ENG26VS01. ENGAGE & Learn Spotlight Series: Shaping the Profession Ready Initiative: Member Voices, Real Change (Online Activity)

As AI and market forces continue to reshape the accounting profession, workforce readiness has become critical. The AICPA is here to help, and in this session, we’ll be seeking your input on the skill needs of the profession at the early‑career level.

This session is part of the AICPA’s Profession Ready Initiative, a holistic effort to identify and develop the skills early‑career CPAs need to succeed as AI and other environmental factors transform the profession. As part of this initiative, the Profession Ready team is conducting a profession‑wide analysis — a robust research effort that engages stakeholders across the profession — and your input is essential.

Collectively, these efforts will provide the profession and its stakeholders with the tools needed to bridge skills gaps, enhance workforce readiness, and strengthen the talent pipeline.

Join AICPA’s Carl Mayes, VP – CPA Candidate Quality & Competency, for this interactive session to hear early research findings and share your perspectives. Your insights and experiences will help shape a profession‑ready CPA workforce.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify early-career professionals’ technical, professional, and technological strengths and skill gaps.
• Recognize the factors impacting the need for talent transformation within the CPA profession.
• Recall the proactive steps underway to prepare early-career CPAs and aspiring CPAs for success in their roles.