Tackling the Great Resignation in Accounting
How to attract and retain talent in the accounting profession today
The Great Resignation is affecting businesses everywhere—and that includes accounting. How can firms keep their best people while also recruiting top talent? Smith Business Insight and the CPA Ontario Centre for Corporate Reporting and Professionalism present this free 60-minute webinar. Bertrand Malsch moderates the discussion featuring accounting and organizational experts: Erica Pimentel, Bijan Toufighi and Tina Dacin.
Participants learn:
- The causes of the Great Resignation in accounting from a business and research perspective
- Best practices on how to attract and retain top talent in the current environment
- How remote work is both an opportunity and threat to employee attraction and retention
- Policies that firms can implement to improve employee experiences in remote workplaces
Following the presentation, there is a Q&A with our speakers. This webinar took place on Thursday, April 14 at 12 p.m. (EDT).
About the CPA Ontario Centre for Corporate Reporting and Professionalism
The CPA Ontario Centre for Corporate Reporting and Professionalism at Smith School of Business was established in 2021 thanks to the generous financial support of CPA Ontario. The centre's goal is to promote creative and innovative ideas around corporate reporting reforms and the development of new forms of professional expertise. The centre also advocates for inclusion and recognition of the diversity of stakeholders beyond shareholders in defining good corporate reporting and professionalism.
Session Participants
Dr. Bertrand Malsch
Bertrand Malsch is an Associate Professor & PWC/Tom O'Neill Professor of Accounting at Smith School of Business and the 2020 recipient of the Award for Research Excellence. He is the author of numerous leading articles in international academic journals on the subject of auditing, accounting regulation and governance. His work has been presented in many scholarly and professional conferences around the world. He is a member of the Quebec Bar.
Dr. Erica Pimentel
Erica Pimentel is an assistant professor of accounting at Smith School of Business. Her teaching focuses on financial accounting. Her research explores how technological disruption impacts the ways in which auditors engage with their work. She is a CPA and CA and worked in public accounting before entering academia.
Bijan Toufighi
Bijan Toufighi is a partner of MNP’s Assurance and Accounting group in Toronto. He specializes in providing assurance and accounting advisory services to large- and medium-sized public companies. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA), and is involved in educating the next generation of accountants as a university instructor and through a variety of CPA Canada initiatives.
