Contemporary Issues in Accounting. The Accounting Education

Eleonora Stancheva-Todorova, PhD is an Associate Professor at the Department of Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. She teaches basic and advanced courses in financial accounting and reporting for specialist and non-specialist, International Financial Reporting Standards, applications of Big data analytics in accounting, and artificial intelligence in the fintech industry. Since 2015, Dr. Stancheva-Todorova is a director of the Master’s degree programme “Accounting and Audit”, which is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She is in charge of the accreditation of the Bachelor’s degree programme “Accounting, Finance and Digital Applications”, provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Dr. Stancheva-Todorova is a member of the Association of the Certified Public Accountants (International). The research interests of Dr. Stancheva-Todorova lie in the field of accounting theory, financial accounting, international standardisation of corporate reporting, application of technology innovations in the accounting domain and sustainability reporting.

The monograph “Contemporary Issues in Accounting. The Accounting Education” is targeted at academics, who are interested in the ongoing transformation of the accounting education, driven by Industry 4.0 and the recent development of sustainability reporting. The case studies provided are supplemented by clear learning objectives, task assignments and implementation guidance and these teaching materials might be used for infusing more technological content into the accounting curriculum. The students could also benefit from the research when planning their career paths. The knowledge and competences required from the accounting graduates continue to expand and the accounting educators have to meet the new challenging demands of the labour market.