The accountant's guide to AI, cloud software and the robot revolution

There are few words that make accountants more uncomfortable than robots, cloud software and artificial intelligence. These are the hot topics in financial technology, but they are also the very things that accountants fear will make them irrelevant. According to Accenture, 80 percent of accounting and finance related activities will be delivered with automation in the next few years. Many professionals are wondering what the future of their jobs will look like, and whether they have a place in that future. In fact, there are plenty of reasons to be excited for the future of accounting--as long as you're not stuck in old ways and you are willing to become what I like to call a "robo-accountant."