Exploring the A-B-C-D of the Digital Age and their Impact on Accounting

This session will start with a quick look at how Artificial intelligence, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, and Data governance are impacting the accounting ecosystem supporting transaction recordation and financial reporting. Then we’ll dive deeper into how to identify opportunities for automation, whether with traditional programming, robotic process automation (RPA), or machine learning. We’ll close out with a look at how the role of the finance team leader will change and the skills needed to be successful in the near future.

Learning Objectives

- Identify how artificial intelligence will impact accounting

- Identify how blockchain will impact accounting

- Identify how data governance will impact accounting