Part 1 – Secret Recipe to Starting and Scaling a Profitable Accounting Firm

We catch up with Aly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory to discuss:

• Her Amazing journey from cadet to Big 4 Director and now Boutique Accounting Firm Owner and
• What advisory means and how to commoditise and pitch it.
• Challenges of being a female in the accounting industry and gaining credibility as a female business owner.
• Balancing being a mum and running an accounting firm
• Steps she took to build and successfully grow a successful accounting firm in less than 2 years.
• Communicating with clients during COVID
• Establishing yourself in a particular niche and getting referrals
• Powerful insights is how she engages with CLIENTS and pitches her firm.

Profile

Aly is a leader and innovator in the cloud accounting space, Aly helps her clients re-engineer their processes and transform their bottom line. Her mantra – All in or all out there is no halfway! She comes with 25 years of experience in the accounting industry having started as a cadet and worked her way to a Director at Deloitte before going out on her own.

Some quick facts:

• Fellow Chartered Accountant
• Tax Agent & Virtual CFO
• Winner of the 2019 Women in Finance Small Business Adviser & Principal of the year awards + Top 50 Woman in Accounting & 2018 SA SMSF & Accounting Professional of the Year, Partner of the Year and Overall Excellence Awards and Founder of one of the Top 50 Cloud Accountants in Australia, All In Advisory.

RecruitmentExpert

We are one of the largest Public Practice Recruiters in Australia and New Zealand and have access to most of the clients and candidates on the market. We thrive on delivering the best quality candidates to accounting firms so that you have the right people on the bus to grow your firm.

• Retained Executive Search Service with delivery on average within 4-8 weeks – or your money back
• Full Money Back Guarantee up to 12 months as per our TOB’s
• Split payment options to help you with your cash flow as per our TOB’s; and
• Discounts for graduates, retainers, admin staff and referrals to your client base

• Succession Planning – Finding a new Partner for your firm
• Growing your Firm’s Capabilities and Service Offerings with New/Additional Partners
• Resourcing your Existing Teams with Juniors (Cadets/Grads) and Senior Accountants/Auditors
• Contractors to help you through the busy period
• Remote Staff