The top 10 information technologies affecting accountants include: financial cloud, accounting big data analytics and processing technology, process automation (RPA and IPA), middle-office technology, e-accounting files, e-invoicing, online and remote auditing, next-generation ERP, online and remote office, and business intelligence (BI).

Currently, China has fully opened the road of digital transformation, and the digital era has put forward the inevitable requirements for the digital transformation of accounting. Recently, in the "Accounting Technology Acctech to meet the challenges of uncertainty" summit forum, selected the top ten information technology in 2022 affecting Chinese accountants. Compared with last year, there are new online and remote auditing, online and remote office and business intelligence technology, and all three of them can not leave the support of data.

From the results of the selection, the attention of the middle-office technology is now increasing, and this type of technology is characterized by the ability to break down the information barriers between different systems, achieve a high degree of information **** enjoyment, and can respond to the changing needs of the front-office applications with the help of low-code, microservices and other technologies.

What is RPA, IPA?

RPA, known as Robotic Process Automation in English and translated into Chinese as Robotic Process Automation, is a kind of software. Simply put, RPA is the repetitive, boring, meaningless digital business processes to achieve end-to-end automation, with high execution efficiency, weak coupling, easy to use, scalable and flexible, high return on investment and other technical characteristics.

IPA, known as Intelligent process automation (IPA), translates to Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), which is used by RPA vendors to break through the traditional automation ceiling and meet the automation needs of unstructured data businesses in various industries, such as automating the processing of invoices.

Currently, domestic and foreign vendors are beginning to integrate RPA with mainstream AI technology, as well as cloud computing, process mining, low-code and other innovative technologies to expand the automation reach and lower the threshold for use.