Audience

This course is intended for directors and practice managers in small and medium-sized accounting firms.

Approach

This workshop provides pragmatic guidance for people who own and manage small to medium sized accounting firms. We discuss the impact of digital disruption on the New Zealand accounting industry and consider the trends likely to impact your firm. Then we lay out a blueprint for a truly digital accounting firm, showing how to leverage digital technology to improve performance, agility and resilience. We discuss the rationale for adopting a fully digital practice, then provide unbiased reviews of the key digital technologies available to accounting firms. During the workshop you create a high-level technology strategy and a 3 year action plan for your firm. Whether you’re a do-it-yourself technologist or prefer working with technology professionals, this workshop will give you new insights and get you pointed in the right direction.

Objectives

• To examine the major trends in the New Zealand accounting industry, with an emphasis on the impact of technology
• To present a case study showing how a local accounting firm has turned digital disruption into an opportunity
• To give attendees the opportunity to share experiences of success and concerns within their businesses and industries.
• To define the tools and methods of a modern digital practice
• To provide expert advice on specific technologies for the modern digital practice
• To guide attendees through development of a high-level technology strategy for their firms
• To help attendees develop a three year action plan based on their technology strategy

Topics

• New Zealand accounting industry trends
• Case study of a fully digital New Zealand accounting firm
• The digital practice: a blueprint
• Why go digital?
• Managing the change to a digital practice
• The key technology strategies (and what you need to know about each)
• Go online
• Go paperless
• Go mobile
• Go ultra fast (broadband)
• Your technology strategy and action plan

Prerequisites

None. This course is suitable for people of all technical abilities.

Duration

This is a 1/2 day workshop.

Group Size

This workshop will have a minimum number of 8 participants and a maximum of 16.

Cost

Public session: $300.00 + GST per participant
At your Company: $1,200.00 + GST (up to 12 participants)