Do You Even Need Entry-Level Accountants Anymore? (The AI Question Nobody Can Answer Yet)

One Step Better Podcast · Jul 2, 2026 · 26m

➡️ One Step Better now has its own YouTube channel! Subscribe here so you never miss an episode: ‪@OneStepBetterPod‬ Every accounting firm is quietly asking the same question right now: if AI can categorize transactions, reconcile accounts, and tie down a balance sheet, do we still need to hire entry-level staff accountants? And if we do, what on earth are we training them to become?Mike and Matt don't pretend to have this one solved. This is a real, unresolved conversation about the rub every firm owner is feeling: you're building an assembly line that's more automated by the month, but you…