A importância da contabilidade consultiva para profissionais contábeis em Maceió-AL

Abstract

Consultative accounting is a niche in accounting that has been expanding significantly in recent years, as it enables a closer relationship between the accounting consultant and their client, thus favoring better planned and elaborate decision-making. The present study seeks to analyze how accounting professionals have applied consultative accounting in their work routines in Maceió – AL. To do this, firstly, a qualitative bibliographical research was carried out in order to contextualize and conceptualize consultative accounting, discuss the relationship between consultative accounting and accounting 4.0, as well as point out the challenges faced by accounting. Subsequently, a questionnaire was administered via Google Forms to seventeen accounting professionals working in the city of Maceió – AL, consisting of eleven questions, 10 of which were closed and one open. It was verified, through the research, that consultative accounting has been used by most of the interviewees and is considered important for accounting professionals, since it generates numerous advantages for both the company and the accountant by highlighting the efficiency of the consultative accounting to visualize and understand business operations from an accounting and financial perspective; add greater value to the service and the company; enable greater security for decision making and greater interaction with the customer. It is considered that the present work contributes to the accounting class, presenting a different way of working in accounting, considering that the accountant's role today is more versatile for his client, and can even provide services as an accounting consultant.