The BANJO Group Chat Podcast

About The BANJO Group Chat Podcast

Welcome to the Ash, Hubert & Kevin Pod (AHK). We share finance stories, lessons, and mistakes to help business owners and finance pros understand sometimes complex concepts. Our aim is for you to leave each episode thinking, "Ah, okay. I get it now." About the hosts: Ash: Husband, dad, and strategic finance leader with more qualifications than letters in the alphabet. Hubert: Husband, dad, and the technical finance leader with a passion for anything with engines. Kevin: Husband, dad, finance leader by day, side hustle builder by night!

Publisher

Ash, Hubert & Kevin Pod

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2020

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

79 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   EP 19: 3 Ways To Unstick Your Finance Career (When There's Nowhere Left To Go)

   Nobody is blocking your promotion. Your manager just can't afford to lose you. If you disappeared for four weeks and everything broke, you're the most valuable person in the room — and the least promotable. Kev and Ash unpack the competence trap: why being reliable, fast and cheap to deploy quietly locks you into the role you already have, especially in the flat org structures most finance teams now run. They get honest about the yes-man years, the cultural pressure to never push back, the imposter syndrome that makes you over-commit, and the humbling moment leadership asks what you actually do — after a year of Sunday reporting. Then the practical part: three concrete moves to get unstuck, plus the point nobody makes — sometimes stable isn't stuck. Sometimes a 9-to-5 that gets you to daycare pickup is the right call for the season you're in. What we cover Why reliability is a floor, not an upside Flat structures and the missing rungs between FM and CFO Saying yes to everything, and what it actually costs you Busy vs valuable — and the retrospective framework to tell them apart The "just stop sending it and see who screams" test (4 hours a week back) Career stagnation vs career stability as a parent

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   EP 18: Stop Letting AI Write Your Month-End Commentary - Do This Instead

   Chartered Accountants Ash, Kevin, and Hubert explain how to move beyond basic reporting to drive decisions with insightful month-end variance commentary, interviewing each other on P&L drivers and root cause analysis.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   EP 17: We All Started in Audit — Here's What It Actually Taught Us (And When to Leave)

   Chartered Accountants Kevin, Ash, and Hubert discuss the value and duration of an audit career, sharing insights on essential skills and hiring considerations in this interview.

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Spotify

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

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Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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