Empowering women through accounting with Katie Bryan

Accounting Leaders Podcast

Katie Bryan is the CEO and Founder of Propeller Advisory—a successful multi-figure accounting and business advisory firm based in Melbourne, Australia. She’s a business owner, mum to a newborn, wife, sister and also helps her clients build businesses and lives they deserve. In this episode, Stuart and Katie discuss the accounting industry, the story of Propeller Advisory, and what made Katie open a venture to inspire women business owners.

Together they discuss:

• COVID restrictions (2:00)
• Living in Melbourne (3:00)
• Technology allowing equalization of the industry (7:00)
• Catalysts for Katie’s for success (8:40)
• Mentoring (11:00)
• How COVID impacted business (12:30)
• Propeller’s purpose (15:00)
• Team size and staff geographical distribution (17:10)
• Offshoring and outsourcing staff (18:40)
• The genesis of PropelHer (22:00)
• Experience in building a female-focused niche (23:50)
• The types of clients at PropelHer (26:40)
• Support from family, clients, and the industry (28:40)
• Community of the industry (29:50)
• What’s next for Katie and her team (32:40)
• Support for PropelHer ( 34:40)
• Australian accounting industry (37:00)
• Adaptation of accounting tech around the world (39:00)
• What Katie is excited about (and acquiring a firm) (42:00)