IMA CEO Jeff Thomson favors accountants over robots
Accounting Today
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson unveiled a new campaign to emphasize the value of management accountants as more jobs fall prey to robots and automation. During a speech Monday at a meeting of the Accountants Club of America in New York, Thomson discussed how accountants can deal with the threat of automation by learning new skills and technologies to stay on top of the latest trends. He also showed a new advertising campaign for the IMA’s Certified Management Accountant credential in which a robot gives up its seat at a conference room table to accommodate an accountant, telling him, “Sorry, I was just keeping your seat warm.” The commercial can be viewed on YouTube.