Data from CPA.com's CPA of the Future study are in. The comprehensive report serves as a scorecard on future readiness of the CPA profession overall. Recorded statistics and projections are based on a strategic set of survey questions asked of CPAs from across the country, such as: How ready for the future are we as a profession? How ready are we to understand, guide, and prepare our clients for the fast future that is emerging? The full report is accessible on CPA.com/whitepapers; there you can dig in to this study for valuable insights into the state of the profession today in terms of future readiness... and the changes required to effectively prepare for what the future has in store.
Marel Q1 2024 Investor Presentation from May 8, 2024
Cpa of future study - infographic only
1. U.S. Workforce
80%
51%
Men Women
Gen X
Baby
Boomers
Millenials
45%
78%
70%
Workforce
Technologies
Economic Risk
Marketplace
90%
20%-
82%
10%
8%
80%
16%
3D Manufacturing
Digital Money
Smart Machines/
Articial Intelligence
Internet of Things
Digital Distribution
The fast future is a collision of trends that are
drivers of productivity and progress— and
represent new competitive advantages. Leaders
that fail to adapt fast enough will not survive
the onslaught of disruptive changes. As such,
all rms need to be future ready. Here is a
glimpse into the future readiness of the
accounting profession.
ARE CPA’S
FUTURE
READY?
INSIGHTS INTO THE 2015
CPA OF THE FUTURE STUDY
TALENT
THE CHANGING
WORKFORCE
Have concerns
about talent
recruitment to
meet future needs
Think it’s very important to
understand the changing workforce
Recognize the
need to prepare
their clients for
the global
marketplace
Think they should
prepare their clients
for the complex
challenges of the
future marketplace
Think government
regulation is holding back
business/marketplace
productivity and growth
DISRUPTIVE
TECHNOLOGY
Agree that digital
future is rapidly
approaching
Believe disruptive
innovations will be a
driving inuence
by 2025
View
themselves
as innovative
Think
profession is
future ready
today
Need to better
understand
innovation
Think their role will change
signicantly by 2025—
becoming more intimate
with clients and oering
more consultative services
Agree that
understanding
disputive innovations,
workforce, and change
management are the
top trends that will
signicantly aect the
CPA’s future role
58%
Consulative
Business
Development
Risk
Management
Advisory Services
Recognize that every business
should be concerned about social
accountability and sustainability
GLOBALIZATION
THE MARKETPLACE
THE CHANGING
ROLE OF THE CPA
EVOLVING
CLIENT
NEEDS
CPA.COM STUDY