What’s the outlook for finance and accounting hiring in the new year, and what role could the rapid rise of generative AI play? A placement expert explores those topics in this podcast episode with transcript.
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The 2024 hiring plans of finance executives, plus their top challenges
Hear or read an in-depth look at results of a quarterly survey on economic sentiment, with a focus on hiring plans and revenue and profit projections for 2024.
Apprenticeship program tops 100 participants in inaugural year
Seventeen employers in 15 industries are taking advantage of the talent acquisition opportunities offered by the Registered Apprenticeship for Finance Business Partners.
Better business: How to invest in staff and keep staff invested
Learn the latest information on an AICPA apprenticeship program as it approaches an anniversary and gain insight into a December gathering of finance executives from large companies. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript.
Inflation no longer the top challenge for CPA decision-makers, survey shows
Finance executives in business and industry still have concerns, but optimism is on the rise and expectations of business contraction are far lower, according to the quarterly Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey.
3 keys to building a strong team: Partnerships, people, goal alignment
A CFO with a focus on talent development shares the importance of partnerships, people, and goal alignment in this podcast episode with transcript.
Fraud, football, and a viral video: A midsummer compilation
This episode is a midsummer look back at insights from selected 2023 podcast guests, from a Super Bowl CFO to the AICPA vice chair
AICPA Council supports development of national pipeline strategy
At its spring meeting, the AICPA Council voiced support for the Pipeline Acceleration Plan and decided to move forward with development of a national strategy focused on boosting the accounting profession’s talent outlook.
Public companies reining in costs, according to audit partners
A lower percentage of companies are seeking new employees and increasing the benefits for their current workers, according to a survey of audit partners.
Make performance reviews more effective
Reviews focused on career goals and needs can better enable employees to succeed.
Sustaining the workforce: How sustainability can help the cause
Company leaders leaning into the opportunity presented by the evolving ESG landscape share their success stories during the 2023 Future of Finance Virtual Summit.
Managing vs. leading: Why that distinction matters in the modern workplace
A keynote speaker at the upcoming AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference recounts the reaction he first got from his boss to a TEDx talk about managing people that has since gone viral.
3 trends that will reshape accounting and finance in 2023
The chief accounting officer of Workday shares on technology and talent strategy, zero-day close, and accounting’s role in driving value creation.
Inflation, talent, labor costs: 3 challenges amid slightly rising optimism
Most respondents in a quarterly survey are worried about inflation. But there’s a bit of a thaw in pessimism since the fourth quarter of last year. Learn more in this podcast episode with transcript.
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA, is CFO and COO at Allied Digital Services LLC in Torrance, Calif.
Culture you can feel: Advice for making it an accelerator, not a constraint
A workforce transformation expert explains why it’s encouraging to her that CFOs are focusing more on people issues in this podcast episode with transcript.
How firms use stay interviews to boost retention
Asking employees the right questions can give organizations what they need to know to hold onto staff. Learn how, when, and why to gather this valuable feedback.
‘The apprenticeship guy’: CFO embraces program to bridge talent gap
A bank CFO shares why he became an early adopter of a new apprenticeship program, how it’s helping with his organization’s talent issues, and why peers now call him “the apprenticeship guy.”
Future of Finance takeaways: Hopes for the workforce in 2023
A keynote speaker at two recent AICPA & CIMA conferences shares her talent development-related hopes for 2023 in this podcast episode with transcript.
Future of Finance takeaways: Talent, transformation, trust
CPA leaders, including AICPA & CIMA CEO Barry Melancon, reflect on lessons they will take away from the Future of Finance Summit and offer their hopes for 2023.
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