Accelerated Bookkeeping Certification

Jacqueline started her accounting training so many years ago in Toronto through the CMA Program (Certified Management Accountant).  When she returned home to Edmonton, she continued her studies through the U of A, & Athabasca University.  She never completed her University degree, opting instead to marry, have children and focus on volunteer activites, while working part time in the accounting industry.

In 2001, she and her husband bought a piece of property which a powerful group of people, including the municipal government, tried to take a year later.  Those people lost, but it was a complex, long, and difficult time, taking several years to finalize.  

During that time, Jacqueline read and studied various pieces of legislation, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and municipal law.  While her lawyer handled the legal case on the land, she handled a second case against the municipality herself.  

A few years later, as a member of the Board of Directors of the IPBC (now called CPB Canada - Certified Professional Bookkeepers of Canada), she would use these skills to review the provincial legislations across Canada that regulated "accountants" and contributed to revisions of the by-laws for the organization. 

In 2003, Jacqueline started her bookkeeping business and thanks to an accountant friend who referred a client to her, as well as networking and referrals, the bookkeeping business grew.  During Covid, in an effort to help her clients reduce their bookkeeping costs, Jacqueline focused more on training  clients staff on bookkeeping rules, regulations, and processes. 

Today, Jacqueline continues to bring that dedication in knowing rules and regulations to her business endeavours in many ways.  One comment she often makes is that business owners need to "delegate...not abdicate" the bookkeeping role.  Knowing how to make sense of your financial statements, and look for obvious descripancies in the details helps to protect your business from fraud and poor decision making.

Jacqueline splits her time between the training business (JB Training Services Inc) and the bookkeeping business (Bernal Business Services Inc), where she is able to coach, mentor, and train business owners, their staff, and other bookkeepers to do the high level bookkeeping work which helps businesses... Learn * Grow * Prosper.