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The program will help accounting and finance professionals improve and update their skills for the contemporary environment, says AICPA and CIMA.
American accounting association offers additional learning platform
12 May 2023
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American accounting association AICPA & CIMA has released a learning platform that it says will assist accounting and finance professionals to improve their skills and take advantage of the increasingly digital business environment.
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AICPA & CIMA senior director of learning innovation Michael Grant said the contemporary system would provide greater learning opportunities for accountants.
“The reimagining of our learning portfolio represented an opportunity for us to rethink, refresh and transform our approach,” said Mr Grant. “Our new system offers dynamic learning journeys, which will allow accounting and finance professionals to address the skills they need to remain relevant using consistently updated course material.
“Addressing the rapidly growing global skills gap is an ongoing challenge faced by professionals, employers and firms throughout the accounting and finance profession, and attracting and retaining talent is also a top priority.”
“The profession at large, which has been focused on traditional accounting and finance skills, has found itself needing to complement these with new competencies in emerging fields such as data and digital literacy skills.”
The association said its modern learning system would include more than 2,500 courses and webcasts along with features such as:
- A full-featured mobile app for learning on the go
- A learning library where purchased content was categorised
- On-demand learning and webcasts were available through a single platform
- One-click launch of courses and webcasts
- A webcast calendar to book events quickly and track registrations
- More than 50 languages to choose from for the interface
The association said the fresh learning system was launched as more than half of all employees worldwide would need to reskill or upskill by 2025, according to a 2021 World Economic Forum report.
It said the system would have enhanced navigation and other tools that would foster emerging technology-driven skills and would provide access to the world’s largest accounting association’s learning content including the portfolio of webcasts, certificates and CPE courses.
AICPA and CIMA have over 689,000 members, candidates and engaged professionals in 196 countries and leaders.
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