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Seizing Opportunities in a Changing Accounting Industry

Business Strategies for Modern Accounting Firms

Created byMark Ferris
4.5
(195 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Dec 22, 2022
Seizing Opportunities in a Changing Accounting Industry

What You'll Learn

check_circleLearn what's driving change in the Accounting Industry
check_circleIdentify strategies to help your Accounting Business successfully navigate change
check_circleLay the foundations for a resilient, agile, exceptional business
check_circleRealize the goals of your owners, team and clients

About This Course

The Accounting Industry has been undergoing a fundamental, irreversible change. But change means Opportunity!

The features of the Accounting Industry, include:

  • Long, established, professional history
  • Few big firms, many smaller firms
  • Relatively low barrier to entry and low enterprise value
  • Value created based on skills of people
  • Provider of a good livelihood for many

mean that many Accountants have become complacent in terms of expectations for the future. Skills are undervalued and some highly-skilled people have departed the profession.

The 9 modules of this course will examine what's driving change and define strategies for building a successful business in this evolving Accounting Market. We'll cover:

  • The Changing Market - Clients and the Competition
  • Changes in Hiring and Technology
  • Goal-setting, Product Development, and Client Management
  • Team-building and Organizational Design
  • Business Development

Seizing Opportunities in a Changing Accounting Market calls on deep market insights and years of working with exceptional Accountants to define strategies to help you build exactly the business you want and achieve the goals of owners, managers, clients, and team members.

Your Instructor

Mark Ferris
Mark Ferris
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Mark Ferris is an entrepreneur who has founded, built and exited businesses which sell services and solutions to corporate customers. His career has spanned Asia, North America and Australia where he is currently based. As a founder, director and investor in early stage technology businesses, he is especially passionate about enabling the rapid growth of businesses to the benefit of all stakeholders. Mark currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Panalitix, an organization which enables accountants to develop first-class advisory capabilities.

Credit Information

Do these courses count toward my professional development requirements?

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What Students Are Saying

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Student's Choice
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