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Accounting Apps PodcastAuthor: Heather Smith Accountant & Storyteller
Exploring the intersections of accounting, technology and modern practice methodologies. Each month guests share how they built their business and how your business or clients can use technology to be more effective and efficient. This may include exploring:*How you can implement and integrate business tools with your online accounting software to automate processes, improve productivity, and profitability;*How to build a business developing business apps; or*How to build a tech stack that meets your business needs or introduce your clients to them.Brilliant guests include entrepreneurs, founders, business consultants, accountants, bookkeepers, small business owners, cloud advisors, developers, cloud integrators and solution providers.Hosted by Heather Smith, an award winning Chartered Accountant with a flair for storytelling. Heather is obsessed with how effective automation and integration can produce timely clean data, to surface information for brave, fast data-informed ... Language: en Genres: Business News, News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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AI and the Future of Accounting Roles 🤖
Episode 272
Wednesday, 18 February, 2026
AI is reshaping accounting roles, not replacing them. Explore what’s changing, emerging governance roles, and why strategic thinking and AI fluency matter more than ever. Summary As AI reshapes our profession, we're essentially seeing less demand for those routine tasks, a boom in strategic roles and new opportunities for those who understand the cross section between accounting and technology, so less routine, more strategy, more cross disciplinary. And today, I'd like to talk about what's changing in the roles, what's not changing in the roles, what new roles are emerging, and what accountants and bookkeepers should focus on now. Key discussion points: Why AI will replace tasks, not accountants The decline of routine compliance work The rise of advisory, virtual CFO and fractional CFO roles Emerging positions: AI governance, risk reviewers, AI audit trail designers The concept of AI “agent managers” AI fluency as a critical professional skill The growing importance of critical thinking and communication Ethical obligations in an AI-embedded profession Practical steps: auditing your task list and shifting time to interpretation Why governance frameworks and AI policies are now essential Key takeaways: AI augments judgement, it does not replace it Advisory creates value, productivity alone does not Ethics and professional standards become even more important Accountants are uniquely positioned to manage AI governance This is a leadership moment for the profession Contact details: Accounting Apps newsletter: http://accountingapps.io/ Accounting Apps Mastermind: https://www.facebook.com/groups/XeroMasterMind LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherSmithAU/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ANISEConsulting X: https://twitter.com/HeatherSmithAU
