Key takeaways
Host: Beth Kaplan, managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
1.0 Overview CPE credit | Business Management & Organization
The accounting function faces a potential challenge as more accountants are leaving the profession for different roles and as new graduates choosing non-accounting professions are increasing. What can be done to combat a potential shortage of accountants and attract professionals to the accounting profession? We’ll discuss:
- The future of the accounting profession and how it may evolve
- What the future career path looks like for accountants
- How transformation and disrupters are impacting the accounting profession
Meet the host
Beth F. Kaplan
Beth is the managing director for the Center for ControllershipTM. A Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory managing director at Deloitte & Touche LLP, she has more than 35 years of experience both as an auditor, CFO/Controller, and as a financial operations consultant. Beth specializes in helping the Controllership function improve overall finance processes, reduce cost of delivery and/or reduce risk. She has served some of the largest global and national organizations as they transform their controllership function due to mergers, accounting changes and/or system transformation. Beth has published several times in the areas of improvement of the financial close and reporting process, role of controllership and designing an effective control design for Sarbanes-Oxley.
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