Professional accountants at the heart of sustainable organizations

Summary of the Report: This report explores the future of the accountancy profession, examining the drivers of change shaping sustainable organizations as they look ahead, and the next decade of work for finance professionals as well as the capabilities that are most prized. Building on ACCA’s global research program over the past two years it also includes a survey of over 2,000 responses of finance professionals further enriched by a wide ranging and extensive engagement program of roundtables, interviews and focus groups across the globe which explored further the drivers of change, as well as informing the core capabilities needed in the future for professional accountants in whatever role they perform. In the decade ahead, this is the professional accountant playing an integral role at the heart of sustainable organizations of the future as the sustainable business and finance professional.

Key Highlights: Key messages from this research are:

• Professional accountants are at the heart of the sustainable organization of the future as sustainable business and finance professionals
• They play a key role in helping organizations create, protect, and report sustainable value.
• The research sees 5 broad drivers of change impacting sustainable organizations and the role of professional accountants of the future from changes in the global economy, environmental change, technology change, societal change, and workforce change
• The research identifies 4 emerging career pathways of opportunity in the face of these changes over the decade ahead
• The research also presents ACCA’s new capability framework and career navigator tool, identifying the 7 core capabilities needed across all roles in the profession in the future.

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