Faculty Newsletter - February 2025

Creating clarity: 6 things I’m hearing from CEOs

In today’s fast-moving world, great leaders don’t just react to change, they anticipate it—and use it. We are excited to share The Leading Edge, a new LinkedIn newsletter from PwC US Senior Partner Paul Griggs. In it, he explores the opportunities top of mind for leaders right now—offering fresh insights to help organizations stay ahead and lead through change. Check it out and subscribe here.

Accountants have ImpACCT classroom materials

We are excited to reintroduce our Accountants have ImpACCT materials, designed for seamless integration into introductory accounting courses. These resources include:

• Business Simulation: A 30-40 minute immersive experience where learners act as accountants for a young tech company. Participants use fundamental accounting concepts to guide key business decisions across five scenarios, enhancing their understanding of how accounting principles affect a company's financial health and success.
• Video Series: Each 5-minute episode links basic accounting concepts to real-world applications, showing their significant impact on businesses, markets, and investors. Topics covered include the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, inventory, accruals, cybersecurity, fraud, ESG, and SEC reporting.
• Why Accounting flyer: includes current messaging and supporting details to help sell the accounting profession.

You can access the simulation, videos and flyer on our Faculty Resources site (request access).

Pathways to Accounting for Liberal Arts majors

What does a pathway to a career in accounting really look like? Our Chief Compliance Office, Kathryn Kaminsky, will be diving into conversations with professionals at PwC who have successfully transitioned into accounting from diverse fields and share a little about her own journey from graduating as a history major to pursuing her CPA and beyond. Please have your students join us on March 13, 2025, at 2pm ET, by using this link!

Exploring AI with PwC: Episode Three of The Internship Show’s AI Series

The latest episode of The Internship Show’s PwC AI Mini-Series highlights our AI Champion Network, a community of over 3,200 employees helping drive AI adoption and innovation across the firm. Two PwC AI Champions share how the network is opening career opportunities, fostering collaboration and preparing employees for an AI-driven future. Listen to the full episode here.

In the age of AI: Speed matters more, scale matters less, innovation matters most

We continue to upskill our people to be savvy, responsible users of AI, and to have conversations with our clients about how AI can transform their businesses. Check out our recent thought leadership summarizing the themes we are seeing in the market to help you and your students understand how we bring this to life. Read it here.

AI execs at big consulting firms share their favorite prompts and how they use the technology

Dan Priest, PwC US Chief AI Officer, discusses his favorite prompts and how AI serves as a robust thought partner in research and productivity, enhancing tasks such as labor productivity analysis, email management or even reducing food waste at home. Read more here.

Check out PwC's Sustainability News Brief

PwC’s Sustainability News Brief is your destination for quick, actionable insights on energy demand, tax policy, climate risk, decarbonization and more. Stay informed on the latest updates here.

US public policy update: What businesses need to know

2025's new administration brings major policy shifts. We cover key regulatory changes, SEC updates, tax policy, and business impacts in this episode of our accounting podcast. Listen here.

Power up your proxy game: Join PwC's webcast on March 24

Learn how to navigate regulatory reporting requirements, foster meaningful board member engagement, and develop tactics to address evolving investor expectations. If you joined us for last year's Proxy Is Right webcast, you know you’re in for a fun and educational session you won’t want to miss. Save your seat today.

Tax and tariffs: What CFOs need to know

From tax credits to tariff updates, 2025 brings opportunities to unlock savings, protect margins and align tax and trade planning with business goals. Stay ahead with our latest insights. Read more here.