No financial, tax or investment advice is provided.