The training program behind every KeyPlayers assistant
School of Finance and Lending
Opening soonFor qualified bookkeepers placed with Canadian businesses: GST/HST and PST, Canadian payroll, the monthly close, reporting, and AI-powered bookkeeping.
This program is opening soon. Applications open the same day it does.
Assistants who hold the KeyPlayers AI-Trained VA and want to do this work for clients.
By application, after KeyPlayers Foundations. The admissions team reviews every application.
Every graduate has already done this work once, under grading. The final asks them to produce:
Curriculum
Modules pair lessons with quizzes. Modules marked Drill include hands-on practice on a realistic task. Downloads are available to trainees once they sign in.
The bridge from Philippine practice to Canadian clients. How Canadian businesses are set up, what changes from PFRS, the Canadian chart of accounts, and where a bookkeeper's job ends and the client's CPA begins.
Assessment
A realistic case, worked the way a client would expect. A KeyPlayers trainer grades it against the rubric below. AI may prepare first-draft scores backed by exact quotes from the work, and the trainer decides every result.
A full December month-end close for Northbank Supply Ltd. (Ontario CCPC, HST quarterly filer, 4 employees, USD account), using the file pack your trainer sends.
Every reconciliation ties to the statement or schedule, with differences explained.
Ties to the control account; ITC decisions are correct.
A program opens to trainees only once each review below is signed off. Every sign-off records exactly which version of the content was reviewed, and lasts 12 months, so the program is reviewed again every year.
Status: Opening soon
By application, after KeyPlayers Foundations. The admissions team reviews every application. New to KeyPlayers? Take the skills quiz, then apply. Already training with us? Open the program from your Academy account.
School of Finance and Lending
Regulated work, done right and within scope.
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Nine real workplace situations, with your score and what each answer means. Training is free for KeyPlayers candidates.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
The tax you'll touch every single day. How GST/HST works, coding it right in QBO and Xero, PST and QST, and preparing a return the accountant can trust.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
Running payroll for Canadian employees without getting it wrong. Setup, source deductions, pay runs, remittances, T4s and ROEs.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
The core of the job. Daily bookkeeping, receivables and payables, every reconciliation that matters, and closing the month clean, including USD accounts.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
Turning closed books into answers an owner can use, handing year-end to the accountant, and working well with Canadian clients from Manila.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
The KeyPlayers edge. Privacy first, then using Claude to review the ledger, investigate reconciliations and draft client communication, with a human check on every output.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
Everything in the track, for one realistic Canadian client. A full month-end close, sales tax working paper, payroll check, owner package and accountant handoff.
Files open for trainees inside the Academy after sign-in.
PDOC check is correct and liabilities reconcile to the PD7A.
Accruals, prepaids and the USD revaluation are correct and supported.
Leads with the answer; every number matches the reports.
Flags the planted unusual items and leaves decisions with the accountant.
No sensitive data in AI steps; every AI output verified and logged.
Clear, plain English, Canadian spelling.
Written feedback on every result. A result can be appealed within 7 days, and a different trainer decides the appeal.
For businesses
KeyPlayers assistants train and are graded here. Ask us which programs fit your business and how we match you with the right person.
