Accounting Expertise: New perspectives of the profession in the technological age
With the coming of technology, the accounting expert, professional who performs the technical analysis of documents in order to find truths in an investigation, massively included technology and artificial intelligence in his work routine. As a result of an inherent expansion to information, communication, education and services, this professional must adapt and update themselves in the face of the new needs of a world based on technology. Thus, this summary aimed to verify how accounting experts deal with and accept technology as important to the work routine. An online questionnaire was applied, collecting information regarding the use of the computer for the development of the activities of the profession. The results obtained show that the accountants recognize the importance of technology and the need for its use for the practice of the profession. However, most claim to know little or medium about artificial intelligence. The data presented here show that, although they know the importance of technology, accounting experts have limited knowledge on the subject. The professionals also stated that the technology did not cause changes in their routines, which differs from what was observed in the practical performance of these accounting experts.