How is AI impacting the future of accountancy?

Chris Willsher, accountancy recruitment expert at Reed, looks at the opportunities for accountants as demand for specialists with strategic and analytical skills while commoditised work is most at risk

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a day-to-day reality for many workplaces. This is especially true for the accountancy sector as its technological advancements are leading to a rapid transformation of the sector’s processes and roles.

Developments in technology, including the rise of AI, machine learning (ML) and robotic process automation (RPA), are seeing the automation of a large portion of accountancy-related tasks, which have long been performed by humans.

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