A relevância do profissional contábil para o desenvolvimento interno de empresas: uma análise da percepção dos profissionais contábeis atuantes em Maceió-AL

Abstract

The role of accounting professionals in modern companies involves several actions, from providing accounting information to company managers, as well as allowing these managers to manage, make decisions and perform control functions. Technological advances and the needs of new clients are changing the provision of accounting services and accountants' engagement with their clients. Thus, clearly in the contemporary business environment, the role of the accounting professional is indispensable and this study aimed to demonstrate the relevance of the accounting professional for the internal development of companies, justified by the importance that the accounting professional brings to the internal development of these companies. organizations today, especially at a time when technologies occupy a relatively large space in this axis. This is an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative and bibliographical study. For data collection, questionnaires were applied to accounting professionals working in small, medium or large companies. In all, five professionals participated in the survey. As a result of this research, it was found that accounting is of fundamental importance with regard to the development of actions and strategies that guarantee a healthy and safe growth of a company. Accounting performance is essential and mandatory for the maintenance of tax and legal disputes and for an organization of the entities' assets.