Episode 7

The Powerful Arm of Private Equity in the Accounting Sector

Episode 7. In this week's news, Rob and Martin discuss how private equity is changing the landscape of mergers and acquisitions within the accounting sector.

➤ The rise of 'consolidators' in the accounting profession who are buying up firms

➤ Why equity partners of accounting firms are being offered huge cash incentives to 'go away'

➤ Explaining the 60-20-20 basis on which accounting practices are purchased

➤ Where private equity firms are seeing profit in buying up accountancy practices

➤ The switch to board level leadership outside accounting when firms are purchased by PE money

➤ How active the buying and selling market of accounting firms and fintechs is right now

➤ How firms driven by PE money can be more competitive than their peers

➤ Whether PE funds are good for the accounting and fintech sectors as they seek to 'bring everything together'

➤ What more money is doing to the commercialisation of accounting firms.

NOTE TO LISTENERS:

Martin and Rob love to hear from the show's 5000+ listeners in 136 countries around the world. If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or success stories, just type sayhi.chat/aip into your browser and leave us a quick and easy voice message. We may just feature you on the show!

Next Episode All Episodes Previous Episode

About the Podcast

Show artwork for Accounting Voices Podcast
Accounting Voices Podcast
Accounting Voices helps people in the accounting world stay relevant visible and vocal. Host Rob Brown interprets trends reshaping the profession and gives listeners insight to build authority influence and a stronger voice in firms and markets.

Listen for free

About your host

Profile picture for Rob Brown

Rob Brown

Rob Brown is the founder and host of the Accounting Voices Podcast, the flagship solo show of the Accounting Voices Network. Each episode offers sharp analysis and commentary on the trends, ideas and people shaping the global accounting profession.

Through this Accounting Voices Podcast, Rob helps accounting firm leaders, decision makers and professionals stay relevant and make sense of disruption in areas like AI, automation, M&A, private equity and soft skills beyond the tech. His perspective blends clarity, insight and curiosity, making complex issues relevant and practical for professionals and decision makers across accounting and finance.

He also leads two monthly panel shows, Accounting M&A and Accounting AI, which bring together senior voices to explore consolidation, strategy and the impact of technology on firms and people.

Rob is the author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and a TEDx speaker whose talk The Personal Brand of You has more than 400,000 views. Over his career he has hosted and moderated more than 1,000 conversations with accounting and fintech leaders worldwide.

Based in Nottingham UK, Rob is a stroke survivor living with epilepsy, a black belt in kickboxing, a decent chess player and an average player of four musical instruments.