About this episode

The episode discusses the future of accounting, focusing on AI's impact, career pathways, and PwC's cancellation of a Disney internship event.

What does episode 500 reveal about where accounting is headed? Blake Oliver and David Leary celebrate the milestone with CFO.com’s Adam Zaki and Going Concern’s Adrienne Gonzalez. They unpack AI’s pressure on billable hours, shrinking entry-level pathways, the changing route to CFO, and PwC’s canceled Disney intern event. Plus, Blake shares what happened after NASBA challenged his CPE comments. Sponsors OnPay - http://accountingpodcast.promo/onpay Canopy - http://accountingpodcast.promo/canopy Thomson Reuters - http://accountingpodcast.promo/taxautomation Cloud Accountant Staffing - http://accountingpodcast.promo/cas Chapters (00:00) - ‌ (00:20) - Episode 500 Kickoff (02:59) - Origin Story Live Chat (07:22) - Billable Hour Fading (13:36) - AI Knowledge vs Data Risk (16:21) - PwC Intern Disney Cut (24:31) - Pyramid to Diamond Firms (34:29) - CFO Pathway Disrupted (37:25) - AI Without Apprenticeship (38:55) - Would You Work for AI (39:47) - CFO Pipeline Shrinking (41:11) - Skipping Entry Level (43:15) - Simulations vs Real Work (45:05) - Metaverse Training Fail (47:35) - Crypto Fraud Irony (49:10) - Listener Milestones (51:58) - Billable Hour Debate (01:01:21) - AI Auditing Future…

People in this episode

Hosts: Blake Oliver, David Leary

Guests: Adam Zaki, Adrienne Gonzalez

Topics covered

• accounting trends
• AI impact
• career pathways
• CFO roles
• internship cancellations
• billable hours

Keywords

• accounting
• AI
• CFO
• internship
• billable hours
• career
• PwC
• Disney
• NASBA

Sponsors

OnPay, Canopy, Thomson Reuters, Cloud Accountant Staffing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PwC, Disney, NASBA, CFO.com, Going Concern

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