Episode 44

Here's What Works on Upgrading Professional Skills for Accountants

Published on: 4th November, 2021

Episode 44. In today's practical episode of the Accountants Influencers Podcast with Rob Brown, discover the 5 critical skills accountants should be upgrading for more career options and better client value.

Key takeaways include:

➤ Why it's important for accounting and fintech professionals to stay relevant and current

➤ What career capital is for accountants and why it leads to more employment choices

➤ Why mere technical skills and expertise alone is not guaranteed to get you promoted

➤ How technical skills give you the foundation for career progression and promotability

➤ Why being good is no longer good enough for many modern day employees

➤ The role commercial acumen or an entrepreneurial mindset builds career capital for accountants

➤ The one skill that, if absent, labels many accountants as mere number crunchers, order takers and bean counters

➤ What micro skills contribute to better people skills for accounting and fintech professionals

➤ Thoughts on how to build traditional communication skills in a remote or hybrid working environment

➤ The increasingly important role of technology skills that accountants must be fluent in

➤ The ultimate skill for accountancy professionals to add real value to their employers

➤ What your ability to win business for your firm does for your employment and promotion prospects in accounting

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About the Podcast

Accounting Voices Podcast
Accounting Voices helps people in the accounting world stay relevant visible and vocal. Host Rob Brown interprets trends reshaping the profession and gives listeners insight to build authority influence and a stronger voice in firms and markets.
Accounting Voices, hosted by Rob Brown, helps decision makers and leaders in accounting and finance stay relevant, visible and vocal in a profession being reshaped by technology, private equity, regulation and shifting client expectations. Each episode interprets the trends disrupting accounting and finance such as AI, automation, M&A, talent and the move to advisory and translates them into practical insight that strengthens authority and influence.
Accounting Voices is also a platform for the wider ecosystem of networks, associations, educators, consultants, software vendors and technology experts who serve accountants and finance professionals worldwide. It extends into regular Accounting Voices networking sessions that connect this audience and amplify ideas that move the profession forward. With its international reach and long shelf life the show delivers credibility and commercial value for listeners and sponsors alike. Search for "Accounting Voices" on YouTube for all episodes and connect with Rob Brown on LinkedIn to find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown

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Rob Brown

ob Brown is the creator and host of the Accounting Voices Network, a media platform that includes the flagship solo podcast Accounting Voices and the panel shows Accounting M&A and Accounting Tech. He chairs conferences, panels and virtual events worldwide and is recognised as a leading advocate for the accounting profession.

He is an accomplished speaker and authority on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, succession, executive presence and the forces shaping the future of accounting. Rob is the author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk The Personal Brand of You has been viewed more than 400,000 times.

A former co-founder of the Accounting Influencers Roundtable, Rob now focuses on amplifying the voices of leaders, firms, networks, vendors and influencers across the global accounting ecosystem.

Outside of work he is a stroke survivor, lives with epilepsy, holds a black belt in kickboxing and is based in Nottingham, UK. He plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.