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A changing accountancy profession creates greater challenges for employers, finds new research from ACCA

22 Jan 2008

The recruitment, development and retention of finance professionals is a growing challenge for organisations because the accountancy profession is changing rapidly, global research from ACCA reveals.

ACCA's newly published research report A changing profession? The evolution of accounting roles, skills and career aspirations reveals a shifting profession, where new roles and skills are needed, and where the aspirations of accountants are becoming much more ambitious, particularly in emerging economies.

View the research report and other titles in the Insight series.