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Three Ways COVID-19 is Accelerating Digital Transformation in Professional Services

Three Ways COVID-19 is Accelerating Digital Transformation in Professional Services

The pace of digital transformation has been dramatically accelerated — it’s not a conversation starter now, it’s a basic business requirement.

By Vincent Ryan | June 29, 2020

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

Auditors are developing a level of speed and accuracy that would have been considered superhuman less than a decade ago.

By Vincent Ryan | September 26, 2019

CFO Delegates Key Roles to Finance Staff

CFO Delegates Key Roles to Finance Staff

To allow himself time to focus on growing the company, a finance chief empowers underlings to serve as business partners to functional leaders.

By David McCann | November 30, 2017

Disruption Hits the Professional Services Sector

Workplace Issues

Disruption Hits the Professional Services Sector

An aging workforce and new technology will create winners and losers among CPA firms and in other professional services fields.

By Brian Peccarelli | July 5, 2017

The Robo-Accountants Are Coming

The Robo-Accountants Are Coming

How professional services firms need to prepare for the robo revolution.

By Brian Peccarelli | May 9, 2016

Introspection Leads Longtime Big Four Partner to CFO Role

Introspection Leads Longtime Big Four Partner to CFO Role

"It was very important that I became more open about whether someplace else could be a better fit,” says first-time CFO Beth Schiavo after 23 years at EY.

By David McCann | January 21, 2016

The Way Forward

The Way Forward

With partners of professional services firms busy producing revenue, CFOs have the opportunity to become bona fide strategists.

By David W. Owens | February 25, 2015