Skill development of professional accountants in the digital economy

This chapter examines the ability of Indonesia’s higher education system to produce accounting graduates and accounting professionals to meet the demand for accounting skills in the digital era. Accountants can be displaced in routine tasks by software applications, but many of their professional functions will remain. The study described in the chapter employs a qualitative methodology comprising interviews with selected accounting practitioners to examine whether and how prepared Indonesian accounting professionals are to meet the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution.