The rapid development of technology currently brings many changes in various aspects, one of which is the accounting profession. Accountants who were previously synonymous with analyzing financial data must now have comprehensive capabilities, not only technical skills but also special competencies such as advisory , managerial and forecasting to face the industrial revolution 4.0. As stated by Ernest&Young (EY) Indonesia Partner, Isnaeni Achdiat, "in the digital era, today's should pay attention to big data , not just financial data but non-financial data, for example data sourced from external sources, including the media social" at the Aspiring Professional Accountants Festival (APAFest) event organized by the Indonesian Accountants Association (IAI) at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) on Thursday 19 April 2018.
In response to this, the 2018 Unair National Accounting Competition was presented with the theme " Comprehensive Accounting Skill Toward the 4th Industrial Revolution ". It is hoped that this event will provide insight for prospective accountants and practitioners that the advantage of an accountant is not only preparing financial reports well, but also being able to master comprehensive data in order to help accountants to innovate, and provide ideas to improve company efficiency and effectiveness. Mastery of governance and risk management helps maintain the innovations created by accountants in accordance with social and moral values in society.
Apart from that, the event which will take place on 17-20 September 2018 can be a forum for accounting students and practitioners which will be packaged in a series of events aimed at all accounting students in Indonesia as well as a national seminar which is open to the public. UNAC 2018 is divided into 4 sub-events: Competition, Seminar, Company Trip, and Gala Dinner
The main round of the 2018 UNAC competition will be attended by 30 selected teams consisting of accounting students from all over Indonesia through the preliminary round. On the first day, technical meeting for the competition participants.
On the second day, the preliminary round for the accounting olympiad began. 30 teams from various universities appeared to be seriously working on questions to compete for positions in the semifinal round. Not long after the preliminary round took place, the participants who had qualified for the semifinal round were announced. The competition is getting tougher, and the participants seem to be enjoying this round. In this round, each participant not only needs knowledge in the field of accounting, but also dexterity. Meanwhile, teams that did not have the opportunity to qualify for the semifinals took part in mini seminars and interview training
The 2018 UNAC Seminar, which is part of the UNAC sub-event, presents speakers who are competent in their fields, including: Dr. Andry Irwanto, SE., MBA., Ak., CMA., CA (FEB UNAIR Lecturer); Stevanus Alexander Sianturi, SE Ak., MForAcc, CPA, CFE, CA (EY Indonesia); Dikdik Sidik Pamungkas, SE. MM., Ak., CA (PT. METALART ASTRA INDONESIA); and Triyoga Laksito (OJK). This seminar was held on 19 August 2018 in Kahuripan Hall, Campus C, UNAIR. Seminar participants also get CA Scholarship Exam facilities at no additional cost.
Not only competing, on the last day of UNAC 2018 participants who had not yet had the opportunity to qualify for the final round had the opportunity to visit PT. Amerta Indah Otsuka (Pocari Sweat) in Pasuruan, East Java to see firsthand how the Pocari Sweat production process is done, which is one of the sub-events, namely Company Trip .
As the highlight of the event, the Gala Dinner was held on September 20 2018 and was the closing of UNAC 2018. The event, which had a lumiere , took place at the Trillium Ballroom and became the awarding night for the winners of the accounting competition.
