Attracting accountants: How to future-proof the profession

How can we attract more accountants and future-proof the profession?  

In this episode we take a deep dive with IFAC into this pressing question. You’ll learn about accounting’s talent pipeline – its challenges and possible solutions.   

Key takeaways include:  

• What’s really driving the talent shortage and how firms, educators and policymakers can respond. 

• Simple ways to position accounting as a dynamic, valued career choice. 

• Why reaching future accountants in primary school – and harnessing gamification – sparks lifelong curiosity. 

• How AI is reshaping (not replacing) accounting jobs, and what skillsets are essential for today’s graduates. 

• Real-world strategies to build an engaged and future-proofed accounting team. 

If you’re in business or accounting leadership, don’t miss these actionable insights to help understand and elevate the profession’s future. 

Host: Elinor Kasapidis, Chief of Policy, Standards and External affairs, CPA Australia 

Guest: Bruce Vivian, Head of Accountancy Education, IFAC