Accounting’s Biggest Shift in 100 Years | Allan Koltin

If AI can deliver the outputs, why would clients still pay for the accountant?

Allan Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, joins Kacee Johnson to explore how accounting firms must evolve from service providers to value creators in a rapidly changing landscape.

They also explore:

Why firms heavily dependent on compliance may see revenue decline

Private equity is moving from large firms to mid-sized and even smaller firms

Why the “talent shortage” may solve itself as the nature of work shifts

Many firms are held back by partnership models that can’t make fast or tough decisions

Connect with us here:

Allan Koltin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-koltin-24a8181/
Kacee Johnson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kacee-johnson/
AI Native Accounting Foundation - https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-native-accounting-foundation/
Digits - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digits-financial/

(00:00) Trailer

(01:02) Introduction

(02:07) Structural forces reshaping the profession

(06:22) By 2030, accountants won't prepare returns

(10:45) AI and the repricing of compliance work

(17:13) How AI impacts firm valuations and deals

(22:24) Where the PE narrative has outpaced reality

(29:10) Organic growth without M&A

(34:36) The cross-selling mindset problem

(37:13) Culture and leadership as the differentiator

(41:50) Lightning round

(47:07) Wrap-up

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