T This study was conducted to examine the influence of hard skills, soft skills, technical skills, and ethics on the competence of the accounting profession in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0. the data used in this study is cross-sectional collected over a certain period of time, the data used in this study is primary data obtained by distributing questionnaires online via a google form link to 81 respondents. the data collection method used is non-probability sampling with a sampling technique using consecutive sampling. data were analyzed using multiple linear regression using spss software version 25. the results of the study indicate that hard skills and ethics do not have a significant effect on the competence of the accounting profession in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0. on the contrary, soft skills, technical skills are proven to have a positive and significant effect on the competence of the accounting profession in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0. based on these findings, soft skills-being the main differentiation amidst automation and technical skills facilitate the transition of accountants towards a more strategic and analytical role, utilizing technological sophistication to improve efficiency, accuracy, and speed of decision-making.