Accounting Voices Podcast

Rob Brown
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Oct 3, 2022 • 3min

The Role of Track Record in Accounting Influence

As part of this Success in Accounting podcast, we are giving you some bonus episodes on the topic of influence. What is influence? Is it important? How influential are you?You influence others more than you think. The ability to authentically make people think, act and speak in a certain way is a powerful currency in any environment.Here at Accounting Influencers, we help amplify the brands, the messaging and the relationships of people who serve the accounting profession. You might be a qualified accountant in practice looking to get things done at work. For that you need credibility, a voice, a reputation.You could be part of the software industry or fintech ecosystem surrounding accountants, selling your products and services either directly into accountants and firms, or indirectly through them to their clients.Influence is a big part of the mix. So in this bonus series for the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett discuss the role of influence. And over 12 bonus episodes in the next 4 weeks, you'll get a quick fire overview of the 10 key areas, pillars or components of influence.By going to https://accountinginfluencers.com and taking the Accounting Influencer Test you can score your influence over these 10 categories. For free.In this episode, "The Role of Track Record in Accounting Influence", you'll hear about how to consider the results you've brought about, the impacts and outcomes of your interventions. And not just one offs, but consistently over time. longevity in the game speaks to consistency and repeated success. Muhammad ali - it aint bragging if you've done it. but so many so called influencers are just hot air and hype. So what endorsements, testimonials, case studies and recommendations do you have?Take the test at https://accountinginfluencers.com and see how influential you really are. You'll also get some practical suggestions to increase your influence in your professional role.You can also watch a video of this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/QscmCnM_12g◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Oct 2, 2022 • 32min

Working Mother to CPA Managing Partner: Lory Kelley

In this episode 14 of the Success in Accounting podcast, a live interview from North Carolina USA with Lory Kelley. Lory became Bernard Robinson & Company’s Managing Partner in 2021 and has over 20 years of experience in public accounting serving clients and in firm leadership roles. She represents the shift to the third generation of leadership within the firm’s 75-year history. Her focus is on sustainable firm growth by attracting top talent through BRC’s unique culture and employee experience, being the leading accounting and consulting firm in serving the middle-market, family business sector, and being entrepreneurial in spirit as new opportunities arise.➨ why being a top 200 accounting firm or in any ranking can be important for a professional brand and status➨ the journey to becoming managing partner and accounting firm leader from working mum➨ the importance of role models for aspiring young professionals in accounting, particularly for women➨ the dangers for accounting firms who do not offer flexibility in working practices to their staff➨ the many benefits of having women in leadership positions for an accounting practice➨ what a post-pandemic 'new-normal' working schedule looks like in a progressive accounting firm➨ how not judging partners on their book of business impacts the culture and employer brand for an accountancy firm➨ the challenges for accounting leaders to drive culture with hybrid working and multiple offices➨ practical tips for intentional team building for accounting firms with remote and dispersed staff➨ the importance of human connectivity and treating accounting firm employees like people➨ how a top 200 firm creates a compelling employee value proposition while not paying top wages➨ steps to defining, attracting and recruiting the right kind of employee that fits the culture of your accounting firm➨ what warning signs an employee 'dedicated to their work' with few outside interests might present to an accounting practice➨ how expectations and trust play a vital part in setting professional firm culture➨ whether all of your firm's staff would or should be expected to give the same answer to 'why do you like working here?'➨ what happens when an accountancy practice does not give their people targets for chargeable hours or billing time➨ what makes a successful leadership style as a large accounting firm managing partner or leader➨ the value of a coach or mentor for senior leaders in professional practices➨ the skills and attributes required by accountants and CPAs to stay relevant and competitive➨ how some accounting professionals have been able to pivot and acquire new skills in challenging times➨ why serving clients exceptionally well is the number one priority for accountants➨ the importance of growth for accounting firms who want to attract talent and avoid becoming stagnant➨ shout out to DFK and what membership brings to senior and emerging leaders in exchanging knowledge and expertise➨ the challenges in staying independent as an accounting practice to preserve culture and avoid being merged➨ best career advice from 20+ years in the accounting profession➨ words of inspiration and encouragement to younger members of the accounting worldOutside the office, Lory, her husband, Mike, and son, Brennen are an active, outdoor family. It is not unusual for a weekend road trip to the beaches of Charleston, going out to the barn to work with their horses, or playing tennis and doing some yard work. Her idea of a perfect evening is curling up in a comfortable chair with a good book and a hot cup of Earl Grey tea.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 30, 2022 • 3min

How Your Competence Affects Accounting Influence

As part of this Success in Accounting podcast, we are giving you some bonus episodes on the topic of influence. What is influence? Is it important? How influential are you?You influence others more than you think. The ability to authentically make people think, act and speak in a certain way is a powerful currency in any environment.Here at Accounting Influencers, we help amplify the brands, the messaging and the relationships of people who serve the accounting profession. You might be a qualified accountant in practice looking to get things done at work. For that you need credibility, a voice, a reputation.You could be part of the software industry or fintech ecosystem surrounding accountants, selling your products and services either directly into accountants and firms, or indirectly through them to their clients.Influence is a big part of the mix. So in this bonus series for the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett discuss the role of influence. And over 12 bonus episodes in the next 4 weeks, you'll get a quick fire overview of the 10 key areas, pillars or components of influence.By going to https://accountinginfluencers.com and taking the Accounting Influencer Test you can score your influence over these 10 categories. For free.In this episode, "How Your Competence Affects Accounting Influence", we talk about expertise and knowledge. What are you good at? What do you know lots about? What do you find easy that others find difficult? Can you make the complex simple? Consider your skills and competences. What do you bring to the table? What are your qualifications, accreditations and credentials?Take the test at https://accountinginfluencers.com and see how influential you really are. You'll also get some practical suggestions to increase your influence in your professional role.You can also watch a video of this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/KahzRYZbzt0◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 29, 2022 • 5min

The Vital Role of Character in Accounting Influence

As part of this Success in Accounting podcast, we are giving you some bonus episodes on the topic of influence. What is influence? Is it important? How influential are you?You influence others more than you think. The ability to authentically make people think, act and speak in a certain way is a powerful currency in any environment.Here at Accounting Influencers, we help amplify the brands, the messaging and the relationships of people who serve the accounting profession. You might be a qualified accountant in practice looking to get things done at work. For that you need credibility, a voice, a reputation.You could be part of the software industry or fintech ecosystem surrounding accountants, selling your products and services either directly into accountants and firms, or indirectly through them to their clients.Influence is a big part of the mix. So in this bonus series for the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett discuss the role of influence. And over 12 bonus episodes in the next 4 weeks, you'll get a quick fire overview of the 10 key areas, pillars or components of influence.By going to https://accountinginfluencers.com and taking the Accounting Influencer Test you can score your influence over these 10 categories. For free.In this episode, "The Vital Role of Character in Accounting Influence", you'll hear that character speaks to how likeable and trustworthy you are. Do you keep your promises and commitments? Are you easy to work with? Are you agreeable and reliable, or confrontational and a diva? What are you like with relationships, partnerships, alliances and negotiations? Are you real and authentic, and even a bit vulnerable? Or do you have different faces/personalities for different people? Are you value driven and principled?Take the test at https://accountinginfluencers.com and see how influential you really are. You'll also get some practical suggestions to increase your influence in your professional role.You can also watch a video of this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/iBPRA_zRbyQ◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 27, 2022 • 5min

Measuring Your Professional Influence in Accounting

As part of this Success in Accounting podcast, we are giving you some bonus episodes on the topic of influence. What is influence? Is it important? How influential are you?You influence others more than you think. The ability to authentically make people think, act and speak in a certain way is a powerful currency in any environment.Here at Accounting Influencers, we help amplify the brands, the messaging and the relationships of people who serve the accounting profession. You might be a qualified accountant in practice looking to get things done at work. For that you need credibility, a voice, a reputation.You could be part of the software industry or fintech ecosystem surrounding accountants, selling your products and services either directly into accountants and firms, or indirectly through them to their clients.Influence is a big part of the mix. So in this bonus series for the Accounting Influencers Podcast Network, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett discuss the role of influence. And over 12 bonus episodes in the next 4 weeks, you'll get a quick fire overview of the 10 key areas, pillars or components of influence.By going to https://accountinginfluencers.com and taking the Accounting Influencer Test you can score your influence over these 10 categories. For free.In this episode, "Measuring Your Professional Influence in Accounting", you'll hear valuable context on the importance of influencer in gaining the attention of peers and prospects. People follow leaders and influencers, even if they are introverts. Influence is a powerful currency. It gets impossible things done and tough things done faster. It opens doors and closes sales. It creates advocacy and reputation. In the accounting and fintech world, strategic partnerships and high level referrals come from your ability to trade your influence for dollars, deals and celebrity status. Take the test at https://accountinginfluencers.com and see how influential you really are. You'll also get some practical suggestions to increase your influence in your professional role.You can also watch a video of this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/6_VPa-Naze4◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 25, 2022 • 37min

Leading a Mega-Accounting Firm: Matt Snow of Forvis

In this episode 13 of Success in Accounting podcast, a live interview with Matt Snow, Chairman of Forvis.FORVIS was officially formed June 1, as the merger of equals of BKD and DHG became effective. FORVIS has formally entered the national top 10, landing at No. 8 on Inside Public Accounting’s annual ranking of accounting firms by revenue. The 2022 list was released today.“A driving factor in the creation of FORVIS was a desire by our partners and team members to create a new kind of national firm that puts our clients and our people first. We knew we would land in the top 10 by revenue, and it’s gratifying to see us place No. 8 on IPA’s annual list. But this is just the beginning. We continue to add to our team and build on this foundation. FORVIS will grow nationally and internationally on the strength of providing unmatched client experiences.” CEO Tom WatsonA new name was announced in April, reflecting the forward vision of the firm’s more than 5,500 dedicated professionals. FORVIS has 70 offices in 28 states as well as the United Kingdom and Cayman Islands. It is a founding member firm of Praxity, a global alliance of independent firms committed to the highest standards required in international business."We are proud that our merger of equals between BKD and DHG has propelled us to number eight on Inside Public Accounting’s annual ranking of firms by revenue as FORVIS." Chairman Matt SnowThis interview took please in the head offices of Forvis in Charlotte North Carolina, USA.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 18, 2022 • 41min

Being a Woman in a Man’s World: Androulla Soteri

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.Each episode of "Success in Accounting" brings insights, interviews and inspiration to thousands of accounting practitioners globally. The podcast also serves bookkeepers, finance leaders and the fintech/software vendors who serve them with what success looks like.With a blend of interviews, panel discussions, live broadcasts from events, opinion pieces, blended pieces on key topics and occasional best ofs, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett give you accounting professionals the tools and knowledge to be successful in your role.In this episode 12 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, "Being a Woman in a Man’s World: Androulla Soteri"Key takeaways from this episode include:》 > » ⫸ ☛ ☞ ☞ ☛ ⍟ ★ ☆ ✦ ✧ ✩ ✶ ✓◆ ➠ ➼ ➜ ➨ ➤ ► ➥ ⇢ ➳ ➩ ➯ ➺ ✱ ⁕ ❋ ✻ ✽ ❃ ✿ ❊Key action -◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you! Follow the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network shows - we'd love to keep you informed on latest interviews, episodes and behind the scenes goodies. Join, follow, subscribe, like, share and engage:➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 11, 2022 • 19min

Female & Minority CEOs in Accounting: Avani Desai

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. In this episode 11 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we begin a series of deep dive interviews with prominent and influential female leaders in the accounting world. This week, it's Avani Desai, Chief Executive Officer at Schellman, the largest niche cybersecurity assessment firm in the world that focuses on technology assessments. Avani is an accomplished executive with domestic and international experience in information security, operations, P&L, oversight, and marketing involving both start-up and growth organizations. She has been featured in Forbes, CIO.com, and the Wall Street Journal, and is a sought-after speaker as a voice on a variety of emerging topics, including security, privacy, information security, future technology trends, and the expansion of young women involved in technology. Also passionate about strategic philanthropy, Avani sits on the board of Arnold Palmer Medical Center, Philanos, Audit Committee chairwoman at the Central Florida Foundation, and is the co-chair of 100 Women Strong, a female-only venture capitalist based giving circle that focuses on solving community-based problems specific to women and children by using data analytics and big data. Listen to her share insights on the challenges and opportunities for women and minorities in accounting, leadership advice, being and searching for role models, finding career advocates and champions, making mistakes and what lessons get learned, the accounting profession at large, what separates the good accountants and firms from the great ones and much more.Avani is also an avid runner, always looking to sign up for the next Disney marathon. She considers her greatest accomplishment to be personal rather than professional—she is the proud mother to her 10 year old son, Sahil, 7 year old daughter, Sareena, and newborn son, Hastin.https://www.linkedin.com/in/avani-d-596366/◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you! ➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Sep 4, 2022 • 31min

Female Leaders in Accounting: Francesca Lagerberg

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 10 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we begin a series of deep dive interviews with prominent and influential female leaders in the accounting world.We start with Francesca Lagerberg, the CEO of Baker Tilly International. She was appointed to the role on 1 June 2022 and is responsible for the network operations for Baker Tilly International, a top ten global accounting network, with member firms in over 140 territories. Francesca has 30 years of experience in professional services, including working in global networks, specialising in cross-border and international business support, with a focus on growth.She has senior leadership experience in mid-market firms and began her career in a Big 4 firm. Her roles have also included Global head of tax, legal, risk, mergers and acquisitions and people & culture. She has led teams based around the world. She has also worked in industry and won awards in the fields of international accounting, private client work and professional lecturing.She has frequently commented on TV, radio and in the press on global developments and the need for diversity of thinking, especially to encourage a broader range of people to take on senior roles and create an environment that helps support this aim. She has sat on several UK Government committees and played an active role in the work of the ICAEW and the CIOT.Francesca is a qualified lawyer, chartered accountant and tax adviser. She lives in the south of England with her husband, three children and two dogs.Listen to her share insights on the challenges and opportunities for women in accounting, leadership advice, being and searching for role models, finding career advocates and champions, making mistakes and what lessons get learned, the accounting profession at large, what separates the good accountants and firms from the great ones and much mhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/francescalagerberg/◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━
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Aug 28, 2022 • 28min

Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 8

On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 9 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/This episode features an exclusive interview with Mark Koziel, President and CEO at Allinial Global https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjkoziel/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

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