Faculty newsletter - August 2026

CPA Credential Bonus Increase

We have recently increased our CPA exam bonus to $10,000 for eligible entry-level hires who pass all four sections of the CPA exam before joining the firm or within one year of their start date.  Additionally, eligible candidates will also have access to optional Becker CPA boot camps, reinforcing PwC's continued investment in supporting the next generation of accounting professionals. Learn more here.

New AI cases and agent step-by-step guides

We are excited to share several new resources now available on our Faculty Resource site. The IT General Controls Lab Activity shows how AI can extract data from PDFs and load it into Excel for human review. The Art Prompting Challenge provides faculty with an agent they can set up and share with students, who then complete the challenge to test and strengthen their prompting skills.

We’ve also released step-by-step agent guides for setting up agents that support case writing, accounting news and standards monitoring, assignment redesign, and the creation of small fictional datasets with guided analysis activities. You can access these materials on our Faculty Resource site. If you don’t have access, it can be requested here.

PwC Virtual Learning Experiences incorporating AI & webinar recording

We’re pleased to share that our Audit, Tax, and Digital Assurance & Transparency (DAT) virtual learning experiences have been updated to include AI. Each experience includes four hypothetical tasks that represent a day-in-the-life of a PwC employee and how they may use AI in those tasks. Check out the experiences here.

In case you missed our webinar that walks through the updates and how to incorporate the activities into the classroom, you can watch a copy of the recording here. If you don’t have access, it can be requested here.

Engineer Your Career

PwC recently welcomed students from across the country for Engineer Your Career, a three-day program featuring hands-on engineering challenges, collaboration with alliance partners AWS and Microsoft, and conversations with PwC professionals about careers in cloud engineering, data science, AI, systems architecture, and more. Learn more here.

PwC Recognized for AI Career Growth 

PwC ranked #12 on LinkedIn’s 2026 Top Companies list for its focus on employee development, AI training, and long-term career mobility. The recognition highlights the firm’s continued investment in digital skills, internal advancement, and future-ready talent development. Read more here.

Future Ready Leadership: Training for the AI era

In a podcast interview, Yolanda Seals-Coffield, PwC US Chief People and Inclusion Officer, outlines PwC’s approach to democratizing AI access, building responsible AI habits, measuring adoption beyond token usage, and creating learning that happens directly in the flow of work. She also shares how the firm is rethinking entry-level talent, human skills, and career development. Listen to it here.

Human Skills Remain Critical in the AI Era

PwC’s “human-led, tech-powered” approach is helping employees build the skills needed to work alongside artificial intelligence. The firm continues to invest in AI training that strengthens creativity, judgment, collaboration, and digital confidence. Learn more.

PwC CEO Paul Griggs on Innovation and Workforce Development Drive Economic Transformation 

PwC’s Paul Griggs emphasizes that businesses must embrace innovation, workforce development, and responsible AI adoption to help support the next phase of economic growth. Companies that invest in technology alongside human talent will be better positioned to navigate rapid market change. Read more.

PwC’s AI Coaching and [A]mplifying [I]mpact Awards for employees

In this feature, our Chief People & Inclusion Officer, Yolanda Seals-Coffield, outlines how AI is no longer just a technology problem, but also a people problem, and how PwC is approaching internal AI adoption. She highlights how the firm’s new [A]mplifying [I]mpact Awards and AI Coaching Live program are encouraging employees to use the technology to drive measurable business outcomes. Learn more here.

PwC and OpenAI Collaborate on AI-Native Finance Operations

PwC and OpenAI are collaborating to create an AI-native finance function that combines agentic AI with human oversight. The initiative will embed AI agents across areas like planning, procurement, reporting, treasury, tax, and accounting to improve forecasting, controls, and operational efficiency. Learn more.

AI Is Reshaping Work, Not Replacing It 

PwC highlights that AI is currently automating specific tasks rather than eliminating entire careers. As adoption accelerates, companies are redesigning roles around human skills, productivity, and workforce retraining. Learn more here.

Helping AI pilots scale beyond the lab

PwC’s Rima Safari explains how agentic scaffolding—our tool for designing and scaling AI-driven workflows—helps clients move AI initiatives from experimentation to enterprise execution. Learn more here.

PwC's third annual State of Decarbonization report

Decarbonization was supposed to get harder to justify. PwC’s Third Annual State of Decarbonization Report shows the opposite. The business case isn’t eroding. It’s strengthening. Companies are delivering real returns through lower operating costs, new revenue streams, and more resilient business models. Read more here.

AI Helps Auditors Deliver Deeper Business Insights

AI is transforming auditing by helping professionals move beyond manual testing toward more strategic analysis. PwC notes that while AI-powered tools can process larger volumes of data and identify risks faster, human judgment, skepticism, and professional expertise remain essential to high-quality audits. Learn more.

The skills paradox: Why tax leaders must surrender what they prize most

As AI rapidly reshapes the tax function, PwC highlights a growing paradox: the very technical, repeatable skills that once defined career progression are now increasingly automated. With over 80% of tax leaders expecting AI to transform planning and strategy—and 95% already reporting skills gaps—leaders must rethink how work is designed and performed. The future tax professional will shift from executing tasks to orchestrating outcomes—combining judgment, business insight, and strategic thinking to guide AI-driven processes and unlock greater value across the organization. Read more here.

PwC Viewpoint Research Platform

PwC Viewpoint is a global, multi‑medium research platform that provides insights on accounting, financial reporting, and sustainability reporting. It offers timely, technical guidance and thought leadership developed by PwC specialists on emerging issues and evolving standards. The platform includes a range of formats—such as in‑depth guides, webcasts, and podcasts—along with intuitive search tools to help users quickly find relevant information. Check it out here.

Professional development & CPE opportunities

Listen in as top executives across industries share insights on how they have reimagined their businesses, strengthened resilience and accelerated growth in the face of uncertainty in the PwC Pulse podcast series. They will cover a broad spectrum of business topics such as Generative AI (GenAI), climate change, talent, trust, and more. Need to earn CPE? Check out PwC accounting webcasts and Tax webcasts.