Your Next Hire Might Not Be an Accountant | It's Not Just the Numbers

An AI engineer can help accounting teams tackle bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and build capacity. It's Not Just the Numbers With Penny Breslin and Damien Greathead For CPA Trendlines For years, accounting firm owners have treated the "next hire" question as a simple one: bring on another accountant. However, that assumption is starting to cost firms real time and money. In this recent case study, MoneyPenny, LLC shares what happened  when their newest hire wasn't an accountant at all. She was a recent graduate with a degree in AI, and within her first weeks, she had built a tool that solved a problem the whole team had been living with for years. MORE Penny Breslin and Damien Greathead | MORE Advisory & Consulting JOIN From Scorekeeper to Strategist CAS Workshop | BUY "It's Not Just the Numbers" She graduated in the first AI cohort to come through her university and joined the firm knowing nothing about accounting. What she did know was how to watch a process and ask why it worked the way it did.