The number of accounting positions is supposed to grow over the next decade. But it depends on what you are doing. There are different professions with hierarchies of jobs.
Operations: 1. Bookkeeping 2. Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable jobs 3. Tax accountants 4. People who can do both AR, AP 5. Financial Reporting 6. Supervisors 7. Managers 8. CFO
Audit: First year, Second year, Supervisors, Managers, Partners
Tax: First year, Second year, Supervisors, Managers, Partners
Jobs that are currently being automated: AP/AR, some book keeping, basic tax accounting (like Turbo Tax).
Like manufacturing the repetitive tasks are being automated first. Then it will start moving up. All the other jobs will be around for awhile but increasingly the jobs will go to people who have trained to assist the software. For example in the AP dept at my job, it's all automated but they still need someone to check on the automation, make sure it worked, and do detailed analysis if a transaction didn't process correctly. And then an auditor comes to check on the software and the person who runs the software.
I hope that makes sense.