Digital transformation in public accounting and finance management: a clusters literature review

Ambrósio Teixeira1, Xavier Martinez-Cobas2, Alvaro Rocha3, Maria José Gonçalves4 and Amélia Silva5

  1. Department of Accounting and Finance, CEOS.PP, ISAL, Funchal
    Madeira, Portugal
    ambrosio.teixeira@isal.pt
  2. Department of Accounting and Financial Economics, University of Vigo, Vigo
    Galicia, Spain
    xmcobas@uvigo.gal
  3. Department of Information Systems, ISEG, University of Lisbon
    Lisboa, Portugal
    amr@iseg.ulisboa.pt
  4. Department of Information Systems, CEOS.PP, ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto
    Porto, Portugal
    mjose@iscap.ipp.pt
  5. Department of Accounting, CEOS.PP, ISCAP, Polytechnic of Porto
    Porto, Portugal
    acfs@iscap.ipp.pt

Abstract

This study investigates the literary corpus on the role and potential of digital transformation in public accounting and finance management. A total of 890 research papers was extracted from Scopus and Web of Science for bibliometric analysis, to investigate publishing trends, productive countries, and keyword analysis around the topic, and 24 relevant research publications, divided into two clusters, were selected for an in-depth analysis. The findings demonstrate that technologies have significantly transformed accounting and public finance by automating processes to reduce errors and save time, increasing transparency and accountability, preventing fraud with analytical tools, improving budget planning and monitoring, and integrating systems for a comprehensive financial view.

Key words

accountability, digital transformation, public accounting, public finances, public management

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS250310062T

How to cite

Teixeira, A., Martinez-Cobas, X., Rocha, A., Gonçalves, M. J., Silva, A.: Digital transformation in public accounting and finance management: a clusters literature review. Computer Science and Information Systems, https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS250310062T