Disruption? Challenge accepted

How are SMU's post-graduate accounting programmes readying the industry for changes?

SINGAPORE (May 27): Disruption is happening; disruption is real. Entire industries are being transformed and that includes the auditing ecosystem. Technologies gaining wider traction such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cloud computing have a direct impact on the methods of auditing and the tools and processes used in the auditing ecosystem.

“The role of an accountant has evolved,” says Associate Professor of Accounting (Practice) Wang Jiwei at Singapore Management University’s School of Accountancy. He is also the Programme Director for both the Master of Professional Accounting and Master of Science in Accounting (Data & Analytics) (MSA) offered by SMU.

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