If you have seen the work junior auditors do, it is begging to be automated. It will be a question of which company is first to get it past the standards bodies...
The automation is already happening. Massive deployment of AI to wipe out low level work in next 5-10 years, just like with law.
I work in accounting and have been seeing this for years. Most people are completely delusional because they think they have "professional skills" that will make them immune to automation. I've given up warning others and now I focus on just improving my IT skills.