Ashima Seth News Today

Strong demand from clients wanting assistance navigating the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted revenue across the country’s largest accounting firms, with the ongoing shortage of professionals across the sector now the main constraint on the sector.

Leaders at Australia’s largest accounting firms are open to allowing staff to continue to work from home now that the lockdowns have ended, but warn that serving clients is still best done in person.

As a skills shortage continues to rip through the accounting industry, the leaders of nine firms explain how they’re trying to recruit and retain staff.