About
Ysquared Education
Ysquared Education is a professional training provider focused on practical skills and workplace capability.
We help students, graduates and professionals bridge the gap between knowledge and real-world application through industry-led training in accounting, tax, AML/CFT, communication and career development.
Our programmes are built around real professional practice — helping learners understand not only what to know, but how to use it at work.
Vision
To make professional education more practical, relevant and connected to the real workplace. We aim to help learners build not only knowledge, but the confidence and capability to apply what they learn in professional environments.
What We Aim to Achieve
Bridge Knowledge & Practice
Help learners turn academic and technical knowledge into skills they can use in real professional environments.
Build
Workplace Readiness
Develop an understanding of professional workflows, communication, expectations and workplace standards.
Support
Career Progression
Give learners practical capabilities and confidence to take the next step in their professional development.
Keep Learning Industry-Relevant
Connect training with current professional practice, technology, regulation and changing workplace needs.
Create
Lasting Capability
Build skills that remain useful beyond a single course, role or qualification.
Meet Our Mentors
Learn from experienced professionals who bring real industry knowledge, practical insight and workplace experience into every programme.
Our mentors come from accounting, tax, finance, compliance and business backgrounds, helping learners understand not only the technical knowledge, but how it is applied in real professional environments.
Rachel Yang
FCA, CPP, CAMS, BCom, MLS | Founder & Director, Ysquared Education
Rachel is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across accounting, tax, AML/CFT compliance and business advisory. She is the founder of Ysquared Education and Ysquared Chartered Accountants and has been actively involved in mentoring university students, graduates and young professionals through university and professional programmes.
Her mentoring focuses on helping learners connect academic knowledge with practical workplace capability, professional judgement and career development.
Linda Hu
CA | Senior Finance Professional
Linda brings more than 20 years of experience in financial management and strategic planning, with strong expertise in Xero and digital accounting tools.
As a Chartered Accountant, she has supported small and medium-sized businesses in improving financial processes, internal controls and reporting, and she brings a practical teaching approach that helps learners understand complex financial concepts and apply them confidently in day-to-day work.
Shirley Yang
BCom, ACA | Senior Accounting & Finance Professional
Shirley has more than 15 years of practical accounting experience across industries including property, tourism and healthcare. She has extensive experience in bookkeeping, reconciliations, payroll, financial reporting and tax compliance and currently works in a commercial accounting environment within the property sector.
With qualifications in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland and Associate Chartered Accountant status with CA ANZ, Shirley brings both technical knowledge and practical commercial experience to her mentoring.