The Real Problem with AI in Accounting | ARC

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and opportunities of AI in accounting through a conversation between Donny Shimamoto and Danielle Supkis Cheek.

Technology is advancing faster than the profession’s ability to rethink its workflows. Accounting ARC With Donny Shimamoto Center for Accounting Transformation In a profession often defined by structure, standards, and well-worn career paths, Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, opens a different kind of conversation in a recent Accounting ARC episode—one that challenges assumptions about what it means to build a career in accounting. His guest, Danielle Supkis Cheek, embodies that challenge. As senior vice president of AI, analytics and assurance at CaseWare, Supkis Cheek operates at the intersection of technology, methodology, and human judgment. But her path there was anything but linear—and that, Shimamoto suggests, is exactly the point. MORE Accounting ARC: AI Can Fix Your Workflow—or Break It in Seconds | Efficiency Is the Wrong Goal for A I | Accounting’s Hidden Talent Risk: The Sandwich Generation | Built Fast. Sold Faster. Broken Later? The Truth About Accounting Tech | Recognize When You Need to Recharge Before You Burn Out | Valuing More Than the Balance Sheet | Accounting’s “Untalked-About” Frontier | Why Happiness is Hard-Fought for High Achievers | The Fastest Way to…

People in this episode

Host: Donny Shimamoto

Guest: Danielle Supkis Cheek

Topics covered

• AI in accounting
• career paths
• technology and methodology
• human judgment
• workflow challenges

Keywords

• AI
• accounting
• technology
• career development
• workflow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CaseWare, Center for Accounting Transformation

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