dear [CC] PodcastEpisode 1: dear [Accounting]

AI took the entry-level accounting seat. Here's the seat that's now open.

The job now is judgment, context, and process design to direct AI. Here's how to build proof of all three when Big Four entry-level postings are down 44% and PwC is hiring a third fewer grads next year.

A Chief Accounting Officer who shrunk his close from 16 days to 10 with Python scripts and Claude, and a University of San Diego accounting grad who left PwC after two years to start his own AI consultancy for CPA firms.

"I can teach you the debits and credits, I can give you AI tools, I can't teach you hunger. I can't teach you intellectual curiosity. If I hear you built a workflow automation for a CPA firm and it helped them do X, Y, Z, that's pretty cool. I want you because you're the one that's going to run through walls with the tools to go do the thing." (Michael Matlock, Chief Accounting Officer, Benchling)

Guests: Michael Matlock (Chief Accounting Officer, Benchling) https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-matlock-ey/ Noah Salah (UC San Diego '23, Accounting) https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahsalah/ Learn More at dearcc.org Subscribe to dear [CC] on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dearCChq Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SubFuV7rqW7SMZgKLaeOo?si=3d56e095856d41cb Listen to us on Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-cc-human-advice-for-the-ai-age/id1895152062 Follow Us: Instagram: @dearcchqX (Twitter): @dearcchq TikTok: @dearcchqInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dearcchq/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dearCChq TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dearcchq X: https://x.com/DearCChqLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/dear-cc/