We feel really good about our place there and what we can do in the future to advocate for the profession and to help our learners and to help companies.”īecker is planning to expand the range of formats of the courses it is offering, especially as remote learning has become more pervasive, especially after the pandemic closed many in-person classrooms and training centers last year. We call ourselves the accountant’s champion and we’re really trying to get people excited about accounting, to help them move through their careers with new skills, helping them prepare for new roles and helping institutions prepare for the skills they’re going to need in the future.
We want to be much more involved and focused. “We’re providing the education for so many of them as they progress through their careers, individually or at whatever firm they’re at, and we’re working very closely with a lot of the small, medium and large institutions in the accounting space. “We know we’re in a position where we’re training so many of the CPAs as they come into the market,” said Braunstein. He has several other goals at Becker, including advocacy for the accounting profession. We can help them grow in their careers or take on new roles.” When we start them with the CPA Exam and bring them through their careers, we can help them build new skills. “There are so many places you can go for CPE, but it’s a little bit different in the lifetime journey of one of our students. “We’re very invested in the CPE market for continuing education for accountants,” said Braunstein. We do believe that there is a strong future for the CPA Exam.”īecker is also developing more continuing education courses to help accountants learn new skills and stay up to date with changing laws, regulations and standards.
“There’s absolutely going to be a focus on data analytics and practicality issues. “With the changes that the AICPA is making and that we’re seeing around how the exam will be crafted in the future, there are absolutely opportunities for the CPA Exam to evolve as well and to be at the forefront of what people are doing,” said Braunstein. Changes in the CPA Exam from the CPA Evolution Model Curriculum, on which the AICPA and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have been collaborating, could help build the pipeline of CPA candidates.