Dec 14, 2023
Marna Ricker, Global Vice Chair, Tax — EY, has held various leadership roles including most recently the EY Americas Vice Chair – Tax. She engages and inspires her team to provide unique client experiences and create digitally enabled services.
On this podcast episode, Marna shares her insights on how to blend and balance soft skills with technical skills — touching on how to develop each set and how emerging technologies influence future accounting professionals.
What you’ll learn in this episode
- How the tax industry has evolved over the years and advice Marna would give to her younger self (1:15)
- Key skills leaders are looking for in employees today (4:15)
- Can soft skills be learned? (6:18)
- Balancing technical changes while also developing leadership skills (8:23)
- How artificial intelligence (AI) is set to influence tax professionals’ skills (10:52)
- Final thoughts (16:00)
- A page from Marna’s travel journal (17:15)
AICPA resources
- Reimagining your tax practice — Tackle today’s top practice management issues with insights and tips from pioneers in the tax community. The Reimagining Your Tax Practice webcast series will tackle these issues and more in a Q&A roundtable series with tax pioneers from the profession.
Keep your finger on the pulse of the dynamic and evolving tax landscape with insights from tax thought leaders in the AICPA Tax Section. The Tax Section Odyssey podcast includes a digest of tax developments, trending issues and practice management tips that you need to be aware of to elevate your professional development and your firm practices.
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