"Evaluate Before You Integrate" with Mike Whitmire, CFO of Floqast (Los Angeles, USA). GBD34

"The future of accounting is in someone who understands guidance
and all the rules, (with) the technical 'chops' and knowledge to
APPLY that"


When accounting legislation changes, accounting
businesses have to change as well. Our guest, Mike Whitmire,
responded by disrupting a specific niche in the market,
transforming his accounting operation by growing his team and
developing innovative AI-driven software to help them keep to
deadlines and stay on target as they expanded. Speaking from
California, he talks to Kyle Hannan (AICPA & CIMA, London)
and shares practical tips that many accounting businesses
worldwide can benefit from. His own experience would help them
remain resilient and attract the right staff as they
accommodate the challenges of their own dynamic statutory
environments. 


 


TALKING POINTS


Blending innovative hiring practices with disruptive
AI-driven software to optimise teams, the companies they work in
and the clients they serve.

Practical steps to hire and retain the right people.

How to make a business report data faster because you
understand it better.

Using tools which are available now and which will transform
the way the accounting profession delivers even more value in the
future.



 


OUR GUEST.


Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based FloQast, Mike Whitmire has
led the development of one of the first accounting
workflow-management platforms in the US market. It's described as
"Close-Management Software by accountants for accountants to help
close the books faster and more accurately".


Mike previously worked as an auditor at EY (Ernst & Young) as
well as Cornerstone OnDemand. He is a CPA, an AICPA educational
speaker, and has a BS from the Whitman School of Management.


Connect with him
at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcwhitmire


 


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