Accounting in rural New Zealand, the talent shortage, and what young accountants need to know, with Marilyn Davies
Accounting Leaders Podcast
English - October 28, 2021 03:45 - 36 minutes - 83.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsManagement Business accounting leadership accountant accountants accounting firm stuart mcleod Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The inside story of GoProposal’s acquisition by Sage, with James Ashford
This week, Stuart is joined by Marilyn Davies, Director of Tandem Group, an accounting firm founded more than 100 years ago in the Taranaki region of rural New Zealand. Marilyn discusses the impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand businesses, the challenges of finding great staff, advice for the younger generation of accountants, and much more.
The impact of COVID-19 in New Zealand, and affects on the supply chain (3:00)Different types of clients and specialities (7:00)The embracement of Xero (10:10)The state of distributed teams versus in-office teams in a post-COVID world (12:40)Battling Zoom meeting exhaustion (14:10)The industries that have suffered and those that have thrived during the pandemic (15:30)The secrets to Xero’s success (19:30)Marilyn’s experience using Karbon at Tandem (21:40)The challenges of finding great staff when you’re not in a big city (24:00)Succession planning (26:50)The tax return as a by-product of what accountants actually do (30:00)Advice for young up-and-coming accountants (31:00)Incredible client stories (32:10)