Accountants more likely to return to offices than others: Study

Accountants, it seems, like their offices more than most people.

In a recent survey of close to 500 managers, executives and senior leadership in banking, financial planning, fintechs, financial services, accounting and other related industries, leaders at accounting firms were far more likely to be working full-time at their firms’ offices; much more likely to expect to keep their current office footprint after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic; and more likely to predict their employees will all be working full-time in their firms’ offices a year from now.

The results of the survey, conducted by Accounting Today’s parent company, Arizent, in mid-April, indicate that the profession has not fully embraced the remote work revolution brought on by the pandemic, viewing it as a temporary solution to an immediate problem.

Among other insights, the responses also show that accounting leaders are more concerned about the impact of the pandemic on the economy than their counterparts, and that they think they did a very good job supporting their employees over the past 15 months.