Diversity and equality

The Big Four firm is adjusting to a new, tougher regulatory environment, even as it rolls out its latest auditing technology.

The Top 20 firm will supply one-time, $5,000 grants to diverse accounting college students to bolster the talent pipeline.

CPA Moms founder Mayumi Young talks about the issues facing women and mothers in accounting.

The American Institute of CPAs' 2021 Trends Report found that the diversity of accounting graduates hired by U.S. firms increased nearly five percentage points in 2020.

Xero deepens ties to Hispanic and Latino communities; the IFRS Foundation is looking for tech-savvy accountants; and more accounting technology news from the past week.

The cloud accounting software developer announced new collaborations with the Association of Latino Professionals For America, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Negozee to meet the rising number of Latino-owned businesses across the country.

Female representation at the upper ranks of accounting has been improving in recent years, but there are still inequities.

From Women’s History Month to International Women’s Day, March offers a time to celebrate and honor powerful women, including women in the accounting profession.

The one-time, national scholarship initiative, supported by the Black CPA Centennial Fund, will provide financial support for CPA exam-related expenses for Black and African American accounting students.

The Accounting and Financial Women's Alliance's yearly poll invites firms to share their data on female leadership, diversity and representation.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and a paid internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing CPA licensure.

Female chief financial officers are more likely to give concise responses, backed by numbers, than their male counterparts, new research shows.

The CFA Institute has created a voluntary Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Code for the Investment Profession in the United States and Canada as financial firms wrestle with expanding a more diverse workforce.

Becker Professional Education's five-course, eight-credit CPE course will teach business managers to implement more diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion practices into their organizations.

A Bloomberg Tax survey found that both accounting firms and corporate tax departments cited a lack of exceptional talent to hire as the top roadblock.

The Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program will fund $30 million in scholarships for students pursuing a fifth-year master's degree program in accounting from select Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited colleges and universities, including the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU.

Deloitte & Touche chair and CEO Lara Abrash has been watching the Big Four firm’s audit practice changing over the past two years.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs' yearly awards honor local professionals who "demonstrate exceptional work in or support of New Jersey's accounting profession."

The global accounting network aims to support and showcase the work of top female leaders from around the globe.

The National Association of Black Accountants and the DOF will strive to bring their combined resources to more Black entrepreneurs across the country.