This study examines cloud-based accounting technologies, preparing future- ready professional accountants. Two objectives and null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A survey research design approach was adopted for the study, 112 auditing firms in Edo State and 73 students in accounting department for University of Benin was the population of the study. 7- point Likert scale was used to answer the two set of designed questionnaire A and B. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 software packages was used to analyses the data. The findings reveal that the two hypotheses were significant to the dependent variables, therefore, the study recommended that firms should that more strategies on adapting cloud technologies accounting and ensure training and retraining of professional accountants on the uses of cloud technologies accounting as this will enhance the knowledge in all their activities for effective and efficient performance in financial information by making them reachable to owners and employees everywhere with an Internet devices. It is further recommended that since cloud accounting is been taught in the university more effort should be made by educators to domicile cloud accounting in accounting curriculum in our higher institution as this will enhance the students’ performance in their place of works as the business world and environment is now a computer village.

Keywords : Cloud-Based, Accounting, Technologies, Innovation, Professional Accountants.