Recruitment for Accounting Firms - 20+ Years of Stories with Jeff Phillips of Accountingfly and Padgett Business Services - Amplify S1E4

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Welcome to episode 4 of this season of Amplify - the podcast for accounting firm growth!

In this episode host Mike Jones, CEO and Managing Partner of Resound, sits down with Jeff Phillips, founder of Accountingfly, the recruitment platform that "is practically singlehandedly awakening the profession to the enormous potential of hiring staff remotely.

Tune into this conversation as Mike and Jeff discuss recruitment for accounting firms.

About Our Guest

Jeff Phillips

Founder of Accountingfly and CEO of Padgett Business Services

Jeff is the CEO of Padgett, one of the largest tax and accounting firms in North America. Jeff founded Accountingfly in 2012, the recruitment platform that "is practically singlehandedly awakening the profession to the enormous potential of hiring staff remotely," according to Accounting Today.

Jeff has been named to the Top 100 Most Influential People list 5 times for his contributions to helping solve the hiring challenges of CPA firms. His team has been making remote hires since 2015 and he works directly with firms to help them transform their processes and culture to embrace remote talent. He is a past-president of the CPA Consultant’s Alliance.

Jeff was previously with Monster.com where he delivered recruitment solutions for Fortune 500 companies such as Verizon, H&R Block, and Shell. Jeff has an Economics degree from Baylor University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Jeff and his wife Lacy live in their hometown of Pensacola, Florida with their 3 children

Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Your Host: Mike Jones

Managing Partner, Resound

Remarkable brands require authenticity and a die-hard commitment to values & purpose. Mike passionately preaches these beliefs as author of the book, You Are Remarkable: How To Unlock Your Authentic Brand To Win Loyal Customers as well as two podcasts he hosts and produces: Resoundcast and the Remarkabrand Podcast.

He works directly with clients to unlock their remarkable brands through his award-winning brand consultancy, Resound - established in 2009. (He also founded his own apparel brand devoted to American political history, called Taftly. But that’s a whole other story.)

He has supported the Arizona entrepreneurial community through his co-directorship of Phoenix Startup Week, co-founding the startup-supporting non-profit Thrive PHX, and serving on the boards of Conscious Capitalism Arizona and The Center for Habilitation.

In recognition of the work he’s done, this Arizona native has been named one of the state’s top business leaders under the age of 40 by the Phoenix Business Journal as well as a 35-Under-35 entrepreneurial award from the Arizona Republic.

He lives in the very sunny vale of Mesa, AZ with his wife and three kids. If you want to connect, LinkedIn’s usually where you’ll find him – @remarkamike.