FLP, the Finance Leadership Podcast

"The playing field has changed for EVER" Our guests this week are Jim Gilbert, Les Nettleton and Amy Vetter, a trio of US-based accounting professionals whose expertise blends finance, technology and people. We explore how companies can work remotely more effectively, collaborate better, and develop new ways of working together, apart, that will stand them in good stead long after the current pandemic crisis is behind them. We also hear about the work of the AICPA & CIMA Technology Task Force.  TALKING POINTS. Why’s collaboration suddenly more important than ever?  How to move from preparation to action. How easy is it to collaborate when there’s SO much going on? Are all companies approaching collaboration the same way? What are some good ways to get ready for remote work hen you're not really used to ‘collaborative tech’ stuff? Types of collaborative tools and platforms that companies need to get going with?  RESOURCES. The Task Force coronavirus technology resource page AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Unprecedented times REQUIRE unprecedented activity." As the coronavirus continues to spread, scenario-planning and strategic modelling can help you marshal your organisation’s resources around an action plan so you can react with speed and agility. Introduced by Colette Sharbaugh from the AICPA &  CIMA office in Washington, Ash Noah (AICPA) and Marc Seewald (Oracle) share best practices in scenario-planning. They outline how companies can move from emergency and crisis management today, to planning and modelling for a variety of continuity and recovery scenarios. This is an edited version of a webinar that was originally live-streamed on March 9th 2020.  TALKING POINTS. How scenario-planning can help your organisation. Rapid strategic modelling. Business-continuity strategies. Approaches to business-recovery. The role of finance in scenario-planning. Assess and apply options for approach and methodology. Best practices. Functionality of a scenario-planning tool. RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Information technology is one thing but TEAMWORK is also very important." The final recording from our recent trio of live webcast Q&As about managing the impact of the coronavirus, each featuring a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. Originally live-streamed on March 30th, this is a regional perspective from East Asia, with panellists Dr. William Chen (Hong Kong) and John Zheng (Shanghai). TALKING POINTS. What are some of the things that HAVEN’T needed to change? What made that possible? What unexpected impacts have we seen? What do we learn from what went before? How to manage day-to-day volatility? How do we make sure that our people know they're still valued? What type of resources will help a distributed team? What can we do to protect ourselves contractually in future? What does a finance professional need to do now that's different to what went before? RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Be open, be agile but also be very FLEXIBLE in terms of how quickly you can react to fast-changing circumstances." The second of three audio recordings from our recent series of live webcast Q&As about the coronavirus, each featuring a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. In this recording from March 23rd, you'll hear a UK and EU regional perspective from three panellists: Simon McAllister from the Republic of Ireland, Sarah Ghosh from the UK, and Wojtek Wieronski from Poland.  TALKING POINTS. What are some of the things that HAVEN’T needed to change? What made that possible? What unexpected impacts have we seen? What do we learn from what went before? How to manage day-to-day volatility? How do we make sure that our people know they're still valued? What type of resources will help a distributed team? What can we do to protect ourselves contractually in future? What does a finance professional need to do now that's different to what went before? RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Choose things you've never done before and hopefully, WHEN we come out at the other end, we'll be better off for it." This is the first of three special episodes discussing the impact on businesses of coronavirus. It's the audio recording from one of our recent series of live webcast Q&As, each one with a panel of accounting and finance experts from a different part of the world. In this recording from March 27th, you'll hear a US regional perspective from four panellists: Jim Bourke (New York), Robin Thieme (Maryland), Les Nettleton (Louisiana) and Neeti Mehta (California).  TALKING POINTS. What are some of the things that HAVEN’T needed to change? What made that possible? What unexpected impacts have we seen? What do we learn from what went before? How to manage day-to-day volatility? How do we make sure that our people know they're still valued? What type of resources will help a distributed team? What can we do to protect ourselves contractually in future? What does a finance professional need to do now that's different to what went before? RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"This is a known risk. What has been UNKNOWN...is the quantification!". Ashok Noah, CPA, CGMA, FCMA is Managing Director of CGMA Learning, Education and Development at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Christina Kite is Vice President, Global Business Strategy & Analytics at Oracle. This is a recording of a recent AICPA webcast interview in which Ash and Chris discussed the critical issues that business leaders face during the coronavirus crisis. They took questions and shared practical suggestions to help business leaders manage these unique circumstances. TALKING POINTS.  What are the critical issues that business leaders face right now in the midst of the coronavirus crisis? How do they identify the key parts of their business most likely to be impacted? Where do they start prioritising the steps they need to take to mitigate these risks? RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Who knew that this is where we'd be? But this IS where we are". We've put our pre-recorded interviews on hold for a while to concentrate on what's happening around us right now. We're talking about the coronavirus, sharing the AICPA & CIMA's official guidance, and introducing our new online resource centres offering support to our professional community across the world. We also look at our calendar of coronavirus-related webcasts coming up between now and the end of March 2020. TALKING POINTS. The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants' guidance for members. How we are supporting and enabling our professional community with new online learning resources and virtual events? Where YOU can watch or listen to new webinars, podcasts and livestreams which put their finger directly on the pulse of remote service delivery, business impact and professional and personal resilience. The impact on AICPA & CIMA events worldwide. RESOURCES. AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. Students can find exam information at MyCIMA.  Conference and event queries service@aicpa.org. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections.  Send to Twitter.  Auto-share on your Facebook page.  Tell someone via email.  GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

I thought, "Right! THERE'S something for me to sign up to!". (#100). For this milestone episode, we do something we've never done before: we interview one of our listeners. There's nothing more important than our audience so we thought it's time to highlight YOU! After we contacted many of those from around the world who'd emailed us since our show launched at AICPA ENGAGE 2018 conference in Las Vegas, we were delighted to arrange this fun and illuminating conversation with a listener all the way across the Atlantic - in the English city of Leeds.   TALKING POINTS. How did you discover the podcast? Why do you listen? What do you like about it?   RESOURCES. Jason listens to podcasts using Podcast Republic. Discover some of our other AICPA & CIMA shows like these from Journal of Accountancy, Financial Management, Small Firms Philosophy, Small Biz Brunch and other audio here.   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your  LinkedIn connections.  Send to  Twitter.  Auto-share on your  Facebook page.  Tell someone via  email.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Clearly, the companies that respond the quickest are the ones that are going to be most TRUSTED, most liked by their customer base". (#99). Accounting and finance professionals work with numbers as well as people, and sometimes the situation with the numbers can cause difficult, stressful conversations. We hear from Allister Manson of Opus Restructuring LLP about tech, trust and transparency. He discusses how business and accounting professionals are integral to building trust – not just trust in financial information, but also trust in the integrity of the code and in the collection, retention and security of our data and personal information.   TALKING POINTS. How does an accountant or an auditor maintain the trust of a client in stressful situations? When trying to do the best for everyone involved, how do you make this clear when things can get difficult? How does one build trust when offering or supporting a service or technology that's new?    OUR GUEST. Allister Manson is a qualified chartered accountant and insolvency practitioner who heads the dedicated technology division for Opus Restructuring LLP, a UK-based national corporate services practice. Currently the country's only technology specialist Insolvency Practitioner (IP), he has 20 years insolvency and restructuring experience, supporting businesses from start-ups to established software, hardware and tech service providers. Allister previously worked at PwC, Smith & Williamson, and KPMG in the Cayman Islands. With tech experience that also comes from 5 years’ managing and advising Fintech companies in Latin America, he also supports up-and-coming tech businesses as a mentor at the Startupbootcamp. Connect with him on LinkedIn.    RESOURCES. Bookmark the AICPA Technology  Resource hub at https://www.aicpa.org/technology Skill up with 'trust'-related material on the CGMA Store See more Human Intelligence Learning Programmes and Trust-related resources on the AICPA store website.    SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your  LinkedIn connections.  Send to  Twitter.  Auto-share on your  Facebook page.  Tell someone via  email.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"It'll feed into other functions that the accounting practitioner NEEDS in what we're calling the 'blockchain world' . It's moving pretty fast." (#98)  How will blockchain introduce and impact firms of all sizes? Introduced by  Kristen Hughes, an Associate Director of Technology at AICPA & CIMA, this recording features a conversation between Amy Vetter and Ron Quaranta of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. They discuss the adoption and impact of blockchain and cryptoassets.   OUR GUESTS. Technologist and author Amy Vetter is a CEO who heads The B3 Method® Institute. She is a keynote speaker and Host of the Breaking Beliefs podcast. Connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyvettercpa. Ron Quaranta is an advisor, author, entrepreneur, speaker and chairperson of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. He can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronquaranta/   LINKS Bookmark the AICPA Technology  Resource hub at https://www.aicpa.org/technology Find out more about the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance at https://www.wsba.co/ Explore Amy Vetter's website at https://www.amyvetter.com/   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your  LinkedIn connections.  Send to  Twitter.  Auto-share on your  Facebook page.  Tell someone via  email.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)