From starting his side hustles such as the WWF wrestling business as a 13 year old to becoming an accountant in a reputable Adelaide firm and then starting his own practice with his best friend in his early 20s to creating an innovative platform for sole practitioners in accounting to work for clients across the globe.

We catch up with Chris Hooper, Founder and CEO of Accodex 

Profile

Chris Hooper is an experienced accountant of 14 years having worked in a reputable Adelaide firm, a CEO and an Accounting Futurist who has the aptitude to predict the future of the Accounting Profession. He believes that Accountants have the ability to change the world and his mission - Change the Accounting Game forever! Chris helps fellow Accountants, mentors Business Students and believes that his job is to make sure everyone succeeds.

He claims that the biggest challenge will always be technology and his way of adapting to it was to evolve the Accounting Industry by designing a progressive network that allows freelance accountants and other professionals to collaborate on projects, no matter where they are in the world.

Some quick facts:

Show Notes

Contact Info

You can find out more about Chris Hooper here

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Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

From humble beginnings in country NSW starting her career as a cadet in Audit to becoming a CFO and Financial Controller at some well know movie production businesses in her early 20’s and now running an award winning and technologically advanced CFO Advisory Firm.

Sarah Lawrence, Founder & Chief Dreamer at Hot Toast joins us to share her:

✔ What marketing and lead generation tools have helped her the most

✔ Advantages and disadvantages of being a female in business and in Board Rooms. 

✔ How she balances running a growing business and downtime to keep her sanity

✔ Her experience with offshoring

✔ Establishing yourself in a particular niche and getting referrals

✔ Importance of staying disciplined and getting the right people around you.

Show Notes

RecruitmentExpert

We are one of the largest Public Practice Recruiters in Australia and New Zealand and have access to most of the clients and candidates on the market. We thrive on delivering the best quality candidates to accounting firms so that you have the right people on the bus to grow your firm.

Contact Info

You can find out more about Sarah Lawrence and her firm Hot Toast from their website: www.hottoast.com.au

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Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

They have partnered with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to provide leaders in public practice the opportunity to take part in a hands-on, highly practical program which can successfully transition your practice into a sustainable and impactful Business Advisory practice.

We catch up with Brad Eisenhuth and Aidan Parsons to discuss:

✔ Why they felt accounting firms struggle to offer this much needed service to clients

✔ Powerful insights on how other accounting firms engage and pitch the service to their clients.

✔ What advisory means and how to deliver it and sell it

✔ Some of the challenges practitioners face in implementing and delivering the offering

✔ How it can 5x or even 10x your fees for a SME client you already have

✔ Steps to take to build and successfully grow a successful advisory practice

✔ And finally…how the program is structured and why it’s different to anything else you’ve seen or done.

Profile

Aidan Parsons is an experienced businessman and the CEO of Keystone Executive Coaching with a demonstrated history of working with businesses in a variety of field and using his skills in sales, marketing and management to create a solid foundation for strong and profitable growth and financial security.

Show Notes

RecruitmentExpert

We are one of the largest Public Practice Recruiters in Australia and New Zealand and have access to most of the clients and candidates on the market. We thrive on delivering the best quality candidates to accounting firms so that you have the right people on the bus to grow your firm.

Contact Info

You can find out more about Brad Eisenhuth and his Company The Outperformerfrom their website: www.theoutperformer.co;

Aidan Parsons and this Company The Keystone Executive from their website: www.keystoneexecutivecoaching.com

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Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Aly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory joins us to DISCUSS:

Some quick facts:

Contact Info

You can find out more about Aly Garrett and his firm All In Advisory from their website: www.allinadvisory.com.au

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Aly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory joins us to share her:

Contact Info

You can find out more about Aly Garrett and his firm All In Advisory from their website: www.allinadvisory.com.au

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Running a firm is hard enough. Being a Managing Partner at a young age and building a firm into the largest tax and advisory practice on the Gold Coast is even harder (and it hasn’t all been smooth sailing)!

Today we catch up with Aaron Lavell to discuss his journey from a young accountant at EY to dominating the accounting space and the challenges that went along with that. Some of the things we discussed were:

Profile

Aaron Lavell is the Managing Partner of one of the largest accounting firms on the Gold Coast called WMS, they are the 7th largest regional firm in Australia with 7 partners and over 60 staff. He has over twenty-five years’ experience in the accounting industry and heads up the corporate finance and business valuation team. He was one of the founding staff members of WMS where he quickly progressed to Partner and soon after Managing Partner and has been successfully leading the firm since 2003.

RecruitmentExpert

We are one of the largest Public Practice Recruiters in Australia and New Zealand and have access to most of the clients and candidates on the market. We thrive on delivering the best quality candidates to accounting firms so that you have the right people on the bus to grow your firm.

Why You Should Work With Us:

Our Services:

Contact Info

You can find out more about Aaron Lavell and his firm WMS Chartered Accountants from their website: www.wmssolutions.com.au

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

COVID has had a tremendous impact on accounting firm and practitioners over the last couple of months. Today we talk with the Directors of DMY - Mark Emney and Daniel Jones where we discuss:

Profiles

DMY who are the Leaders in Selling Accounting Practices across Australia.

Mark Emney comes with a rare mix of large corporate, consulting and entrepreneurial start-up experience where as a ex-PwC Partner he has guided organisations, large and small, around improving performance and boosting profitability and has been a senior executive in household names such as Wesfarmers and Bankwest to name a few.

Daniel Jones is an accountant that has a 20 year history working with accounting firms around the globe, and has advised on a large number of M&A transactions. He is a regular speaker at industry events across Australia and has been featured in the media for his insights on the accounting sector.

Contacts

You can find out more about DMY from their website: www.dmyassoc.com.au

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

On this episode, we talk about all the things accountants could be doing better and where they're going wrong.  Mistakes that are costing them huge potential increases in revenue, profits and lifestyle. 

Now, Rob Nixon is not an accountant. Yet he has forged a niche to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance and his clients on average see profit increases of 98.4% from revenue increases of only 20.8% while working fewer hours with simple tweaks in workflow and technology. 

He is an entrepreneur who has been running successful businesses since 1986. Since 1994 he has been running businesses that specialise in helping Accountants run better, more profitable businesses.

Accountants intrigue Rob and over the years he has trained them, consulted to them, coached them, researched them and visited thousands of them. All in the pursuit of what works and what does not work. He believes accountants are the natural trusted advisor to business and can help their client’s build amazing businesses. He also believes accountants don't earn enough for how smart they are, the value they add and the risks they take. 

His speaking work has taken him around the world where he has spoken to in excess of 170,000 accountants. Currently, his products and strategies are used by accountants in over 30 countries. His landmark ideas and strategies are adopted by thousands of large and small firms all over the world.

In 2005 he created the revolutionary coaching model called Coachingclub. The Coachingclub model enabled firms to be accountable, to consistently learn and to share ideas amongst their peers. So far over 800 accounting firms have graduated from his Coachingclub program. The vast majority of firms have doubled or tripled profits because of the program.

He has personally coached over 500 firms and helped them add more nearly $1 Billion of new profit.

He is the author of 4 bestselling books Accounting Practices Don’t Add Up, Remaining Relevant, The Perfect Firm and his most recent book The Wealthy Accountant. All have received rave reviews from Accountants and industry professionals from around the world.

Rob is a keen golfer, adventurer and cyclist. He is ticket holder no. 293 to go into space on Virgin Galactic and he lives in sunny Brisbane, Australia with his lovely wife Natalie and 3 children.

You can find out more about Rob Nixon on his website: www.robnixon.com

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email 

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]