Accounting Leaders Podcast

Our first Canadian Guest, David DiNardo, joins Stuart on this week's episode of the Accounting Leaders Podcast. Together they discuss: 

How Envolta and their clients are doing throughout Covid-19 (0:36-4:39). Preventing burnout and focusing on mental health in the never-ending tax season (4:39-8:24). Specializing in a specific vertical/niche (8:24-11:36). The importance of marketing (11:36-20:04). David’s career path to owning a bookkeeping company, plus the lessons he learned along the way (20:40-26:31). Growth and acquisitions (26:31-28:42). Building a performance-based team (28:42-29:57). Cloud-based work allows you to have it all (29:57-30:59). Scaling your company (30:59-32:51). Creating and maintaining and online company culture (32:51-35:26). Companies, and company characteristics, to keep your eye on (35:26-38:09). The best part of being an accountant (38:09-41:26). 

This week Stuart sits down with seasoned CPA and cloud technology advocate, Bruce Phillips from Aprio Cloud. Together they discuss: 

When traditional accounting was simply accounting (1:58-4:42). Mentorship and advice for the early years of your career (4:42-7:07). The biggest changes in accounting from getting rid of file rooms to cloud accounting (7:07-9:19). Global accounting (9:19-11:06). Relationship building, networking and lifetime learning (11:06-12:42). Owning a smaller firm vs. being part of a large firm (12:42-16:43). Changes in the talent market and how firm’s can meet current and potential employee expectations (16:43-26:43). The different cycles of accounting functions and the need for them to be automated (26:43-29:58). Why stop working when you can work from your boat (29:58-31:23). Advice for the next generations of accountants (31:23-33:55).

In the second episode of the Accounting Leaders Podcast, Stuart sits down with James Ashford from GoProposal. Together they discuss: 

His career path from magician to GoProposal, and everything in between (2:12-20:10). What happens when the complex meets the complicated (20:10-25:45). Vertical vs. horizontal software (25:45-29:34). How the caring nature of accountants is their greatest strength and biggest weakness (29:35-33:29). What’s next for accounting industry, GoProposal and James (33:30-45:15).

Jeremy Allen, founder of System Six, joins Stuart in the inaugural episode of the Accounting Leaders Podcast.

Working for a cloud-based company (2:46-5:00). Small town living (5:00-6:47). How Covid has affected System Six, their clients and the future of the accounting industry (6:47-20:00). Jeremy's career path and the lessons he learned along the way (20:00-26:58). Company growth and acquisition vs. being acquired (26:58-33:32). Company culture and work-life balance (33:33-39:03). Questions that Stuart is asking as he plans the future of Karbon (39:03-45:03).

Welcome to the Accounting Leaders Podcast, a weekly podcast where our host, Stuart McLeod, goes behind the scenes with the worlds top accounting leaders. 

Each week Stuart will have an open conversation with his guests about anything and everything accounting. Whether you are looking for benchmarks for your firm, want to learn how the best leaders in the world of accounting do their thing or simply want to enjoy some mindless banter between people in your industry, this podcast is for you. So grab a cup of coffee and sit down with Stuart as he dives deep with the leaders of the accounting industry.