More than 50% of finance professionals aim to start own ventures

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has released its yearly Global Talent Trends Survey 2025, revealing that much than fractional of concern professionals person entrepreneurial ambitions.

The survey, present successful its 3rd year, aims to supply insights into the evolving perspectives of accountancy and concern professionals regarding their careers and workplace experiences.

More than 10,000 individuals from 175 countries participated successful the survey, addressing topics specified arsenic vocation ambitions, hybrid working, inclusivity, upskilling, intelligence health, and employability.

Many respondents presumption accountancy arsenic a stepping chromatic to entrepreneurship, with 52% indicating aspirations to tally their ain businesses successful the future.

The survey highlighted the increasing request for accountants to use entrepreneurial skills successful concern and concern roles, wherever attributes specified arsenic commerciality and innovation are highly valued.

This year's themes besides see sustainability, employability, and hybrid moving arrangements.

Interest successful sustainability-related careers is strong, with 67% of respondents keen connected pursuing accountancy roles focused connected biology issues, the study said.

Currently, 48% of wider enactment roles beneath committee level and 35% of mediate absorption roles successful concern impact sustainability responsibilities.

Employability assurance is besides high, with 62% of respondents expecting to alteration roles wrong 2 years and 58% anticipating their adjacent relation to beryllium extracurricular their existent organisation, posing a retention situation for employers.

Additionally, 76% similar hybrid moving arrangements, yet 51% inactive enactment full-time successful offices.

Diversity concerns are evident, with 45% of respondents noting a absorption connected definite diverseness aspects implicit others, peculiarly the designation of older employees.

The cost-of-living situation remains a apical workplace concern, with 41% expecting a wage emergence of astatine slightest 11% successful the adjacent year.

Skill improvement is different concern, with fractional of respondents disquieted astir not acquiring aboriginal workplace skills, and 32% reporting opportunities to larn AI-related skills.

Mental wellness indicators amusement flimsy improvement, yet 52% inactive acquisition work-related intelligence wellness challenges.

The emergence of the 'side hustle' is noted, with 43% of Gen Z and 39% crossed each generations engaged successful further employment, presenting further engagement and retention challenges for employers.

Accountancy continues to beryllium a valued passport to planetary careers, with 72% of Gen Z and 52% of Gen Y expressing involvement successful planetary vocation opportunities.