Already an experienced accounting professional, David Djapri decided to pursue a MSA – MSc in Accounting degree at SMU in order to build invaluable data analytics skills. In his 8 years of working experience, he felt that there was a need for employees that could work in analytics while also having a deep understanding of the core operations of a business. Furthermore, David's strong academic record and entrepreneurial spirit also earned him a full-tuition scholarship for his degree programme.

Last year, I chanced upon an article by a leading consulting company about how automation will replace human talent in certain industries, with accounting and finance being a sector which will be highly impacted by the shift. In anticipation of this disruption, I began to conduct some research on how to "future-proof" myself: Through my findings, I learned that