CAAS Transformation

June 16, 2021 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Location Information:
ZOOM
Contact Information:
CPAFMA HQ
937-222-0030
info@cpafma.org

$25 Members | Free PAFM | $40 Non-Members

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$100 Members | Free PAFM | $225 Non-Members

CAAS Transformation
June 16, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Roman Kepczyk will walk you through his playbook and help you convince your partners that offering more advisory services is the route to take along with the required technology stack, learning initiatives, and business changes your firm needs to consider.  He highlights the importance of targeting specialization within your firm and steps to take to make your firm an advisory rock star!

Many believe the future of the accounting profession depends on successfully transitioning towards providing more advisory services.  If that is correct, where is your firm on that journey?  Roman will walk through his playbook to help you convince your partners that this is the route to take along with the required technology stack, learning initiatives, and business changes your firm needs to consider.

Roman Kepczyk, CPA.CITP, CGMA, PAFM
Roman H. Kepczyk, CPA.CITP, CGMA, PAFM is Director of Firm Technology Strategy for Right Networks. His primary focus is helping firms throughout North America effectively use information technology and accounting applications by optimizing their tax, audit, and administrative production workflows. He has spent the past twenty-two years consulting exclusively with CPA firms and prior to that, ten years with the CPA firm of Henry & Horne, (Arizona’s largest regional firm) where he was the partner in charge of the firm's Management Advisory Services and Consulting practices. Roman also served as the firm’s Administrative partner where he oversaw Internal Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources, and was responsible for the creation and implementation of the firm's technology plan and budget. He is a member of the AICPA Council, a former member of the AICPA PCPS Executive Committee, and a former Chairman of the AICPA's Information Technology Executive Committee. He has served as a member of other AICPA initiatives, including the Special Committee on Enhanced Business Reporting, eBusiness Task Force, IT Best Practices, IT Research, IT Practices Committees, and Group of 100 projects. In addition, he is a former Chairman of the AICPA Top Technologies Task Force. Roman was named by INSIDE Public Accounting as one of the profession’s Most Recommended Consultants for each of the years from 2005 through 2017, CPA Practice Advisors "Top 25 Thought Leaders" from 2011 through 2019, and Accounting Today’s "Most Influential People in Accounting" thirteen times. Roman is also an Advisory Board Member to the CPA Firm Management Association and has served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Society of CPAs. He also authored “Quantum of Paperless: Partners Guide to CPA Firm Optimization” which outlines 32 key CPA best practices. On a technical level, Roman is an AICPA Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) and a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSS BB). He authored technology chapters for the PPC MAP Handbook, PPC Guide to Paperless Engagements, and sections of the AICPA MAP Handbook. He is also a regular contributor of articles to the AICPA PCPS, CPA Practice Advisor, Thomson Reuters Audit and Accounting publications, and the CPA Firm Management Association’s newsletters.