Accounting and finance professionals are being called to evolve into proactive “Chief Future Officers,” leveraging foresight, strategy, and digital fluency to create sustainable value. This course equips learners to anticipate, adapt, and act in the face of compounding change by adopting forward-looking mindsets, building future-ready skillsets, and deploying transformative toolsets.
Course ID: FUTEEAO
The Future of the Profession: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Analyze emerging trends that are reshaping the finance and accounting profession and assess their impact on organizational performance.
- Evaluate how exponential technologies are driving transformation and determine the capabilities required to capitalize on them.
- Formulate talent strategies that align with the evolving expectations of finance as a strategic business partner.
- Interpret research findings and case studies to identify actionable practices that enable the transition to a future-ready finance function.
- Predict the implications of continuous disruption and propose proactive responses that position finance professionals as leaders of organizational agility.
Major Topics
In today’s business climate, leaders are navigating through continuous and concurrent waves of disruption—technological advancements, evolving business models, geopolitical uncertainty, and talent shortages—all occurring “everything, everywhere, all at once.” This session, rooted in insights from AICPA-CIMA’s Future of Finance research and inspired by McKinsey’s concept of perpetual organizational upheaval, positions finance professionals at the center of transformation. Accounting and finance professionals are being called to evolve into proactive “Chief Future Officers,” leveraging foresight, strategy, and digital fluency to create sustainable value. This course equips learners to anticipate, adapt, and act in the face of compounding change by adopting forward-looking mindsets, building future-ready skillsets, and deploying transformative toolsets. Participants will explore current trends, technological enablers, and talent strategies through research-backed insights and real-world applications from AICPA-CIMA’s Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group. Learners will leave with actionable approaches to reimagine their roles and redesign finance functions that thrive in the new “next normal.”
Who Should Attend
Finance and Accounting professionals in corporate finance functions or CAS Practices
Fields of Study
Business Management & OrganizationPrerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge of current trends in accounting and finance is recommended.