Karen Stephen's guest appearances

Karen Stephen

Talking Business with Alan Kohler

ARNA Talks

Pocket Mastermind

Richard Hamilton

Olivia Carr

Lane Kawaoka

Ramez Naam

Brad Parsons

Cal Henderson

David Phillips

Fred Schebesta

Kristina Karlsson

Trent Lee

Jamie Martin

Mike Lawrence

Richard Lau

Didier Elzinga

Mike Jones

OwlTail

If you could work from anywhere in the world, where would it be? How does waking up and strolling down to the local coffee shop or co-working space by the beach sound for a daily commute? No long the train journeys or sitting in rush-hour traffic to contend with! Well, my guest on this episode is Karen Stephen who swapped her corporate finance job for a life as a freelance Digital Nomad. Not only did Karen swap the corporate rat-race to travel the world, she now has a portfolio career providing services as a remote CFO, writer, and Yoga teacher, which gives her greater flexibility and variety. If travelling the world while earning an income sounds good to you, Karen shares the steps she took to make the transition and top tips for anyone thinking of taking a similar path.

If you could work from anywhere in the world, where would it be? How does waking up and strolling down to the local coffee shop or co-working space by the beach sound for a daily commute? No long the train journeys or sitting in rush-hour traffic to contend with! Well, my guest on this episode is Karen Stephen who swapped her corporate finance job for a life as a freelance Digital Nomad. Not only did Karen swap the corporate rat-race to travel the world, she now has a portfolio career providing services as a remote CFO, writer, and Yoga teacher, which gives her greater flexibility and variety. If travelling the world while earning an income sounds good to you, Karen shares the steps she took to make the transition and top tips for anyone thinking of taking a similar path.

Karen Stephen on Switching Corporate Life for Digital Nomadism (#028)

Karen is the COO at SurePayd - a company that turns accounts receivable into a relationship engine. Whilst from a tech background, she spent the previous decade as the CEO of the National Student Leadership Forum, a not-for-profit group which inspires and supports the next generation of Australian leaders.

ARNA Talks to Karen Stephen COO of SurePayd

SurePayd is a cloud-based payments layer for B2B accounts receivable, an area of the business where customer experiences are often negative.Karen on SurePayd:“When it comes to enterprise accounts, this means chasing payments, sending notifications, managing disputes or running reports that require a lot of complicated, cumbersome activity. Surepayd addresses this pain point by integrating with our clients’ existing ERP, and bringing an automated, consumer-like, and customisable digital experience to B2B accounts receivable.” She explains the company provides a ‘relationship engine for the back office – a revolution in what was traditionally just a transactional process. Helps give the back office what were generally front of house resources; ease of communications, branded marketing strategies, and transparency of customer data &amp; more. She also has comment on the merits of automation vs offshoring jobs. While fears over job losses are understandable, that same fear can lead to inaction and businesses becoming irrelevant and extinct; a far worse result for employees.  Practically speaking, losing a percentage of staff is better than losing everyone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SurePayd is a cloud-based payments layer for B2B accounts receivable, an area of the business where customer experiences are often negative.Karen on SurePayd:“When it comes to enterprise accounts, this means chasing payments, sending notifications, managing disputes or running reports that require a lot of complicated, cumbersome activity. Surepayd addresses this pain point by integrating with our clients’ existing ERP, and bringing an automated, consumer-like, and customisable digital experience to B2B accounts receivable.” She explains the company provides a ‘relationship engine for the back office – a revolution in what was traditionally just a transactional process. Helps give the back office what were generally front of house resources; ease of communications, branded marketing strategies, and transparency of customer data &amp; more. She also has comment on the merits of automation vs offshoring jobs. While fears over job losses are understandable, that same fear can lead to inaction and businesses becoming irrelevant and extinct; a far worse result for employees.  Practically speaking, losing a percentage of staff is better than losing everyone.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Karen Stephen Chief Operations Officer SurePayd