Advisory Conversations with Tim Seymour and Deb Halliday is a podcast for accounting professionals and financial coaches who are stepping into advisory and building something beyond compliance. This isn’t theory, and it’s not surface-level advice. Each episode is a real conversation between Tim and Deb, sharing their experience of moving from technician work into advisory, and what it actually takes to make that shift stick. From leading better client conversations, to developing commercial thinking, to building a team that can deliver advisory without the business owner being the bottleneck. You’ll also hear from occasional guests, including industry specialists, suppliers, and fellow professionals, offering practical insights you can apply straight away. If you’re looking to strengthen your advisory skills, build confidence in client conversations, and create a more scalable, team-led practice, this podcast will give you the perspective and direction to do it. Simple, honest, and grounded in real experience.

About your hosts

Deb Halliday

Deb Halliday Co-Host | Founder, Author & Advisory Practice Expert

Deb is the founder of The Accounts Ladies and The Accounts Office, and author of How to Build a Financially Healthy Business. With nearly two decades of experience working with business owners, she built and scaled an award-winning accounting practice — before successfully selling it to her own team in 2025.

That journey is exactly what makes her the real deal. Deb didn't just teach the pathway — she lived it.

Her expertise sits at the intersection of advisory delivery, team capability and scalable business design. She helps accountants and bookkeepers move beyond the numbers and into genuine advisory roles — by training their teams, not just the business owner.

Her core belief is simple: a financially healthy business should support your life, not the other way around.

Tim Seymour

Tim Seymour Co-Host | Accountant, Business Advisor & Advisory Team Specialist

Tim brings 17 years of running his own accountancy practice, a journey that took him from compliance-focused technician to strategic business advisor and eventually to helping others make that same transition.

But it was what came next that shaped his real focus. After supporting accountants and bookkeepers in building their own advisory services, Tim kept seeing the same problem: advisory built around one person. A bottleneck that capped growth, limited scalability, and kept the business owner stuck at the centre of everything.

So he set about solving it.

Today, Tim specialises in building team-based advisory models, helping firms develop capability across their whole organisation, so advisory is delivered consistently, confidently, and without depending on one individual.

Alongside his accountancy work, Tim brings leadership, coaching and financial management experience across multiple industries — all of which shapes his approach to developing people and building high-performing teams.

His driving principle is straightforward: advisory shouldn't depend on one person. It should be built into the team.