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AccountDads. 3 CA dads turned finance leaders, sharing real stories and lessons from business, accounting, and everyday life. Join the AccountDads every week!

https://linktr.ee/accountdadspodcast The pod for 'leveling up' in life, career, relationships & parenthood. Welcome to The Banjo Pod! Join Ash, Hubert, and Kevin from Western Sydney, Australia, for a mix of stories, life hacks, career insights, and good old-fashioned banter to help you master adulthood. Our group chat is all about 'leveling up' in life, and we want you along for the ride. Expect candid conversations, laughter, and valuable lessons as we share our experiences and learnings. About the hosts:

Ash: Husband, dad, and strategic finance leader with more qualifications than letters in the alphabet. Often found DIY-ing or buried in textbooks. Hubert: Husband, dad, and the finance guru with a passion for anything with engines. Our group's CFO and the epitome of responsibility. Kevin: Husband, dad, and business dreamer with the bad-habit of buying random domain names. Finance leader by day, Podcast/ Docuseries/ Side Hustle builder by night!

Being the person who always says yes can build trust — but it can also keep you trapped in work that doesn’t move your c...
06/10/2026

Being the person who always says yes can build trust — but it can also keep you trapped in work that doesn’t move your career forward.
Not every task deserves your time just because you’re capable of doing it.

Watch Episode 19 now. Link in our bio!

05/10/2026

Being busy doesn’t automatically make you valuable.
If part of your role is repetitive or manual, ask yourself: Can this be automated, simplified, or made low-touch?

The goal isn’t to do more work. It’s to create more space for work that actually moves your career forward.

Being busy can feel productive — but activity isn’t the same as impact.Take a look at your last 12 months. Are you doing...
04/10/2026

Being busy can feel productive — but activity isn’t the same as impact.
Take a look at your last 12 months. Are you doing more, or are you actually creating more value?

That distinction matters when you’re trying to grow your finance career.

Follow for more practical finance career advice.

03/10/2026

More hours don’t always mean more progress.
Sometimes the real problem isn’t effort — it’s a broken process or a roadblock you can’t see. Working smarter starts with stepping back and asking: What am I actually solving?

Watch the full episode through the link in our bio.


Being the person everyone relies on sounds like a good thing — until it becomes the reason you can’t move up.If your tea...
02/10/2026

Being the person everyone relies on sounds like a good thing — until it becomes the reason you can’t move up.

If your team can’t function without you, your reliability may be keeping you stuck in the role you’ve already mastered.

Episode 19 is out. Link in our bio!

29/09/2026

Nobody is blocking your promotion. Your manager just can't afford to lose you.

If you disappeared for four weeks and everything broke, you're the most valuable person in the room — and the least promotable. Kev and Ash unpack the competence trap: why being reliable, fast and cheap to deploy quietly locks you into the role you already have, especially in the flat org structures most finance teams now run.

They get honest about the yes-man years, the cultural pressure to never push back, the imposter syndrome that makes you over-commit, and the humbling moment leadership asks what you actually do — after a year of Sunday reporting.

Then the practical part: three concrete moves to get unstuck, plus the point nobody makes — sometimes stable isn't stuck. Sometimes a 9-to-5 that gets you to daycare pickup is the right call for the season you're in.

What we cover

Why reliability is a floor, not an upside
Flat structures and the missing rungs between FM and CFO
Saying yes to everything, and what it actually costs you
Busy vs valuable — and the retrospective framework to tell them apart
The "just stop sending it and see who screams" test (4 hours a week back)
Career stagnation vs career stability as a parent

AI is only as useful as the questions you bring to it.Instead of asking AI to explain your numbers, use it to help you t...
18/09/2026

AI is only as useful as the questions you bring to it.
Instead of asking AI to explain your numbers, use it to help you think through the questions you should be asking.
That’s where the real value is.

Follow for more practical tips on AI, finance, and business analysis.

16/09/2026

AI isn’t just a shortcut. It can be a powerful thinking partner.
From understanding an unfamiliar industry to uncovering data points you might have missed, tools like ChatGPT and Claude can accelerate how quickly finance professionals learn and analyze a business.

Use AI to ask better questions—not avoid thinking.

Watch the full episode through the link in our bio.

A variance tells you what happened. Root-cause analysis tells you why it happened.The Root Cause Ladder helps finance te...
15/09/2026

A variance tells you what happened. Root-cause analysis tells you why it happened.

The Root Cause Ladder helps finance teams move from surface-level commentary to the operational drivers behind the numbers.

Save this for your next month-end.

14/09/2026

Good financial commentary starts with one question: Why?

Don’t just explain what changed in the numbers. Dig into what caused the change—and whether the business decisions behind it are actually working.
That’s how finance becomes a better business partner.

New episode is out. Link in bio!

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