Preparing tax professionals to thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Overview

Research shows that 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist. Is this a scary thought or do you believe it is exciting? The PwC Finance Effectiveness Benchmark Report 2017 suggests that finance and tax professionals spend 50% of their time gathering data, rather than analysing it. How can accounting and tax professionals become more effective and efficient in performing mundane tasks, so that we can rather focus our time and energy on adding value to clients and businesses?

 This event will cover the following aspects:

• Creating a basic awareness and understanding of the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the accounting and tax profession.
• A discussion of how tax professionals should reskill and upskill themselves, not only to avoid becoming redundant, but to grow, thrive and excel in an environment that is constantly changing and evolving.
• Exploring tools such as Robotic Process Automation that could assist tax professionals in performing daily tasks – where to find these tools and how to use them.

Presenter

Lenore Kerrigan

Lenore is a committed South African whose ambition is to make a difference to the transformation of the country and development of its people. She is very much a people focused person and thrives on making the impossible possible. With many years of general and sales management experience, at various levels and across all industry sectors, she believes that selling is a personal commitment and therefore puts all her energy into building customer relationships and delivering on promises.

She is an experienced executive in ICT, with a vast range of experience in strategy, planning, management, sales, marketing and services. Lenore is self-motivated and a driven individual who builds long term customer relationships. She has experience in working for international corporations, local large enterprises as well as start-ups. She is a qualified chartered accountant with a particular interest in governance, risk and compliance.

She is a board member on the Southern Africa-Canadian Chamber of Commerce (SACANCHAM).

CPD

This event and successful completion of the online assessment will secure 2 hours verifiable output Tax CPD points.

Event Pricing

CPD subscribers: 100% Discount for all 2020 CPD subscribers.

Other member: R475.00

Company Price: R950.00

Payments & Cancellations

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