CAS success isn’t accidental. It’s engineered.
Originally published November 2025
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It’s Not Just the Numbers
With Penny Breslin and Damien Greathead
For CPA Trendlines
Client Advisory Services (CAS) continue to outperform every other service line in accounting. But firms that treat CAS as “enhanced bookkeeping” quickly hit a ceiling. The firms that scale profitably make harder—and smarter—choices: who they serve, how they staff, how they price, and how they explain their value in a world obsessed with automation.
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In this episode of It’s Not Just the Numbers, co-hosts Penny Breslin and Damien Greathead get refreshingly practical about what actually drives CAS success. Their message is clear: strong CAS practices are built intentionally, not incrementally.
One question cuts straight to the tension many firm owners feel: Should teams see profitability numbers?
Breslin and Greathead don’t argue for radical openness—or secrecy. Instead, they advocate for profit literacy.
Teams don’t need to know margins by client. They do need to understand three things:
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