Accounting Influencers Podcast

About Accounting Influencers Podcast

Accounting Voices is the only accounting show built for boardroom-level leadership conversations. Hosted by Rob Brown, it exists to interpret the structural forces placing accounting firms and their leaders under sustained pressure. AI. Private equity. Consolidation. Talent strain. Shifting client expectations. Operating models under stress. These are not emerging trends. They are realities reshaping how firms operate and how leaders make decisions right now. Where other accounting shows report news, share technical updates or offer tactical advice, Accounting Voices operates at a different altitude. This is a senior leadership platform built around structured seasonal inquiry. Each season focuses on one defined tension facing the profession. A curated cohort of senior firm leaders records focused conversations answering the same five disciplined questions. The result is not opinion or commentary. It is comparable cross-firm intelligence on how leadership decisions are actually being made inside accounting firms today. This format is unique in the profession. No other show asks the same structured questions of multiple senior leaders. No other show produces the kind of pattern recognition that emerges when managing partners, firm owners and PE-backed executives answer the same questions independently. And no other show synthesises those patterns into forward-looking interpretation designed for leaders who are accountable for outcomes and short on time. Previous seasons have examined AI reality inside firms, the future of advisory, leadership under pressure and the forces testing firm durability. Guests include firm owners and founders, managing partners, firm CEOs, PE-backed executives and senior operators from firms across North America. Every conversation is short, structured and designed to surface lived experience rather than theory. Rob Brown has conducted more than 1,000 interviews with leaders across accounting, fintech and professional services. His approach is rooted in pattern recognition. He listens across dozens of senior voices and synthesises what he hears into forward-looking interpretation that helps leaders see what is changing before it becomes visible in their own firms. He is not a commentator reacting to headlines. He is an interpreter of the structural shifts that compound quietly until they reshape entire firms. Accounting Voices is used by firm leaders and boardrooms to navigate change and support leadership teams under pressure. Partners share episodes internally to frame strategic conversations. Managing partners reference the series in leadership meetings and planning sessions. The show provides structured thinking for senior decision makers navigating complexity and ambiguity. This is not news. It is not education. It is not a vendor platform. It is not a guest submission show. Participation is by invitation only and limited to senior leaders whose lived experience directly informs the season theme. Every season is editorially independent. Sponsors do not shape topics, select guests or influence direction. The platform operates across all major podcast channels, YouTube and LinkedIn. It is syndicated through CPA Trendlines and distributed to accounting professionals globally. Accounting Voices also underpins private leadership conversations with firms, networks and associations. The same structured format is used in closed settings to help leadership teams align around the pressures they face internally. The public show is the proof of concept. The private work is where it lands. If you lead an accounting firm or sit inside one navigating structural change, this show was built for you. Not to tell you what to think. To help you think more clearly about what is already in front of you. Rob also hosts BACKED, a dedicated YouTube series examining capital, control and power inside accounting firms. BACKED is the only platform covering private equity, consolidation and independence in accounting at depth. Through long-form interviews with PE investors, consolidator CEOs, independent firm owners and M&A advisors, BACKED surfaces the real decisions and consequences behind the capital transformation reshaping the profession. Watch at youtube.com/@accountingvoices

Publisher

Rob Brown

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jan 2022

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

49 of 428 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AI Strategy vs AI Tools in Accounting Firms: Who Wins?

   Host Rob Brown explores AI's strategic impact versus tool implementation, guiding accounting firms toward their future vision.

2. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The AI Investment Few Accounting Firms Can Measure

   Rob Brown analyzes AI investment data, questioning if accounting firms face a technology or strategy problem in this solo episode.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AI Means Your Biggest Competitor Is Not Another CPA Firm

   Host Rob Brown interviews Leroy Kerry, co-founder of Filed, about AI's strategic impact and internal tensions within accounting firms.

Inside a recent episode

AI Strategy vs AI Tools in Accounting Firms: Who Wins?

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Most AI investment inside accounting firms right now is being directed at making existing processes faster, which is natural, quicker document preparation, more efficient research, better reporting. Those improvements have got value, absolutely. But a lot of voices in the accounting profession are starting to ask naturally whether these firms are spending time and money optimizing workflows that might not exist in a few years because they're professional itself and the way we do things is changing. So we can't just make what we've been doing better and faster. The thing itself is changing. And that question reframes stuff because the bigger opportunity for us as accounting professionals and I'm a former high school math teacher, I do have an accounting qualification. […]

Who has been a guest on Accounting Influencers Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Leroy Kerry
• Matthew May
• John Roman
• Carla McCall
• Ric Opal

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

313,025

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

100

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

89

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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