Ryan Pearcy from Scrutton Bland

Digital transformation, empowering with business insights, and 4-day workweeks with Ryan Pearcy

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Digital transformation, empowering with business insights, and 4-day workweeks with Ryan Pearcy

Episode 56   •   Dec 21
Ryan Percy

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About the Episode

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Digital transformation expert, self-declared geek and fellow podcast host, Ryan Pearcy, joins Stuart to share his accounting journey. Together, they discuss the joys of empowering clients with the right business insights, the impacts of technology in accounting over the last two decades, and why the four-day workweek is less likely to be adopted by accounting firms than other businesses.

Episode Themes

Digital Transformation
Business Insights
United Kingdom

Episode Notes

Digital transformation expert, self-declared geek and fellow podcast host, Ryan Pearcy, joins Stuart to share his accounting journey. Together, they discuss the joys of empowering clients with the right business insights, the impacts of technology in accounting over the last two decades, and why the four-day workweek is less likely to be adopted by accounting firms than other businesses.

Together, they discuss:

  • First meeting at Accountex London 2018 (1:00)
  • Ryan's journey to accounting (2:00)
  • Moving from a small to a large to a mid-tier firm (5:20)
  • Empowering clients with the right business insights (9:00)
  • Harnessing the power of technology with SB Digital (14:50)
  • The benefits of being vendor agnostic (17:00)
  • Can the 4-day work week come to accounting (19:20)
  • Has the accounting talent pool shrunk? (20:00)
  • The most significant impact of accounting technology (23:00)
  • What impact will the UK leadership turmoil have on HMRC? (27:40)
Episode Themes
Digital Transformation
Business Insights
United Kingdom
Episode Notes

Digital transformation expert, self-declared geek and fellow podcast host, Ryan Pearcy, joins Stuart to share his accounting journey. Together, they discuss the joys of empowering clients with the right business insights, the impacts of technology in accounting over the last two decades, and why the four-day workweek is less likely to be adopted by accounting firms than other businesses.

Together, they discuss:

  • First meeting at Accountex London 2018 (1:00)
  • Ryan's journey to accounting (2:00)
  • Moving from a small to a large to a mid-tier firm (5:20)
  • Empowering clients with the right business insights (9:00)
  • Harnessing the power of technology with SB Digital (14:50)
  • The benefits of being vendor agnostic (17:00)
  • Can the 4-day work week come to accounting (19:20)
  • Has the accounting talent pool shrunk? (20:00)
  • The most significant impact of accounting technology (23:00)
  • What impact will the UK leadership turmoil have on HMRC? (27:40)
About the Guest

Ryan Pearcy, Head of SB Digital at Scrutton Bland, is a Digital Transformation expert with countless success stories of helping other accounting firms move to the cloud. He is a self-declared geek and a tech enthusiast and brings app news, insights, and a healthy dose of banter to the UK accounting world as co-host of the Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast. He is also a dedicated father to a 2-year-old, a keen golfer and a runner.

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