Have you ever wondered if your workplace culture is as good as you think it is? Goodwork HR director, Steven Ford, joins Imogen on this episode of UTH to highlight the importance of a happy, positive workplace culture.

Tune in to find out more about:

• How to identify if you need to outsource a HR professional.
• Steven’s experience “ripping off the Band-Aid” and exposing toxic cultures.
• Tips on how to unlock high performance by nurturing employees properly.
• Why you should avoid motivating quotes in the workplace.
• How employees can effectively engage in workplace culture.
• How to approach a workplace and create a more cohesive, healthy environment.

Co-hosts Imogen and Lee-Ann bring on Michael Messner to UTH for a two-episode special focused on tax residency. An increasingly complex and intricate topic, Lee-Ann and Michael break down what tax residency is, how it applies and how it can be interpreted in multiple ways, in multiple jurisdictions!

Tune into this first episode to hear more about:

• What tax residency is and who it applies to.
• How and why it applies to residents all over the world.
• What is the purpose of it and why is it so outdated?
• What should we do to tackle and modernise tax law?
• What the profession wants and suggests.

Stay tuned for episode two on this topic coming in early March!

We want to hear from you! Contact Imogen Wilson at [email protected] or Lee-Ann Hayes at [email protected] if you believe there is a topic that needs to be delved into further.

This week on Under the Hood, host Imogen is joined by Amy Fox to unpack all things small business.

Founder of Goldi Group and known as the fractional CFO for female founders, Fox opens up about how she became a small business owner within the industry, how she has structured her business and why she believes it is important to have distinct boundaries.

Tune in to find out more about:

• Fox's journey from university days to now.
• What she does as the fractional CFO for female founders.
• The how and why behind how her business and team are structured.
• Why she chose to work with women only.
• Her client base, how she found her 'sweet spot', and her advice for other small business owners struggling to find theirs.

Get in touch! Contact Imogen Wilson at [email protected] or Lee-Ann Hayes at [email protected] if you believe there is a topic that needs to be delved into further.

Senior tax accountant Jimmy Nguyen joins the Insider podcast to delve into the importance of AI and technology skills and how young accountants can leverage these to propel their career. Tune into this AD Insider episode to hear more about:

• The benefits of learning how to master cloud-based accounting platforms.
• Strategies on how to effectively grow a small business.
• The importance of recognising the talent and work of young accountants.
• Cloud-based accounting platform recommendations. Is it worth it?
• Essential advice all young accountants need and should hear.

And so much more!

On this first episode of UTH for 2025, co-host Imogen is joined by transfer pricing expert, Shannon Smit. Smit is well-known for her years of international and local experience, expertise in niche areas, small business tactics and her recruitment process for young up-and-comers.

Tune into this first episode of 2025 to hear more about:

• Smit’s expansive career and how it took her abroad.
• Her personal achievements over the years.
• How and why she runs her businesses the way she does.
• How she recruits, mentors and nurtures young talent.
• Her experience as a woman in finance.

And so much more!

We want to hear from you! Contact Imogen Wilson at [email protected] or Lee-Ann Hayes at [email protected] if you believe there is a topic that needs to be delved into further.

Trace CEO and co-founder Cat Long joins us on this episode of Accountants Daily Insider to provide a snapshot of the climate reporting landscape and how companies and accountants can prepare for it.

With mandatory climate reporting requirements looming for the majority of Australian organisations, Long dives into the critical nature and overarching goal of climate reporting and why it needs to be taken seriously.

With accountants at the centre of the newly enforced legislation, Trace provides support and a digital platform dedicated to helping businesses calculate their carbon emissions as well as decarbonisation plans, business progress reports and adopting a culture of sustainability.

Interested to hear about how mandatory climate reporting will impact you and your business? Tune in!

On this Christmas special of UTH, host Imogen is joined by CA ANZ president Tinashe Kamangira, who shares details about his achievements during his presidential term. When asked how he found himself as the CA ANZ president for 2024, Kamangira’s answer was “a lot of luck.”

Tune in to this bonus 2024 episode to hear about:

• Kamangira’s final outlook for the year as president on a personal and on a broader industry level.
• What Kamangira’s term as CA ANZ president was like, including the highlights.
• His achievements and passions.
• Kamangira’s approach to educating and connecting with high school and university students.
• How to support and bolster smaller accounting practices and sole practitioners.
• The horizon for the accounting industry in 2025.

On the first official episode of Under the Hood, Tracey Scotchbrook from the SMSF Association joins Imogen and Lee-Ann to chat about all things currently happening in the superannuation space.

A significantly complex and technical industry, tune in to hear Tracey’s take on:

• Key attention points in the super industry this past year.
• What challenges the industry faced this year and what challenges are on the horizon for 2025.
• The future of Div 296 tax and other bills proposed by the government.
• Super issues and the impacts this may have on accountants.

On this episode of AD Insider, host Imogen Wilson is joined by Hall Chadwick partner Kathleen Vouris and Crouch Amirbeaggi managing partner Shabnam Amirbeaggi to chat all things insolvency and a lack of female representation. In Australia, women make up only 10 per cent of insolvency practitioners, revealing a huge gap that yearns to be filled. Amirbeaggi, the first registered female liquidator in the country, shares her journey from the beginning to the present and how she has continued to enjoy the highs and lows of the industry. Vouris, working alongside her father who has been in the insolvency game for 50 years, reflects on how her career has shaped her perspectives and how she has always felt supported by those around her. Amirbeaggi and Vouris also share insight into how the industry brought them together to form a friendship and support system of their own.

In this episode of AD Insider, chartered accountant and storyteller, Heather Smith, and chartered accountant and partner at The Bean Counters, Tyler Caskey, are back with tech updates for the third quarter of 2024.

Smith and Caskey touch on multiple topics in this episode, sharing the latest news about features, functionalities and updates in the accounting technology world.

Key highlights from the episode include:

• The 3 * 3 Strategic Vision shared by Xero’s CEO at Xerocon Nashville.
• AI-rich NetSuite updates from Suite World and Cloud World, Las Vegas.
• Intuit’s Enterprise Suite release and MYOB’s new partnership with Silverfin.
• Testing Australian-based Pinch Payments alongside solutions like Stripe and GoCardless.
• Funding announcements from Re-Leased and ProjectWorks and acquisitions including Tradify.

Smith and Caskey will speak at the upcoming Access All Areas event hosted by ChangeGPS on Wednesday, 27 November in Melbourne.