Future of Finance: Digital Innovation
When looking towards the future of finance, it's important to understand the role of emerging digital innovations. This course explores the changing technological landscape and the specific innovations that are transforming the role of the accountant and the processes you use.
Future of Finance: Digital Innovation
This course will enable you to
- Explain the role of accountants in innovation and the importance of challenging existing processes.
- Analyse the major changes and trends in technology infrastructure and software, and how these might affect your organisation.
- Identify the common dogmas and pitfalls around implementing new technologies.
- Explore accounting-specific technologies, processes, and coding terms that aid in effective innovation.
- Recognise how to manage micro and macro changes and their role in the innovation process.
About the course
It would be an understatement to say that digital innovation is important, and we are constantly having to adapt our processes and practices to keep up with every-changing technologies. Advances in technology that impact the accounting world are key to accountants not only staying relevant but continually improving.
By breaking down innovation and change into component parts, this course explores the accounting-specific innovations that you need to know about and how you can use these to improve your practice. Explore how accountants can develop the right mindset for innovation and how it can challenge established norms; by identifying the importance of keeping up to date with new technologies. This course highlights how you can adapt your processes and habits in response to a rapidly changing digital world.
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Samuel Ellis
Sam has been using modern data technologies for the past decade to operate a lean and agile accounting function. He uses data analytics software e.g. Tableau to transform accounting reporting in a modern, shareable and actionable format whilst reducing time taken to prepare reports and streamlining content to minimise noise. Sam was a founding member and Chair of ACCA's Global Technology Forum, steering ACCA's approach to updating members around key technology developments and trends.
