The Job Ready Accountant Program · Australia
You've got the degree. Now get the experience.
Every junior accounting job in Australia asks for local experience. But you can't get experience without a job, and you can't get a job without experience.
Accountant Launchpad is the way out. Work a junior accountant's first year inside a practice firm, on real client files in Xero, with your work reviewed the way a firm would review it.
Brightwater Café Pty Ltd
Job: June quarter BAS
"Uber Eats clearing account still holds $312.40. Trace it to the 28 June payout and clear before finalising."
"Local experience required"
The line that ends most graduate applications before they start. It is on almost every junior job ad in Australia.
Theory got you the degree
University teaches you concepts. Firms need someone who can reconcile a bank account, run a payroll and build a BAS workpaper.
Practice gets you the job
So we built the practice. A firm environment, real client files, real deadlines and a real review process.
Why Launchpad
Built like a firm, not like a textbook.
Other courses teach topic lists. Launchpad hands you client engagements, and holds your work to the standard a real firm would.
Inside a practice firm
You work a junior's first year inside a firm that runs like a real one, with a workflow, deadlines and standards.
Three recurring clients
A sole trader, a café company and a property group. Their files grow with you across the whole program.
Reviewed like at work
Submit your work, receive review notes, clear them and finalise. Every job, every time.
Measured like a junior
The Job Ready Scorecard tracks the five things firms actually measure, so you always know what good looks like.
Your client files
Meet the clients you'll carry through the program.
In a real firm you don't learn topics, you learn clients. Three businesses thread through the whole program, and their files get deeper as your skills do.
Russo Tiling
Sole traderA one man trade business. Simple books, messy habits, and your first taste of fixing what a client got wrong.
Brightwater Café Pty Ltd
Small companyA busy Melbourne café with 16 staff, a POS system and payroll every fortnight. Your bread and butter client.
Coastal Property Group Pty Ltd
Property entityIntroduced mid program, and your capstone client at the end. Property GST, bigger numbers, higher stakes.
By the final course
You run a full client job, start to finish.
The program
A junior accountant's first year, in eight courses.
From your first bank reconciliation to a complete client tax job, in the order a real firm would give you the work.
Bookkeeping Foundations in Xero
New to this? Start here. Learn the real basics of bookkeeping in Xero, completely free.
Welcome to the Firm: How Public Practice Works
Step inside an Australian accounting firm before your first day.
Running the Books in Xero: AP/AR, Invoicing & Bank Reconciliation
Keep a client's books accurate enough for a reviewer to sign off.
Payroll & STP in Xero
Run payroll from start to finish, the way a firm needs it done.
GST & BAS in Xero: Preparation to Lodgement
Prepare, reconcile and lodge a BAS for three clients at once.
Closing the Year: Month-End, Adjustments & Financial Statements
Turn a messy ledger into a finished set of financial statements.
The firm review system
You don't complete lessons. You complete jobs.
Every job in the program moves through the same five step loop a real firm uses. It is how juniors learn on the job, and it is how you'll learn here.
- Step 1
Complete the work
You do the job on a live style client file, exactly the way a junior inside a firm would.
- Step 2
Submit the file
You hand up your Xero file and workpapers for review, just like passing work to a senior.
- Step 3
Receive review notes
You get detailed notes that point out what to tighten and what to fix. Every junior gets them.
- Step 4
Clear the notes
You work through each note and fix the file. This is where the real learning happens.
- Step 5
Finalise and file
You finalise the job, add it to your portfolio, and pick up the next one.
Your portfolio
Walk out with proof, not just a certificate.
Every job you finalise becomes a portfolio piece. By the end, you can put a folder of real deliverables in front of any Australian firm owner.
- Bank reconciliation workpapers
- A full payroll year, reconciled through STP
- BAS packages for three clients
- A reviewed financial statements package
- Individual, sole trader and company tax workpapers
- Real client communication examples
- The Coastal Property Group capstone job
- Bronze, Silver and Gold certification tiers
Madhav Ghimire, CA
Your instructor
Taught by a firm owner, shaped by real client work.
Madhav is a Chartered Accountant with experience across mid tier and boutique Australian firms, and the owner of MS Financial Services. He built Launchpad because he kept meeting talented graduates stuck in the experience trap he once faced himself.
- Chartered Accountant (CA)
- Owner, MS Financial Services
- Mid tier and boutique firm experience
- Hires and reviews junior accountants
- Every lesson built from real client work
- Plain English, no textbook padding
Choose your path
Start free, or go all in.
One time payment. Lifetime access. No subscriptions.
Bookkeeping Foundations in Xero
Free
See if the Launchpad way of teaching is right for you.
- 10 modules in Xero
- Record sales, purchases and GST
- Bank feeds and matching
- How a BAS works
- Certificate of completion
The Job Ready Accountant Program
$497 AUD $1,485
All 8 courses, the firm experience, the review system, the portfolio.
- All 8 courses, from the basics to a full client tax job
- 3 client files, the firm workflow and the review system
- Every job becomes a portfolio piece you keep
- Workpaper templates and source document packs
- Interview practice built into every course
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out and we'll reply within one business day.
Yes. Start with the free Bookkeeping Foundations course. It is built for exactly that, and everything in the program builds from there step by step.
The Launchpad is growing.
An advanced tax track is on the way, along with a free Excel for Accountants mini course. And accounting is only the first profession we're building for.
You've got the degree. Now get the experience.
Start with the free course, or go all in on the full Job Ready Accountant Program.