Allan Koltin joins Jeremy Clopton on Episode 78 of The Upstream Leader to discuss the evolving landscape of the accounting profession. Allan’s expertise is wide-reaching, built over more than 40 years within accounting as a practitioner, consultant, and thought leader. Covering M&A, private equity, ESOPs and more, Allan underscores recent industry growth, the importance of transformation, and strategic adaptations that firms must embrace to remain competitive, stressing that PE is not the only answer. Talent management, effective advancement, and cost reductions are all pieces of the puzzle, and Allan goes so far as to emphasize the challenges of PE integrations—the necessity for standardized processes, culture shock, changes in valuations, partnership agreements, and so on. There are few more knowledgeable voices in modern accounting than Allan Koltin and this episode is one you don’t want to miss.

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