Accounting
Will Lopez, MAcc – 2020 20 Under 40 Honoree
Dec. 21, 2020
Will Lopez, MAcc – 2020 20 Under 40 Honoree
Head of Accountant Community – Gusto
https://gusto.com
Career highlights – maximum 150 words: Recently, as Head of Gusto’s Accountant Community, I am the chief architect of People Advisory powered by Gusto – a new advisory category in Client Accounting Services – which empowers accountants and bookkeeper’s to combine their financial expertise with people-focused advising to help clients (and their teams) create a more resilient place to work during challenging times. In under four months of launch to the accounting profession, 1,000+ accounting professionals are People Advisor Certified (CPE available), representing 600+ firms and practices Nationwide.
In addition, I have been honorably featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and Fast Company, and I occasionally release op-eds through Accounting Today (https://www.accountingtoday.com/author/will-lopez). Before Gusto, I founded AdvisorFi, a modern cloud-based accounting firm that empowered both clients and accounting peers to leverage digital transformation to the benefit of the profession – also built browser-based tech that integrated with modern software to differentiate our practice and solve firm workflows.
Favorite books/websites/podcasts/speakers:
- Book – The Creative Curve (by Allen Gannett) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524761710/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_3ih4FbCRA5DN4
- Podcast – Future Firm Accounting Podcast (by Ryan Lazanis) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/future-firm-accounting-podcast/id1477887968
- Speaker – Rod Drury (CEO of Xero). Website – Mashable.com