The Accounting Disruptors

Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri, hosts of The Accounting Disruptors, explore what basketball’s three-point revolution can teach accounting leaders about AI transformation. They examine how the ERP became the center of the CFO’s office, why adding AI tools without changing workflows can limit their impact, and what businesses need beyond closed books. They also discuss the evolving role of the CFO, employees’ fears about changing responsibilities, and the opportunity to create more capacity for overburdened tax professionals. It’s an honest conversation about rethinking the accounting playbook, turning better information into better decisions, and helping people adapt as the work changes. The Accounting Disruptors is produced by Wiss, an AI-optimized CPA and advisory firm serving privately held and venture-backed businesses.

Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri, hosts of The Accounting Disruptors, return from San Francisco Tech Week with a clearer picture of how AI is being put to work in accounting. They explore practical applications in accounts receivable, the risks of employees building agents in isolation, and why reliable results require shared business context, secure data access, and human oversight. Drawing on lessons from a CFO panel including an agent that exposed employee salary information, they discuss why AI workflows need review, approval, and ongoing testing. It’s an honest conversation about moving beyond experimentation and building an accounting department where AI’s work can be trusted, shared, and audited. The Accounting Disruptors is produced by Wiss, an AI-optimized CPA and advisory firm serving privately held and venture-backed businesses.

Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri, hosts of The Accounting Disruptors, explore why using AI isn't the same as transforming an accounting firm. They discuss uneven adoption across the profession, private equity's influence, and the tension between immediate results and meaningful changes to how work gets done. Drawing on Wiss's own experience (including a doubling of monthly AI token costs), they examine why time savings don't automatically translate into lower costs or greater value. It's an honest conversation about defining what AI should accomplish, delivering better information to clients, and helping employees answer an increasingly personal question: "What's my job now?" The Accounting Disruptors is produced by Wiss, an AI-optimized CPA and advisory firm serving privately held and venture-backed businesses.

Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri, hosts of The Accounting Disruptors, explore how AI is rewriting the psychological contract between professionals and their organizations. They examine research showing that AI can increase efficiency while also creating more work, expanding responsibilities, and raising expectations. The conversation explores how expertise, recognition, belonging, and security shape people’s relationships with their employers; how COVID and remote work disrupted traditional measures of commitment; and why specialized knowledge may become less valuable as AI makes information more accessible. They also discuss the need for clearer leadership communication and what EY’s dramatic audit quality gains reveal about combining technology with workflow redesign and talent development. The Accounting Disruptors is produced by Wiss, an AI-optimized CPA and advisory firm serving privately held and venture-backed businesses.

Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri, hosts of The Accounting Disruptors, explore why the rapid adoption of AI can feel like a grieving process for accountants and organizations. They talk candidly about fears of losing competence, control, professional identity, and job security, as well as the difficult reality that implementing AI often creates more work before it saves time. It’s an honest conversation about the gap between AI’s promised future and its current capabilities, the loss of community within accounting, and why leaders must acknowledge the human impact of disruption while helping their people move from fear to confidence. The Accounting Disruptors is produced by Wiss, an AI-optimized CPA and advisory firm serving privately held and venture-backed businesses.