
Accounting Answers Podcast
Brought to you by Rightworks, the ACCOUNTING ANSWERS PODCAST is hosted by Rob Brown, co-founder of the Accounting Influencers Roundtable (AIR).
On this weekly show with short, sharp episodes, Rob asks 110 experts and influencers the critical questions shaping the accounting profession. It keeps you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them.
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Host Rob Brown is a renowned presenter, facilitator and chair of high-level conferences, panels and events globally for the accounting and fintech profession. He is retained by many professional networks, alliances, associations, practices and vendors to chair their events and provide high-level interview content for their communities. He is a dynamic speaker and accomplished expert on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, career development, succession, gen z/generations, employee advocacy and executive presence. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown/
Rob is author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk ‘The Personal Brand of You’ has been viewed over 300,000 times on YouTube. He is a stroke survivor, has epilepsy, is a committed Christian and has a black belt in kickboxing. He is based in Nottingham UK, home of Robin Hood, plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.
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Latest episodes

Apr 14, 2025 • 12min
Navigating Complexity: The Accountant’s New Role
Ep: 34 Top experts answer: "Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants? You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Karen Chalmers | interVal's VP Marketing, helping firms grow revenue efficiently with AIKate Serpe | Former CAS leader and recovering accountant, current SIAP Partner ExecutiveKatie Thomas | Helping accountants stand out online and owner of Leaders OnlineKen Schmitt | Recruiter, Author, Podcast Host and Founder of TurningPoint Executive SearchKevin Steel | Founder @ ClarendonFS: Fractional CFO & Strategy for B2B Service CompaniesTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Apr 7, 2025 • 9min
Embracing Change: Accountants as Pioneers of Progress
Ep: 33 Top experts answer: "Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants? You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:John Glasgow | The CEO at Campfire who is building modern accounting softwareJohn Thompson | Radical advocate for Primary Advisory and the value of accountantsJon Jenkins | CEO & Founder Hindsight, starting client conversations for accountantsJonathan Mifsud | Co-Founder at Buddy, Changing Payroll Tech for Accounting PracticesJulie Wilkinson | Specialist M&A Advisor helping businesses successfully buy and sell businessesTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Mar 31, 2025 • 10min
The Strategic Accountant: Guiding Businesses to Success
Ep: 32 Top experts answer: "Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants? You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Jessica Freiburg | Managing Partner of leading Chicago accounting firm Sassetti LLCJim Bourke | Partner @ Withum & Global Advisory Leader at HLB InternationalJody Grunden | Partner and Virtual CFO Practice Leaders Anders CPA + AdvisorsJoe Woodard | Woodard CEO and host of the Scaling New Heights ConferenceJohn Fenton | The CEO Sensei empowering accounting pros to amplify their leadershipTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Mar 24, 2025 • 10min
Data-Driven Decisions: The Future of Accounting Advisory
Ep: 31 Top experts answer: "Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Are business owners any closer to receiving proactive advice from accountants?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Jeff Gramlich | CPA, Head of Accounting at Validis and 40-year industry veteranJeff Phillips | CEO of Padgett, Founder of Accountingfly and accounting talent expertTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Mar 17, 2025 • 11min
The Evolution of Accounting: New Tools, Rules & Roles
Ep: 30 Top experts answer: "Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Itamar Jobani | CEO of PayEm, the innovative Global Spend Management PlatformJack Flaherty | CEO at The Decision Switch, empowering Decisive and Innovative LeadersJames Webb | Head of partnerships at insights & data platform PulseJasen Stine | Thought leader, writer, and speaker on current and future trendsJeff Borschowa | Strategist, innovator, disruptor, visionary embracing change in an interesting worldTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Mar 10, 2025 • 11min
Empowering Future Accountants: Skills for a New World
Ep: 29 Top experts answer: "Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Geni Whitehouse | Keynote presenter, CPA, Winery consultant, President of Information Technology AllianceGreg Kautz | Finance and technology executive of a lease accounting software companyHarriet Formby | Founder of BelowTheLineFinance, Holistic CFO & Purpose-Led Business AdvisorHeath Alloway | Director at Upstream Academy and servant leader for career professionalsHitendra Patil | President at Datamatics CPA Outsourcing, Top 100 Influencer, Author, SpeakerTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Mar 3, 2025 • 11min
Accounting in the AI Age: Preparing Them for Tomorrow
Ep: 28 Top experts answer: "Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Ellen Choi | Co-founder of Aiwyn, bringing practice automation tech to accountantsEric Gregg | CEO of ClearlyRated, exclusive client experience intel for accounting firmsEriona Bajrakurtaj | CEO, Major's Accounts, Accounting Leader and Early Tech AdopterGary Boomer | Founder/Dot Connector at Boomer ConsultingZane Stevens | Thought leader, podcaster, and account business owner helping wineries succeedTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Feb 24, 2025 • 12min
Beyond the Numbers: Next-Generation Accounting Insights
Ep: 27 Top experts answer: "Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Des O'Neill | Chief Delivery Officer at ProfitPro, helping accountants build better businessesDiane Yetter | The Original Sales Tax Nerd who loves sharing knowledgeEd Kless | MetaConsultant/Iconoclast who believes that entrepreneurs continue the work of creationElaine Godley | Inspiring dynamic accountants to optimise personal, team and business wellbeingMartin Bissett | Advisor to CEOs of 6-9 Figure Accounting & Fintech OrganisationsTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Feb 17, 2025 • 13min
Navigating the Future: Accountants as Innovators
Ep: 26 Top experts answer: "Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:Will the next generation of accountants be any different from their predecessors?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:David Cieslak | CPA Technologist helping companies grow strategically with cloud-based solutionsDavis Bell | CEO of Canopy, the firmwide operating system for modern firms.Della Copp | Director of Brand & Buzz at bookkeeping support platform BotkeeperDenise Froemming | Inspiring Growth, Empowering the Next Generation as CEO of CalCPADermot Hamblin | Accounting tech consultant & Co-Funder of ACCT For Your FutureTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.

Feb 10, 2025 • 16min
The Digital Accountant: Adapting to New World Trends
Ep: 25 Top experts answer: "What are your top 3 predictions for the accounting world in coming years?"The Accounting Answers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, asks critical questions of the experts, leaders and influencers who shape the decision-making of accountants, CPAs and finance professionals. Today we ask:What are your top 3 predictions for the accounting world in coming years?You'll hear insightful and passionate answers from these 5 experts and influencers:Arun Mehra | CEO of Samera Global, helping accountants build a global firmAshley Leeds | 15 minute guy teaching LinkedIn in 15 Minutes a DayBecky Glover | Award winning Finance Director, board member and business leaderBen Richmond | Chartered accountant and U.S. country manager at XeroBlake Oliver | Founder of Earmark, where accountants earn CPE for podcastsTune into more on this weekly show for short, sharp episodes that keep you informed of what's happening in the accounting world and the whole ecosystem of consultants, organizations, vendors and advisors who serve them. This episode was first published in an earlier season of this podcast.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢If you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrownYou can also check out other Accounting Influencers Shows on YouTube: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeTo learn more about the Accounting Influencers Roundtable or AIR, a community of experts, tech providers, software vendors, consultants and professionals serving the accounting profession, go to https://accountinginfluencers.comYou might qualify for a golden ticket for one of our members meetings to see what AIR is all about. Great for building your personal brand, sourcing strategic partners and making valuable industry connections.
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