Accounting Profession Lacks Leadership Diversity

Despite the industry's efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion, CFOs are predominantly men.

While the accounting profession is making headway in broadening its demographics, the percentage of diverse members in the profession falls short at the senior level, according to Diversifying U.S. Accounting Talent: A Critical Imperative to Achieve Transformational Outcomes, a 2021 report from the Institute of Management Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accounta