Journal of Accountancy podcast

April 26, 2022

Hard at times but also rewarding: A CPA’s career leap to India

A CPA from North Carolina shares the story of her move to India — the advance planning, the learning curve, and why she gave herself permission to fail.

April 21, 2022

The invaluable sounding board: Learning from other CFOs

A CFO shares insights on the value of idea sharing and why such sharing can be comforting and discomforting at the same time.

April 19, 2022

ENGAGE emcee: Why inflation could cause retirement U-turns

Hear or read this conversation with a CBS News business analyst on top questions asked of financial planners and what role inflation and tax rates may play.

April 14, 2022

The power of belief — and how it differs from arrogance

“If anybody wants to accomplish anything, at some point, they have to believe it’s possible.” Hear a deeper explanation of that topic from a mental performance coach, or read it in this podcast episode with transcript.

April 12, 2022

The value of asking the question, ‘What brings you joy?’

A speaker and author emphasizes the importance of pursuing outside passions and continuing to build on connections made over Zoom meetings in this podcast episode with transcript.

April 7, 2022

CPA Q&A: Parenthood in the pandemic and finance purpose statements

A CPA leader discusses his love of space leading to a job at Virgin Galactic, how finance purpose statements can be “a guiding light,” and advice for aspiring accountants in this podcast episode with transcript.

April 5, 2022

Co-creating the future of finance: A leadership group’s quest

A group of executives from large companies wants to work together on the quest to transform finance into more of a value partner.

March 31, 2022

FP&A: A new niche — and an expanded definition

An ENGAGE speaker shares six core principles for business and why the abbreviation FP&A means multiple things to him in this podcast episode with transcript.

March 29, 2022

Audit transformation: Automation is one small step in the journey

Learn how data-driven audits can help identify and mitigate risks and why tech tools that automate rote tasks are just one part of the evolution of auditing in this podcast episode with transcript.

March 24, 2022

New strategies to grow the profession’s pipeline

Organizations seeking to identify and hire finance talent can follow the advice in a recent article or further explore a new apprenticeship program detailed in this podcast with transcript.

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

4 ways solo practitioners can stand out

Five years ago, a grieving Angel Zhen started his own CPA firm with no clients and no revenue. Today, he has 300 clients, $600,000 in revenue and 12 weeks of annual vacation. In this JofA article, he shares how he set up his firm and how you could do the same.