Reality Cheque: Season 1 - Episode 3

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Show Notes
Shaye has FOMO, Becc rubs it in with all her travel plans.

4.04 Women in Finance awardshttps://www.womeninfinanceawards.com.au/

Last year’s esteemed winner ofc The Excellence Award - Miriam Holme (Radelaide represent) 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamholme

6.40 Worst On Ground (WOG): Payroll, oh my, payroll.  Get it wrong, the best way to stuff up your culture, and possibly land you in jail.   If you can’t afford to pay your staff right, your business is not viable.  Don't do your own payroll unless you know it's configured right!

https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/regulation/17395-fwo-recovers-record-500m-in-unpaid-wages



Fair Work Ombudsman

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/



Apps that help you stay payroll complient: 
- Tanda - Rostering, Attendance and Award Compliance Software

https://www.tanda.co/

- Deputy - Rostering, Timesheet and Time Clock Software 

https://www.deputy.com/

16.00 WOG: Construction industry needs more support!  Make sure you don't go into the 

industry with your blinkers on - you need at least 5 months capital. 

https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/17355-building-industry-needs-legal-scaffold-to-trade-through-crisis

12.30 Best On Ground (BOG): - Negative Camber the Motorsport Show.  Allyship in Motorsport - lack of 

representation from artists signed to entertain at the upcoming Adelaide 500

https://www.italiauno.com.au/

Negative Camber - The Motorsport Show

https://open.spotify.com/show/0JoD9i6RZ5lvRfMPzQeWr3

The Adelaide 500

https://adelaide500.com.au/

The artist line up lacks diversity. https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/big-surprise-white-men-to-headline-the-adelaide-500/

Netflix: Drive To Survive

https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80204890

29:25 BOG - Empathy is your SUPERPOWER:
Lifting learnings into our firms from empathetic leadership in sport.  Controlling the controllables and leveraging empathy as a superpower.

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/ted-lasso-s-leadership-lessons-for-ceos-20220718-p5b2dz

Ted Lasso: https://tv.apple.com/au/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy

Fridays with Fitz https://www.instagram.com/fridayswithfitz/?hl=en

Mark Fitzgibbon https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fitzgibbon-3754504/

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Show Notes Shaye has FOMO, Becc rubs it in with all her travel plans.
4.04 Women in Finance awards <a href="https://www.womeninfinanceawards.com.au/">https://www.womeninfinanceawards.com.au/</a> 
Last year’s esteemed winner ofc The Excellence Award - Miriam Holme (Radelaide represent) 
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamholme">https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriamholme</a> 
6.40 Worst On Ground (WOG): Payroll, oh my, payroll.  Get it wrong, the best way to stuff up your culture, and possibly land you in jail.   If you can’t afford to pay your staff right, your business is not viable.  Don't do your own payroll unless you know it's configured right!
<a href="https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/regulation/17395-fwo-recovers-record-500m-in-unpaid-wages">https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/regulation/17395-fwo-recovers-record-500m-in-unpaid-wages</a>  
Fair Work Ombudsman
<a href="https://www.fairwork.gov.au/">https://www.fairwork.gov.au/</a>  
Apps that help you stay payroll complient: - Tanda - Rostering, Attendance and Award Compliance Software
<a href="https://www.tanda.co/">https://www.tanda.co/</a> 
- Deputy - Rostering, Timesheet and Time Clock Software 
<a href="https://www.deputy.com/">https://www.deputy.com/</a> 
16.00 WOG: Construction industry needs more support!  Make sure you don't go into the 
industry with your blinkers on - you need at least 5 months capital. 
<a href="https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/17355-building-industry-needs-legal-scaffold-to-trade-through-crisis">https://www.accountantsdaily.com.au/business/17355-building-industry-needs-legal-scaffold-to-trade-through-crisis</a>
12.30 Best On Ground (BOG): - Negative Camber the Motorsport Show.  Allyship in Motorsport - lack of 
representation from artists signed to entertain at the upcoming Adelaide 500
<a href="https://www.italiauno.com.au/">https://www.italiauno.com.au/</a>
Negative Camber - The Motorsport Show
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0JoD9i6RZ5lvRfMPzQeWr3">https://open.spotify.com/show/0JoD9i6RZ5lvRfMPzQeWr3</a> 
The Adelaide 500
<a href="https://adelaide500.com.au/">https://adelaide500.com.au/</a> 
The artist line up lacks diversity. <a href="https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/big-surprise-white-men-to-headline-the-adelaide-500/">https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/big-surprise-white-men-to-headline-the-adelaide-500/</a> 
Netflix: Drive To Survive
<a href="https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80204890">https://www.netflix.com/au/title/80204890</a>
29:25 BOG - Empathy is your SUPERPOWER: Lifting learnings into our firms from empathetic leadership in sport.  Controlling the controllables and leveraging empathy as a superpower.
<a href="https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/ted-lasso-s-leadership-lessons-for-ceos-20220718-p5b2dz">https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/ted-lasso-s-leadership-lessons-for-ceos-20220718-p5b2dz</a> 
Ted Lasso: <a href="https://tv.apple.com/au/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy">https://tv.apple.com/au/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy</a>
Fridays with Fitz <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fridayswithfitz/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/fridayswithfitz/?hl=en</a> 
Mark Fitzgibbon <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fitzgibbon-3754504/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fitzgibbon-3754504/</a>

The accounting industry is at a cross roads. We need practitioners and software executives who care enough stand up for what they think is right.

As the institutions we rely on continue their failure to listen - From the Trenches is proud to provide the voices from those who want to be heard.

Becc and Shaye are 2 more plucky Chartered Accountants who will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’.

This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following the trenches podcast formulae, Bec and Shaye will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. 

About the Hosts

Rebecca Mihalic is an Australian Registered Tax Agent and a Chartered Accountants Australian & New Zealand member. Rebecca was a founding partner of Aptus Accounting & Advisory, a cloud-based accounting firm and the winner of ‘Innovator of the year’ at the 2018 Australian Accounting Awards for their use of technology to support clients & the firm’s growth.  In 2019 Aptus joined businessDEPOT to expand the firm's service offerings to their clients and Rebecca now leads their Sydney based operations. Rebecca has earned a reputation for her leadership in the accounting industry, winning ‘Thought leader of the year’ in the 2021 Australian Accounting Awards.



Shaye Thyer is an outside-of-any-box CA with a diverse and notably non-traditional accounting career to date in Australia. Recently she was responsible for creating a future-fit accounting division for a large national firm delivering a premium client experience. Using technology to optimise internal efficiencies, data to power client insights, training to transform the team, and scalable frameworks to amplify the huge depth of expertise withing the firm. Shaye is the Head of Accounting at Intuit 

The accounting industry is at a cross roads. We need practitioners and software executives who care enough stand up for what they think is right.
As the institutions we rely on continue their failure to listen - From the Trenches is proud to provide the voices from those who want to be heard.
Becc and Shaye are 2 more plucky Chartered Accountants who will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’.
This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following the trenches podcast formulae, Bec and Shaye will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. 
About the Hosts
Rebecca Mihalic is an Australian Registered Tax Agent and a Chartered Accountants Australian &amp; New Zealand member. Rebecca was a founding partner of Aptus Accounting &amp; Advisory, a cloud-based accounting firm and the winner of ‘Innovator of the year’ at the 2018 Australian Accounting Awards for their use of technology to support clients &amp; the firm’s growth.  In 2019 Aptus joined businessDEPOT to expand the firm's service offerings to their clients and Rebecca now leads their Sydney based operations. Rebecca has earned a reputation for her leadership in the accounting industry, winning ‘Thought leader of the year’ in the 2021 Australian Accounting Awards.
 
Shaye Thyer is an outside-of-any-box CA with a diverse and notably non-traditional accounting career to date in Australia. Recently she was responsible for creating a future-fit accounting division for a large national firm delivering a premium client experience. Using technology to optimise internal efficiencies, data to power client insights, training to transform the team, and scalable frameworks to amplify the huge depth of expertise withing the firm. Shaye is the Head of Accounting at Intuit

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