Welcome to ACCA’s Professional Insight series. We recognise the importance you place in having an opportunity to explore, reflect and plan for managing the impacts of current and anticipated challenges and opportunities. This series provides an insight into some of the key global trends affecting the finance profession from a learning and development perspective. ACCA conducts research on a number of areas using quantative and qualitative research techniques and by reference to other research conducted by leading consultancies and human resource institutes where appropriate.
Our Insights reports are intended to provide you with that ‘space’ and an insight into the key issues around recruitment, retention and development of finance professionals.
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- A changing profession? The evolution of accounting roles, skills and career aspirations
 - The recruitment, development and retention of finance professionals is a growing challenge for organisations because the accounting profession is changing rapidly. This report, surveying more than 2,500 ACCA qualified accountants in 50 countries, 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.
- Paths to the top - best practice leadership development for finance professionals
Global organisations need to do more to harness the leadership potential of finance professionals or risk failing them, finds new research from ACCA’s learning and development team. Surveying nearly 3,500 ACCA members, with participants drawn from 116 countries, the research report “Paths to the top – best practice leadership development for finance professionals” confirms that finance leaders around the world are now expected to demonstrate higher levels of accountability and control than ever before, together with delivering financial value. - Talent Management in the Finance Profession
Emerging from extensive research with the ACCA membership, this report highlights the current state of talent management in the profession and is a useful tool for initial benchmarking or simply as a source for current best practice. Published 2006 - The Finance Professional 2020
The finance professional in 2020 will be faced with a number of challenges and opportunities shaped by the forces of enhanced globalisation, changing demographics and significantly increased business complexity. In this survey conducted by ACCA, finance professionals predict that the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries will have established themselves as significant economic powers and this will shift the balance of economic power eastwards particularly as those economies move from competing on cost to knowledge and innovation. Published 2006 - The Future of Professionalism
This research outlines the concept of professionalism within the accounting industry. It considers what we understand professionalism to be, and how these attributes translate in practice. It also draws on global events and trends which are influencing professional behaviour, and finally provides key insights on future trends, providing guidance to stakeholders on how to maintain a professional approach going forward. Published 2007
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