As regulations get more complex, accounting firms are teaming up with brokerages to give their clients better financial outcomes. Tune in to this episode of Accountants Daily Insider to hear from Tom and Ben Hawley, founders of Azura Financial, to find out how brokers and accountants can create strategic relationships to help clients and drive further business.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Why should there be strategic collaboration between the broking and accounting professions?
• How accountants can lean on, and leverage, brokers.
• Differences in finances that accountants and brokers need to be aware of.
• The outlook of the accountant-broker relationship over the next five years.

This week on the Accountants Daily Podcast Network we are introducing Brent Szalay, managing director of Leaders in Business, to the first episode of a new 12-month series. Over the next 12 months, Szalay will be chatting with co-host Imogen about all things ‘advisory’, sharing what the f*** it actually is, and how accountants can be doing it better.

Tune into the first episode to hear more about:

• What advisory actually means.
• Why accountants aren’t actually doing it.
• The unique needs of clients and why they need to be listened to.
• The impact of being strategic, rather than reactive.
• Szalay’s first game-changer move.

Leaders in Business: Don’t guess where you sit on the advisory spectrum – test it. Take the Client Advisory Readiness Quiz. It’ll show you where you’re already thriving, and where the right structure, tools and clarity could take you further, beyond the numbers.

Artificial intelligence is the topic the entire accounting industry can't get enough of, with it likely to impact every aspect of the profession. On this insightful episode of the Accountants Daily Insider, ISACA director of event content development, Paul Phillips, joins all the way from the US to share professional expertise and advice about how ISACA is revolutionising the audit profession alongside AI.

More Australian auditors can now pursue the world's first and only audit-specific artificial intelligence certification, with ISACA expanding eligibility for its ISACA Advanced in AI Audit (AAIA) certification to include CPAs and FCPAs from CPA Australia.

Built on ISACA's trusted expertise in IT audit and the rigorous standards behind these renowned credentials, AAIA validates expertise in conducting AI-focused audits, addressing AI integration challenges and enhancing audit processes through AI-driven insights. The credential covers the key domains of AI governance and risk, AI operations, and AI auditing tools and techniques.

Phillips shares this and more in the latest episode of The Accountants Daily Insider. Tune in!