Strategic leadership – what is it and can you learn it?
CPA Australia’s ongoing Career Skills Revisited series takes a look back at popular episodes offering useful tips on improving your skills in the workplace. This week: Danette Fenton-Menzies, director of learning at Magical Learning talks about what defines strategic leadership, why it’s so important and the tools you need in terms of support. Listen now.
This brand-new series looks at the opportunities and challenges facing small businesses today. In this week’s episode we hear from Brenton Ellis CPA, Director of Melbourne-based accounting firm The Gild Group. The Gild Group specialises in key industries such as music and entertainment, and has offices in Melbourne and Manila. Ellis shares some of the insights he’s gleaned from changing careers and launching his own firm. Listen to his story.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has developed a unique report on measures of audit quality in addition to its audit inspection findings. ASIC’s Doug Niven sits down with CPA Australia and explains the measures ASIC has identified and how he expects them to stimulate discussion and evolve over time as data becomes available.
In our ongoing career skills revisited podcast series where we feature an interesting career-based episode you may have missed: Clare Mann, Managing Director of Communicate31, and Tao de Haas, Registered Clinical Psychotherapist, Social Ecologist and Executive Coach, discuss team building, mentoring and coaching in the workplace.
In the first full length CPA Australia Podcast for 2020, hear from IASB Board member Ann Tarca where she and Ram Subramanian, Policy Adviser – Reporting at CPA Australia where they discuss the current and also future developments in IFRS.
In this first mini episode of the CPA Australia Podcast for 2020, Excel expert Neale Blackwood CPA discusses Data Validation. Excel has a built-in Data Validation feature that you can use to limit and control entries that go into certain cells. Hear all about how and why to use this feature in this mini-episode.
ASIC’s audit inspection report found an increase in negative findings and so is commencing new initiatives aimed at improving audit quality. Doug Niven, Senior Executive leader for Financial Reporting and Audit at ASIC, explains to Claire Grayston from CPA Australia the basis of those findings and what ASIC’s new key initiatives involve. Doug also explains why the report now provides greater transparency by including individual results for the “Big 4” firms.
As Fintech plays a significant role in the future of the banking and finance sector, we go behind the scenes in this CPA Australia Podcast episode to speak to two CPAs about what it is like to work for two of the most successful Fintech brands in Australia respectively.
How much influence can directors and audit committees have over the quality of the external audit? Hear how directors can get the most out of their company’s audit from Jacco Moison at the NZ Financial Markets Authority, as he speaks with Claire Grayston from CPA Australia. The FMA has updated Audit Quality – A Director’s Guide which explains the director’s role in influencing audit quality, focussing on FMC reporting entities.
In this podcast episode, Peter Johnson FCPA discusses why he chose to specialise in self-managed super funds (SMSF), what makes them so popular and where he sees the future of accounting heading.
In this podcast episode, Paul Ho FCPA provides an insight into China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA), including the impact of blockchain. Paul discusses his role in the project and how his skills and knowledge as a CPA have helped him get to where he is today.
In this podcast episode, Jacquetta Griggs FCPA discusses the importance of professional development in helping the accounting industry stay ahead of the curve, including how her skills and knowledge as a CPA have helped her get to where she is today.
Following release of the FMA’s Audit Quality Monitoring Report, Jacco Moison highlights the FMA’s key findings in six focus areas as well as auditor independence and the level of non-assurance services being provided to audit clients. The FMA compare the audit quality monitoring findings with their survey of investors on perceptions of audit quality and reflect on the inquiries on audit underway on other jurisdictions.
Looking back at our career focused podcasts, we revisit this CPA Australia Podcast that teaches you about how to approach problems as new opportunities.
Strong problem-solving skills can make a huge difference to your career and the organisation you work for. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover different ways and models to approach a problem in your organisation, innovative ways to solve problems, such as avoiding group-think, and how to communicate your solution to get buy-in from senior management. This podcast episode features Phil Bickerdike, Regional Director Australia and New Zealand at LUMA Institute, and Bill Jarrard, Co-Founder and Innovation Facilitator at Mindwerx International. Bill and Phil are in conversation with Jayanthi Iswaran, Deputy Chair of the Women CPA Committee.
The Public Sector FM model provide relevant insights for finance teams within the public sector. It highlights the financial maturity and benchmark against international best practice. It is particularly aligned to the strategy of “Provide relevant learning and development content, resources and tools” and in this week's CPA Australia Podcast we will be speaking with Dan Worsley, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) about this and more.
On this week’s CPA Australia Podcast hear all about the newly released Regulatory Burden Report and the impact of complex regulatory frameworks. Join host Keddie Waller, Head of Public Practice CPA and guest Stephen Jones CPA as they discuss 5 key recommendations that have come from the research and key insights on how they will impact you.
David Murray AO FCPA, chairman of financial services company AMP, returns to CPA Australia after a three-year absence. In this exclusive podcast, he sits down with CPA Australia’s president and chairman Peter Wilson to talk about the challenges leaders face during major periods of transformation, corporate governance, the state of financial advice and what CPA Australia should focus on in the near future.
On this week’s CPA Australia Podcast hear all about how to lead with purpose and how this will inspire and motivate yourself and your team. Join host Michelle Walz CPA with guest Shane Michael Hatton who is an author, speaker and leadership expert.
Excel expert Neale Blackwood CPA continues his Excel for Accountants series with a episode of Macros. Macros are a way of automating tasks you may have to do repeatedly, by recording a macro to automate them. Neale will explain all about this and how you can use them in your day to day Excel use.
The healthcare industry has always been a challenging sector with rules, regulations, guidelines and a complex financial environment. In this podcast episode we will uncover;
What are the five top challenges for your healthcare service? How do you approach these challenges and is there pressure to move away from the competition and towards a collaborative and co-operative partnership?
What role does the department play, especially in the choice of Public versus Private?
How can the finance professionals in the industry prepare for the ageing population and the limited resources?
Host: Gloria Sleaby FCPA, Non-Executive Director, DPV Health, Advisory Committees
MHCC & Eastern Health, MAICD, MIML, AGIA
Guests: Louise O'Connor, Executive Director, Epworth Eastern - Epworth HealthCare, Lisa Shaw-Stuart, Program Director Mental Health, Eastern Health and Jenny Zahara CPA, Chief Finance Officer, Department of Health and Human Services,
Victoria
Lack of professional skepticism in audits has been a recurring theme in ASIC’s audit inspection findings along with other regulators globally, however responding to these concerns can be challenging for audit firms. Recent research by Monash Business School, funded by CPA Australia’s GRPP grants program, helps to understand the drivers of auditors’ professional scepticism. In this podcast the research findings from several studies are explained along with practical steps which can be taken within your audit practice to increase skepticism in the audit team and thereby improve audit quality.
Guests: Professor Robyn Moroney and Dr Soon-Yeow Phang both from Monash Business School.
Host: Claire Grayston, Policy Adviser Audit and Assurance - CPA Australia
A greater understanding of issues and developments in the current Australian housing market. Is the future bright for the Australian housing market or will Australia's low wage growth effect the buyer and seller plus what implications may this have for the financial sector? Join the discussion with host Bobby Papadopoulos, SME Committee and guest William Young, Executive Director, China Orient Summit Capital.
In this week’s podcast we look at the impact of the #MeToo movement in the workplace with guest speakers Dr. Karen Morley, Prue Gilbert and Apsara Sabaratnem. Hosted by Anna Tantau, Deputy Chair, Victorian Women’s CPA Committee.
On the latest CPA Australia Podcast hear all about work-life balance.
This episode will consider the current academic research and results on work-life balance issues and how the conducted research in this area can help CPA members to manage their work life balance.