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Welcome to Gabriel's shift
For Gabriel’s Shift Global Impact Center, financial empowerment is far more than a vision – it’s a reality that can be achieved through hard work, education, and opportunity. This community champion organization is leading the financial literacy charge across the Volunteer State by providing comprehensive instruction, real-world apprenticeship programs, high-impact workforce development, and meaningful employment opportunities.
Led by Shawn J. Goffer, Gabriel’s Shift employs, trains, and certifies people to build a better, more sustainable future. They reach people from all stages of life – from Pre-K through post-retirement – with action-driven financial education that not only helps individuals, but makes whole communities more resilient.
accounting fundamentals Training
You don't need a finance degree. You don't need to already understand debits and credits. You just need to be willing to show up and shift. The Accounting Fundamentals Certificate is where hundreds of Memphis-area career-changers have started — and it's designed for exactly that: a fresh start.Over 12 or 16 weeks (you choose the pace that fits your life), you'll master the full accounting cycle through NACPB's nationally recognized curriculum, sit for the NACPB Bookkeeping Certification Exam, and — just as important — do the inner work most training programs skip entirely.
Our Financial Psychology curriculum helps you unpack your own money story, so the beliefs that have held you back don't follow you into your new career. By the time you walk across the stage, you'll also have built the professional confidence and career-readiness skills to walk into an interview and own the room.
You'll leave with:
- NACPB Accounting Fundamentals Certificate
- NFEC Financial Psychology Certificate
- GS GIC Program Completion Certificate
- Eligibility to sit for the NACPB Bookkeeping Certification Exam
- A direct on-ramp into our Registered Apprenticeship pathway
No prior experience needed. Just curiosity, courage, and a willingness to shift your mindset.
1-year apprenticeship
This is where a real career gets built. Our 12-month, DOL Registered Apprenticeship is Tennessee's only AI-integrated accounting apprenticeship — a true earn-while-you-learn model that pairs paid, employer-supervised on-the-job training with structured classroom instruction, so you're gaining real experience and a paycheck from day one.
Across ~1,440 hours, you'll stack five nationally recognized credentials — Bookkeeping, Payroll, QuickBooks Online, and AICPA's AI for Accounting Professionals certificate among them — on your way to earning the NACPB Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) License. Because we build AI fluency into the curriculum as a graduation requirement, you won't just be qualified for today's bookkeeping jobs — you'll be ready for where the profession is headed.
You'll leave with:
- NACPB Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) License
- NACPB Bookkeeping, Payroll & QuickBooks Online Certificates
- AICPA AI for Accounting Professionals Certificate
- NFEC Financial Psychology Certificate
- GS GIC Accounting Technician Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
- ~960 hours of real, paid, employer-based experience
A credential in your hand. Money in your pocket. A career finally within reach.
2-year apprenticeship
For those ready to go further, our 24-month Accounting Specialist Registered Apprenticeship builds directly on the Technician pathway. Year One delivers your CPB License. Year Two takes you into GAAP-level accounting principles, management accounting, and advanced corporate career development — culminating in the NACPB Certified Accounting Professional (CAP) Designation.
Across ~2,880 combined hours of instruction and on-the-job training, you'll stack a full ten credentials, sharpen your AI-powered accounting skill set, and step out not as an entry-level hire, but as a professional employers actively compete for.
You'll leave with:
- NACPB Certified Accounting Professional (CAP) Designation
- NACPB Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) License
- Full 10-credential stack across NACPB, AICPA, NFEC & GS GIC
- Advanced corporate career development training
- ~2,060 hours of paid, real-world accounting experience
Two years. Ten credentials. A career that can't be automated away.