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"We're talking about ALL the fingers that Digital Transformation has, ALL the paths that it can flow down through an organisation (136). Digital Transformation: What is it? What are the benefits and risks? How has COVID impacted the subject for good or ill? Guest host Daimon Geopfert of RSM presents this November Cybersecurity Advisory episode, exploring what "Digital Transformation" means in the age of COVID. Joined by Jerry Ravi and Greg Fritsky of EisnerAmper, the conversation touches on the broader subject of how the pandemic has affected the way organisations plan and prioritise their transformation efforts. Talking Points. This conversation touches on these and other topics and considerations: What does digital transformation mean? Has that definition changed over time? What are the most common areas of a business to be targeted for transformation? Does this vary by organisation size and industry? How has this impacted the pace and approach to digital transformation? What are the risks of going ahead with digital transformation? What are the risks of not doing so? Other considerations for business, operations, regulatory, security, personnel, and more. Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Find technology and cybersecurity resources on the AICPA Technology Hub. Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Can't see the links? Visit https://future.aicpa.org/topic/technology and https://www.aicpa.org/coronavirus. The Voices. Connect with the people behind the conversation. Daimon Geopfert is Security & Privacy Consulting National Leader at RSM Jerry Ravi is Process, Risk & Technology Solutions National Leader & Partner at EisnerAmper Greg Fritsky is Director of Digital Solutions at EisnerAmper. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"During quarantine, things have been escalated. 30% of leaders' time is lost due to MISHANDLING conflict, so that's on the rise." (135). Monday 16th November was UN Day of Tolerance so, to explore the true cost of conflict in an organisation, Scott Kellam talks to returning guest Julie Holunga.  They discuss what happens when it manifests, and what the consequences can be if it's allowed to build up over time. Counter-intuitively, conflict can be a valuable catalyst for positive change. Hear how to recognise it, address it, manage it and learn from it. Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Improve your conflict-management skills with AICPA & CIMA resources here. Connect with our guest Julie Holunga at julieholunga.com. Watch her 2018 AICPA Conference presentation on "The Weak Language That Holds You Back".   Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"You've got this massive bucket of fraud that's happening, that you DON'T know about." (134). In advance of International Fraud Awareness Week, we talk to Bryony Clear Hill, Associate Ethics Manager (CIMA) and author of a new report, "Keep Your Accounts Safe: Your Guide To Combatting Financial Crime". We discuss the risks posed by financial crime, how the pandemic has made them greater than ever, and the tools that an organisation ALREADY has to protect themselves.  Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. The research findings in the report. The role of an Ethics Awareness Manager How the pandemic has increased risks The vulnerabilities in the supply chain Where to find the fraud-fighting assets already in your organisation. Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Read the "Keep Your Accounts Safe" report on CGMA.org. Create a defensive action plan using this "Key Risk Areas and Controls" matrix. Explore CIMA's Ethics Resources  Read Bryony's FM Magazine article on "Financial crime during COVID"  Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

" I've seen first hand the different sorts of attempts made to target finance organisations - they're a CONSTANT target. " (133) Why are finance professionals prime targets for cybercriminals? Kacee Johnson of CPA.com lifts the lid on the so-called "criminals' oasis" and the economy of cybercrime with online security research expert 'Dustin' from Spycloud. Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. What is the dark web? Why are accounting professionals prime targets? How do we mitigate those risks? Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Explore technology resources for CPAs at cpa.com. Check your email security and sign up for free breach monitoring and more on the blog at Spycloud.com. Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

" You might get your own people up and running, but do you have a vendor that's NOT going to be available?" (132) You're prepared, but what happens if your business-critical vendor isn't? Amy Vetter hosts this month's Cyber Security Advisory discussion. With panellists Audrey Katcher of Ruben Brown and Torpey White of WipFli, they explore vendor risk management, and suggest three key action items which your teams can begin working on immediately. Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. Best practices for security and supply chains. Vendor due diligence, What that actually means in practice, How risk should be monitored during the COVID-19 pandemic Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Find technology and cybersecurity resources on the AICPA Technology Hub. Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Can't see the links? Visit https://future.aicpa.org/topic/technology and https://www.aicpa.org/coronavirus. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"We've combined three years of cybersecurity conversations, 20 episodes to choose from, all via just ONE link". (131). Because it's Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020, we've put together a special playlist of 20 cybersecurity-focused episodes. Find them by clicking on this link: CyberSec20 Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Browse your dedicated cybersecurity episode playlist at CyberSec20. Find technology and cybersecurity resources for CPAs at CPA.com. Discover how Cybersecurity Month is being marked in the USA as "NCSAM", and the EU as "ECSM". Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"This is a very significant step for the profession; it's a LEADERSHIP step." (130). What's the security value of a name? CPA.com CEO Erik Asgeirsson outlines the many security and branding benefits of .cpa, a new top-level domain for the finance and accounting profession. Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. what a top-level domain is. why it's been developed. who'd find it useful. the benefits to members of the accounting and finance profession. its cybersecurity value, especially in assurance, credibility and verifiability. Our Guest. Erik Asgeirsson has been President and CEO of CPA.com for the past fifteen years and was part of the original founding team. Under his leadership, CPA.com has established itself as a leader on emerging technologies and as a key solution provider to accounting firms in the United States, with a growing global focus. Erik also led the creation of RIVIO, a private company financial information clearinghouse, and is overseeing the launch of .cpa, a new top level domain for the profession. Before joining CPA.com, Erik held a variety of positions over a ten-year period at AT&T in business development, operations, and product management. He holds an MBA in Finance from The New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, where he was elected to the Eta Kappa Nu engineering honour society.  Connect with him at www.cpa.com/speakers/erik-asgeirsson Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Learn more about .cpa at domains.cpa. Find technology and cybersecurity resources for CPAs at CPA.com. Discover how Cybersecurity Month is being marked in the USA as "NCSAM", and the EU as "ECSM". Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"You do have to be equipped to ask enough of the RIGHT questions." (129). October is Cybersecurity Month in the EU and the USA, so all month we'll be sharing episodes about IT risks, threat-mitigation and security strategies. The founder and CEO of NMGI, our guest Randy Johnston is recognised as a Top 25 thought-leader in accounting and technology. Hosted by Kacee Johnson, Strategic Advisor at CPA.com (the business and technology arm of the AICPA), this conversation with Randy introduces the concept of 'shadow IT'.  Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. Definition of  "Shadow IT". The increased risks associated with the decentralised and remote workforces which are the new normal for business. How to identify risks. Best practices to minimise potential threats. Our Guest. Randy Johnston is a veteran technologist with almost 40 years' experience guiding accounting firms and businesses to select the most appropriate technology tools, manage security, and optimise systems. Recognised as a Top 25 thought-leader in accounting and technology, he's regularly featured in Accounting Today's list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the profession.  Connect with him at www.randyjohnston.com. Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Find technology and cybersecurity resources for CPAs at CPA.com. Randy's additional suggestion for further help. Discover how Cybersecurity Month is being marked in the USA as "NCSAM", and the EU as "ECSM". Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"We focus a lot on the convenience and mobility of the medium... THAT is a really interesting value proposition." (128). On International Podcast Day - September 30th - we're joined from Canada by Michael Kravshik. The LumiQ CEO tells us about the podcast-inspired startup he founded to help CPAs turn podcast-listening into learning-credits.  Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. an overview of the Canadian accounting community the power of podcasting and audio content for CPAs. what’s happening with the medium around the world   ways a company can leverage its own in-house skills and talent to start creating podcast-style content how this can help deliver their own teams’ upskilling and development requirements. Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Connect with Michael via LinkedIn. Visit the LumiQ website and get 3 hours of free content on the app. (If you're in Canada, you'll get CPD credits as well)! Find out more about International Podcast Day Michael enjoys listening to these accounting and business podcasts 60 Seconds in the Fintech Microwave By Will Buckley How I Built This with Guy Raz Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Dip into our growing library of AICPA & CIMA podcasts. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"It's very important to get your PATIENTS involved in understanding what good security-stewardship means." (127). In the fourth of our Cybersecurity Advisory series, a panel of experts explores the economic and technological challenges facing the health care industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Host Jeff Krull of Baker Tilly is joined by Jerry Ravi, Bert Orlov, and Steve Bisciello of Eisner Amper. Talking Points. These are just some of the topics discussed in this episode. How the pandemic has impacted on the economics of the healthcare industry and their use of technology. What the long term implications may be. What that impact - and the potential impact of the technology - changes from a security and HIPAA perspective.  Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Find technology and cybersecurity resources on the AICPA Technology Hub. Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Can't see the links? Visit https://future.aicpa.org/topic/technology and https://www.aicpa.org/coronavirus. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

" This is a great time to make a list of top-of-mind PEOPLE who you haven't spoken to in a while." (126). Returning guest Julie Holunga is a leadership trainer, speaker and author who works with corporate women, primarily in the legal, accounting, technology, and professional services fields. Speaking from Denver, USA, she tells the AICPA's Scott Kellam why it's so important to 'reset' the way we work. They discuss ways to rekindle work productivity and suggest how to stay in touch - and in sync - with colleagues. RESOURCES. Find out more about Julie at julieholunga.com. Julie will be speaking at a TedX event this November 14th. Get free pandemic-related guidance from our coronavirus online resource centres for the global AICPA and CIMA communities. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews and @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"There are lessons that we ALL can learn from this fairy tale". (125). Lynn Fountain (CPA, CGMA, CMA, MBA) is a finance professional, author, and an international leadership and management trainer who brings a unique perspective to our conversation. We discuss what the keys to leadership are, and how we can find them by using the story of  The Wizard of Oz. RESOURCES. Find out more about Lynn Fountain on her website at https://www.lynnfountain.net.  Read her blog post "Finding the Leader Within" Rediscover the story of The Wizard of Oz. Get free pandemic-related guidance from our coronavirus online resource centres for the global AICPA and CIMA communities. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews and @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Getting newer and younger existing staff...ENGAGED ...is never more important than it is today." (124). CPA.com's Steve Menges returns to conclude our two-part exploration of how CPA practices can virtualise their operations.  He shares practical examples to help others choose their own paths to business-virtualisation. OUR GUEST Steven Menges is a CPA.com strategic advisor supporting the product team for audit and assurance (A&A) Cloud-based solutions. He is a tech evangelist and a business-growth expert who also leads the AICPA's "Modernising Your Practice" initiative. Connect with him on Linkedin here. RESOURCES CPA.com is a leading resource to empower CPAs in the digital age. A Distributed, More Virtual CPA Firm and A&A Practice – Curated A&A Firm Resources Discover the OnPoint PCR solution, the precursor to DAS (the Dynamic Audit Solution). A&A Business Continuity in 2020. Transitioning to a Distributed CPA Firm: Educational Videos, 6 curated sessions including "simplify-to-innovate" insights from FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell. We featured clips from this live webinar featuring Jason Miller (Partner) and Meg Hampton (Audit Supervisor) at Anglin Reichmann Armstrong.  Modernising Your Practice features experts curating clarity around complex legal, compliance and liability risk topics for firms of all sizes   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"We're seeing more stories now where information is being compromised - when it should NOT be - in this new work from home environment." (123). In the third episode of our monthly Cybersecurity Advisory series, host Jim Gilbert, CPA, CITP, CGMA is joined by Audrey Katcher of Rubin Brown LLP and Jeff Olejnik of Wipfli LLP.  In an ever-changing data environment, they explore the shift in focus for Boards of Directors (BoDs) to business continuity, security and risk management.  Resources. Use these links to find out more about this topic, or to access free guidance and resources to implement in your own team or organisation. Find technology and cybersecurity resources on the AICPA Technology Hub. Discover more detailed information and guidance about Cybersecurity and Information Security. Visit dedicated coronavirus online resource centres for our AICPA and CIMA networks. Can't see the links? Visit https://future.aicpa.org/topic/technology and https://www.aicpa.org/coronavirus. Share. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. Social. Use #GoBeyondDisruption, @AICPANews or @CIMA_News. About Our Podcast. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Get in touch. How did you discover our podcast? Where do you listen? What would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"A lot of fast-growing large tech companies want to ELEVATE their accounting teams...through automation." (122). We talk bots and RPA with Gappify, an accounting-automation startup based in San Francisco. Kyle Hannan (AICPA &  CIMA, London) is joined from New York by Gappify CEO and founder Jotham Ty, and Sales VP James Hall.  RESOURCES. Find out more about Gappify Watch this AICPA & CIMA video about the use of robotic process automation in auditing.  Read about the impact of bots in these articles from Gartner and McKinsey There's pandemic-related guidance on the AICPA coronavirus resource centre at https://www.aicpa.org/coronavirus and also the CIMA coronavirus resource centre at https://www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"In 2020, change in key areas is NO longer optional." (121). The first in a two-part exploration of how CPA practices can virtualise their operations. CPA.com's Steve Menges outlines the steps that firms can take right now to holistically digitise services, drive efficient high-quality work, and bring even more value to clients.  OUR GUEST Steven Menges is a CPA.com strategic advisor supporting the product team for audit and assurance (A&A) Cloud-based solutions. He is a tech evangelist and a business-growth expert who also leads the AICPA's "Modernizing Your Practice" initiative. Connect with him on Linkedin here. RESOURCES A Distributed, More Virtual CPA Firm and A&A Practice – Curated A&A Firm Resources CPA.com is a leading resource to empower CPAs in the digital age. A&A Business Continuity in 2020. Transitioning to a Distributed CPA Firm: Educational Videos. We featured clips from this LinkedIn Live session as Kim Moore, Director of Audit at Summit CPA Group, shares practical advice for auditing firms trying to adjust to remote working conditions.  Modernizing Your Practice features experts curating clarity around complex legal, compliance and liability risk topics for firms of all sizes   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Be very clear about the PURPOSE of a finance function in a business and how can you be increasingly purposeful in your role" (120). Rebecca McCaffry, author of a new research report ‘Finance Transformation, the Human Perspective’, introduces highlights from the report’s launch in Dublin earlier this year. At the event, a panel of industry experts shared their perspectives on the skills needed by finance teams, and how to develop them. THE PANEL KPMG partner Gavin Donaldson, whose expertise includes finance function optimisation. Frances Howat, head of capability development for finance at BP Bernie Cullinan, CEO of Pragma Advisory, which specialises in strategy, organisational development and people management Chaired by CIMA chief executive Andrew Harding Report author Rebecca McAffry. RESOURCES Download the report and learn about our research into the human elements of finance transformation. Find out more here. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"It's a situation that's been exponentially exposing us... at THIS time." (119). In the second of our new monthly Cybersecurity Advisory series, host Jerry Ravi of EisnerAmper LLP is joined by Daimon Geopfert of RSM, and Audrey Katcher of Rubin Brown LLP. They discuss data security and resilience, risk, and regulatory compliance in a changing data environment. These monthly advisories explore key technology challenges as businesses consider how to implement a seamless environment that supports work from home or in the office. RESOURCES. Find technology and cybersecurity resources at https://future.aicpa.org/topic/technology Discover more cybersecurity resources through the AICPA Technology Resource Hub. There's pandemic-related guidance on the AICPA coronavirus resource centre at www.aicpa.org/coronavirus and also the CIMA coronavirus resource centre at www.cimaglobal.com/coronavirus. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we're keen to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"Really good CFOs are able to COMMUNICATE, with people who are not financial experts" (118). What does it take to be a CFO? How do you get that type of role? What does it mean to work at Board level? And how do you make the right kind of impact once you get there? Chicago-based Eileen Kamerick is a Board member of several listed companies as well as a trusted confidante to CEOs and Directors in Advisory and CFO roles. She shares some exclusive insights into her forthcoming Finance Track session at ENGAGE 2020.   OUR GUEST Eileen Kamerick is a Fellow of the US National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership, as well as an SEC Financial Expert. She currently serves as a Board of Directors Member for three NYSE corporations and one LSE corporation, and has held several corporate Senior Advisor and CFO roles with leading multi-nationals. Connect with her on LinkedIn here. SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"The past 100 days haven't been a blip. They've been an ACCELLERATOR" (117). To understand adaptive leadership, it's best to hear from the leaders themselves and the people that know them best. Our guests are C-Suite coach Gretchen Pisano, CEO of pLink Leadership, and Clar Rosso, EVP for Learning and Development (AICPA & CIMA). This podcast is a special audio version of this June's ENGAGE 2020 kick-off video webinar.   OUR GUESTS Clar Rosso (MA) is based in North Carolina and is the Executive Vice-President of Engagement & Learning Innovation at AICPA & CIMA.  Gretchen Pisano is co-founder and CEO of pLink Leadership SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who should hear this podcast? Click on these links to automatically share this episode with colleagues and friends. Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections, send to Twitter, auto-share on your Facebook page, or simply tell someone via email. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. ABOUT OUR PODCAST The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, we hope that the insights will be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News ©2018-2020 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)