Accounting Disruptors Are Heading Your Way … with Deep Pockets

If you’re not ready to make your move, you’d better hope your competition isn’t.

Change isn’t just knocking at your door; it’s kicking it down. We’re in the middle of a major transformation because of new players, cutting-edge technologies and a financial surge. The rules are being rewritten before our very eyes.

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If you consider accounting a giant chessboard, many players are making strategic moves. You have the old-school firms on one side who are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. On the other side, you have the new-school disruptors. These innovative entities are reshaping the industry with cutting-edge technologies and fresh approaches.

Posted on March 13, 2024

Jody Padar

About the Author

Jody Padar, CPA, MST, is one of the profession’s foremost visionaries and a best-selling author for CPA Trendlines.

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Padar is the author of:

The Radical CPA

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From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

vice president of strategy at Botkeeper, an upstart automated bookkeeping solution purpose-built for accounting firms.

She was also CEO and Principal of the New Vision CPA Group, a public accounting firm based in the Chicago area.

And as an author, lecturer, coach, consultant, and mentor, she advocates for progress and innovation in the profession, heralding a new way of thinking about the practice of accountancy and giving it a new purpose.

Having successfully transformed her own firm into a technologically advanced, paperless work environment, she is now dedicated to educating her fellow colleagues on how to make the same transition.

She is a regular contributor to a number of industry publications, including CPA Trendlines, where she offers practical tips and advice on running a next-generation firm.

Padar has been named by Accounting Today as “the Top 100 Most Influential to the Profession” for the last four years and manages her firm and discover new “best practices.”

Padar is married, has two teenage children, and swims competitively. Padar earned her BBA from Saint Mary’s College and MST from Northern Illinois University. Padar is also an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College and a contributing member of the Intuit Trainer Writer Network.

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