Accountants leading in a volatile world
- Idalia Obregon
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
By ACCA Global - The global body for professional accountants
In a world which is increasingly volatile, organisations are progressively relying on their accountancy and finance professionals to provide strategic insight and support decision making.
The role of the accountant is being redefined, but never more so than in the current circumstances. Accountants have never been more important as strategic advisers.
Leading in the volatile world
The ACCA / IMA Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) results for the first quarter of 2026 indicated that accountants were most concerned about international and geopolitical instability for only the second time since the global risks survey was added to the GECS in Q2 2023. The conflict in the Middle East is clearly an immediate contributory factor, although instability is broader than one issue.
Of itself, this is not new. The impact of the complexity of the geopolitical environment is a significant driver in the evolution of the role of the finance function, as ACCA and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ), in association with PwC, identified in their Finance evolution report. This report identified that the future of the function relies upon its ability to be both autonomous and pre-emptive. This is especially relevant in a volatile world. Read more...
ACCA Global
The global body for professional accountants
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