Automation and artificial intelligence are here and they're coming for all the routine, mundane, repeatable tasks that have traditionally been accountants' bread and butter. If your job primarily involve data entry and routine processes, it may be time for a pivot. Read more →
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Is the age of the bookkeeper coming to an end? Is the payroll specialist an endangered species? Are the days of the tax preparer who focuses on basic 1040s numbered? As those jobs are currently defined, the answer is probably "Yes".
The kinds of accounting jobs that will become a lot less common in the future — if they even remain at all — are those that involve the inputting and manipulation of data for routine and repeatable tasks, which traditionally have relied on quantity to turn a decent profit.
