Journal of Accountancy Podcast
Business
Roger Kenyanya, vice president of finance at home improvement store Lowe’s, took part in the inaugural AICPA and CPA.com AI Symposium about three months ago in New York. Why did he refer to the event as a “humbling, full-circle moment” in a LinkedIn post? Find out on this episode of the JofA podcast.
Kenyanya, a member of the Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group, shares how both the finance function and overall business are harnessing the power of AI. He also details his career journey and notes how the skill sets of next-generation finance employees will change.
What you’ll learn from this episode:
· The “significant milestone” in Kenyanya’s career — in his junior year of college.
· Kenyanya’s path to his current role as a finance leader at Lowe’s.
· His takeaways from a January symposium about AI.
· Some of the ways AI is being harnessed at Lowe’s.
· How the skill set for tomorrow’s finance employees is changing and the three-pronged focus of that shift for Kenyanya and Lowe’s.
· The peer “platform to collaborate” that Kenyanya said is valuable.
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