Up-Close with Joyce Evans, Deputy City Treasurer & Director of Revenue, City of Kitchener, Canada

As a professional accountant in the public sector, what skills and competencies are needed? Joyce Evans, a member of the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business Committee, uses her experiences, including in her current role as Deputy City Treasurer and Director of Revenue for Kitchener, Canada talks about the most important skills accountants need to succeed in the public sector. These include leadership, communication, adapting to the fast pace of change, and the ability to work with other types of professionals in the legal, engineering, and IT fields.