Accountancy intelligence to lead, innovate & grow.

Want to get your daily slice of Accountancy knowledge to your inbox? Sign up now

Accountancy Slice helps you stay ahead of essential accountancy news shaping your profession. Every weekday, our unique blend of AI, accountancy experts and researchers monitor 100,000s of articles and share a summary of the most relevant and useful content to help you lead, innovate and grow.

From Audit to Tax, Practice Management, Tech, Reporting and accounting firm news. Accountancy Slice is the only trusted online news source in the US dedicated to covering current headlines, articles, reports and interviews to make sure you’re at the forefront of changes in the accountancy industry.

AS banner
Recent Editions
 
as-recent-na
Accountancy Slice
North America
Junior consultants called back to office as AI increases need for human skills

Major consulting firms are considering bringing junior employees into the office more frequently as artificial intelligence (AI) automates more routine technical work, increasing the importance of interpersonal skills such as empathy, communication, storytelling, leadership, and client management. EY’s U.K. consulting head, Sayeh Ghanbari, said extensive remote work is increasingly at odds with career development in an AI-driven industry, where younger consultants need face-to-face exposure to senior colleagues to develop professional judgment and client skills. KPMG is similarly exploring new approaches to in-person training, while BCG is expanding office-based social activities, and Azets is encouraging junior employees to attend four days a week. Executives acknowledge that reducing flexibility could prove challenging for employees accustomed to hybrid arrangements, but argue that in-person collaboration and informal learning are becoming more important as AI takes on a greater share of consultants’ technical tasks

Full Issue
 
top-shadow
Read the latest Accountancy highlights