An AICPA director who has closely followed corporate reporting on climate issues explains the new SEC rule’s importance for accountants who create financial statements and those who audit them. Read the Q&A or listen to the transcript.
Journal of Accountancy podcast episodes
After April 15: Top-of-mind tax advocacy topics, including the ERC
An AICPA leader reflects on the end of tax filing season and on a recent comment by the IRS commissioner. She also looks ahead at key issues on the advocacy front. Read the Q&A or listen to the podcast episode.
How AI can drive a proactive approach to corporate finance
A finance leader looks back on a key early moment in his career and looks forward to the ways AI will help free up capacity for the finance function of tomorrow. Listen to the podcast or read the Q&A.
How accountants can appropriately rely on AI
A CPA and AI expert discusses some of the ethics questions around using AI in this podcast episode. Hear her words or read the Q&A.
‘Go before you’re ready’: Advice for leaders in all walks of life
On the latest episode of the Journal of Accountancy podcast, a consultant explains the words behind the leadership acronym BRAVE and details why she needs to listen more to her own advice. Hear her words or read the Q&A.
Comfort in the uncomfortable: One-on-one meeting strategies that work
A keynote speaker and author discusses a leadership role model, how he’s now “flirting with burnout,” and why managers have to be ready to ask tough questions in one-on-one meetings — and keep those meetings on the calendar. This is the second of a two-part conversation. You can listen here to the first part.
Working 9 to 9: One expert’s experience with severe burnout
It’s been 10 years since an entrepreneur and author was sidelined by burnout. He’s disheartened that the topic remains so prevalent today. On a related front, he says the four-day workweek is “an inevitability.” Hear the podcast or read the Q&A.
How to best tackle technology and the talent pipeline
Tom Hood’s travels have been “eye-opening and quite rewarding”; he reflects on three years in an AICPA & CIMA executive role in this podcast episode with transcript.
The reasons economic sentiment about the coming year is on the rise
The quarterly survey of U.S. business and industry leaders shows rising optimism about the next 12 months. Why? Listen to the survey breakdown in this podcast episode, or read the Q&A.
The CFO agenda: Hybrid work, cybersecurity, career development and more
CPA leaders discuss lessons learned from previous events and share agenda highlights for the 2024 AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.
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