Accounting Leaders Podcast

Jun 28 2023 74 ep. 39 mins 8

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Join Stuart McLeod as he interviews the world's top accounting leaders to understand their story, how they operate, their goals, mission, and top advice to help you run your accounting firm.

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Bridging the gap between tech vendors and accountants, with Seth Fineberg

Jun 28 2023 36 mins

eth Fineberg spent most of his professional career writing for the accounting industry. In this episode, he joins Stuart to share his new business venture, and how he's going to help bridge the gap between tech vendors and the community they serve.Episode notes:Gaining the trust of customers is more important than ever for tech vendors (04:20)Helping all boats rise by supporting sm

Doing good work for good people, with Alasdair McGill and Colin Munro

Jun 15 2023 42 mins

Alasdair McGill, Managing Director at Ashton McGill brings his client Colin Munro, Founder of Miconex, to share the journey they went on together that turned a small, local Scottish startup into growing global business.How Alasdair developed a service-oriented mindset at EY (02:00)Bringing a bespoke designer approach to accounting at Ashton McGill (04:34)Colin's journey from market

Finding an accountant's purpose in numbers. A conversation with Jennie Moore

May 19 2023 30 mins

Jennie Moore wears two professional hats: one as an accounting firm owner, the other as Ignition's Partnerships Manager. In this episode, Jennie joins Stuart to discuss all things accounting and technology—from what can be done to make the accounting industry attractive again, to how technology can be used to augment accountants' capacity.When Jennie met Stuart (00:45)Balancing l

From good to great: A legacy of empowerment with Anton Colella

May 05 2023 38 mins

Anton Colella's journey in accounting is unconventional. After 18 years as a religious teacher, he joined Scotland's Institute of Chartered Accountants and later became the CEO of Moore Global, one of the world's largest accountancy networks. In this episode, Anton shares his story as a religious teacher, a leader, and a man with a strong sense of a higher purpose.Episode notes:Ant

Turning all of life's lemons into lemonade, with Candy Bellau

Apr 27 2023 38 mins

Candy Bellau grew up with an unconventional father who applied his genius in all the wrong ways. In this episode, Candy candidly shares how others' mistakes enlightened her to live a life of integrity, and what she's doing to maintain work-life balance for herself and her staff.Learning how to do bookkeeping at 14 years old (01:20)Uncovering major accounting fraud while working as

Right people, right place, right time. A conversation with Carla Caldwell

Apr 19 2023 42 mins

Carla Caldwell, Stuart's long-time friend and ex-colleague, joins him for a delightful conversation about her journey in accounting, accounting technology, consulting, and entrepreneurship.Reminiscing together (00:05)How family and mentors influenced Carla's accounting journey (01:55)Finding her superpower in accounting and technology (05:20)The game-changing opportunity to be a pa

Are accountants the missing piece of holistic wealth management? A conversation with Rob Santos and Rory Henry

Apr 07 2023 37 mins

Rob Santos and Rory Henry of Arrow Root Family Office join Stuart to discuss how accountants are primed to be strategic advisors in the wealth and family management space.Together, they talk about:Why accountants are well-positioned to get involved in wealth management (02:15)The origin story of Arrowroot Family Office (07:00)Creating a personalized financial advisory experience (0

Solving big problems in a small town, with Meghan Blair

Mar 30 2023 34 mins

Meghan Blair lives and works in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a tourist town with a close-knit community. In this episode, Meghan and Stuart discuss COVID's impact on seasonal economies, what accounting professionals can do to help, and an exciting update for Meghan's firm—Fogged in Bookkeeping.The unforgettable experience of living on a cattle farm in Australia (03:17)The cultural a

Challenging the status quo of accounting operations, with Stefan van Duyvendijk

Mar 17 2023 31 mins

Stefan van Duyvendijk is the Accounting Operations Evangelist at FloQast. In this episode, Stefan chats with Stuart about the pains that drove FloQast's founders to building their own solution, and what sets the company apart from its competitors in the marketplace.Together, Stefan and Stuart discuss:Living and skiing in Utah (02:00)A fed-up accountant's quest for changing the stat

Daring to lead. A conversation with Natalie Lennon

Mar 08 2023 29 mins

Natalie Lennon, accounting firm owner, automation guru and podcaster, joins Stuart to discuss her career journey that led to Two Sides Accounting. They also chat about the talent shortage and what Natalie is doing to live the '4-day work week dream'.Natalie’s winding journey in accounting (2:00)Becoming a partner at 28 years old (6:10)The light-bulb moment that birthed Two Sides