Right now, the smart financial heat wave is hitting, and with the widespread application of RPA digital employees in the corporate finance field, the traditional "Mr. Accountant" can no longer meet the needs of corporate development.
If the trend of financial intelligence is inevitable, what kind of accounting talents will enterprises need in the future?
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RPA accelerates changes in financial staff structure
Finance is one of the fields where RPA technology was introduced very early, and it has very mature application scenarios.
Aiming at the business content and process characteristics of finance, RPA replaces manual financial operations with automation to assist financial staff in completing basic business with large transaction volume, high repetition, and easy standardization, optimize financial processes, improve business processing efficiency and quality, and reduce financial compliance risk.
In terms of optimizing the processing of financial tasks, RPA robots can achieve 24-hour full-time work with a higher accuracy than humans; help corporate finance reduce operating costs, enhance data quality and consistency, and optimize analysis levels.
In terms of intelligent financial management, RPA has a mature product system. Simple financial scenarios can be developed in just a few days and become available within a few weeks. RPA can form an effective automatic supplement to the existing system, feedback it back to the enterprise, and realize the overall process, such as the optimization of financial planning and capital planning.
With the continuous promotion of RPA robots in the financial field, the proportion of personnel engaged in simple and basic financial tasks is bound to gradually decrease. But this does not mean that RPA is grabbing the jobs of financial staff. Because of RPA, corporate finance has also increased the demand for new talents.
The talents required by the accounting and finance departments in the future can be roughly divided into the following four categories:
1. Accounting, taxation and financial experts
Possess relevant knowledge and experience in accounting firms or financial institutions.
2. Enterprise's innovation leader
Build an IT system based on a complete understanding of accounting and financial information, and make changes in advance according to changes in the social environment and business.
3. Data expert
Not only must be proficient in financial and accounting data, but also deal with non-financial data, set KPIs for smooth business development, analyze and understand the current situation inside and outside the company, and then use data to show future business conditions.
4. Talents who use data to support and drive business development
Those who can create new value in an enterprise (such as creators and engineers) are not necessarily familiar with financial data. In this way, people who understand data and have strong communication skills are needed to support and drive them to achieve business results.
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RPA brings new opportunities to financial staff
Although RPA is a "natural" accounting expert, it can handle a large number of receipts and bills on behalf of people, and perform multiple repetitive tasks. However, the development of financial intelligence is not to weaken the role of people. On the contrary, talent is still a key factor in driving corporate financial transformation.
In fact, the emergence of RPA provides a good growth opportunity for those employees who intend to move from low-end financial staff to high-end financial management staff.
The current financial management is undergoing such a change: financial management will gradually shift its focus from the process and control of transactions to providing decision-making support and more in-depth global strategy formulation.
High-level financial managers must stand at a strategic height and make overall, long-term and creative plans for the financial activities of the enterprise on the basis of analyzing the impact of various factors on capital flows.
RPA robots accelerate the transformation of corporate financial personnel to higher-level talents. By entrusting basic financial tasks to RPA robots, financial personnel can free up more time and energy to engage in more complex, difficult, but more valuable tasks.
When accountants no longer spend time on simple entry and other low-value-added tasks, they can invest more time and energy to analyze the financial data of the enterprise or organization to improve business decision-making; and in budget formulation and analysis, Cost accounting and control, performance management and improvement, investment evaluation and decision-making, etc. play more value and functions, and finally promoted to senior financial staff.
Only by changing traditional ideas, being good at learning, making active transformation, and striving to become comprehensive talents with knowledge in the fields of accounting, informatization, management and finance, accountants can make better use of financial data and participate in the management of the enterprise. , To create more value for the enterprise.