With the development of digital economy, the process automation robot is becoming more and more popular. Accounting practitioners are liberated from the traditional mechanization and repetitive financial work. At the same time, it also brings the impact of market employment, technology application, personnel training and other aspects to the accounting education in universities. This paper focuses on the topic of digital accounting talent cultivation which is rarely involved in previous literature, discusses the challenges of accounting education caused by digital economy, and puts forward the countermeasures of accounting education in universities. This study provides a reference for the transformation of accounting education in universities to digital, and provides a feasible path for the supply of compound accounting talents in the era of digital economy.