Biggest Disruption In Staffing For Accounting Firms

Learning Objectives

• Impact of Technology on Accounting Industry
• Evolution of Offshore Staffing – Starting with the Big 4
• Offshore Hiring for Small, Mid-size and Regional Accounting Firms
• How Remote/Offshore Staffing has created Value?
• Best Practices of Working with Offshore Staff

Course Description

The #1 challenge for the accounting industry is staffing. The Big 4 & larger firms leveraged offshore staffing to acquire and retain qualified and experienced professionals in emerging economies at a very cost effective pricing point. Yet, the small, mid-size & regional accounting firms couldn’t follow in their footsteps. This webinar delves deep into how technology has enabled remote working in the 21st century and its impact on accounting industry. Furthermore, we will deep dive into how you can gain access to a huge talent pool, how the hiring is similar to hiring any local employee and how it is not outsourcing. Moreover, we’ll cover benefits including how things work even after coming from different time-zones and how the operations can be as secure as it were from your own office.

Overview

• Globalization and its impact on the accounting industry

  5 mins
• Role of technology in changing business scenario and its effects on staffing

  6 mins
• The context of remote working – a norm

  15 mins
• Evolution of offshore staffing

  21 mins
• India – the key ecosystem providing an ideal destination

  22 mins
• How it works?

  24 mins
• Busting the myths

  40 mins
• Tasks offshore staff can and cannot do

  42 mins
• Best practices for working with offshore staff.

  46 mins
• Due diligence for hiring remote staff

  49 mins
• Introduction to Entigrity

  52 mins