The August/September 2024 edition of Acuity magazine is in letterboxes and online now.

Meet three CAs who have taken to heart the saying, ‘Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life’. Mathew Luszczynski CA, group CFO at Penrith Panthers, Sue Clark CA, COO at the Western Bulldogs and Jo Perez CA, CFO at New Zealand Rugby are combining a love for sport with an accounting career. Acuity assesses their form in time for the finals.

Serving the community by working in the public service offers a diverse and creative career trajectory for accountants. We speak to professionals who have found personal fulfilment in government work, including CA ANZ's 2023 Leadership in Government Achievement Award winner Mayooran Sinnathurai FCA.

In the run-up to Auditor Proud Day in September, we delve into the history of audit from Egypt to Enron, and beyond. And the CA ANZ 2024 Technology Research results are in: here’s what members say their tech stack looks like, and what their major wins and pain points are.

It’s becoming increasingly common for CFOs to become CEOs, so we ask: are they generally a good choice for the top job? And what skills and attributes do you need if you’re eying a move into the C-suite?

Read all this and more in the August/September 2024 issue of Acuity.