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Data, AI & Digital Skills

AI for Accounting and Finance Professionals

Apply AI to reconciliations, forecasting, reporting and audit work, and manage the control and ethics risks it brings.

  • 3 days
  • Classroom · Live virtual · In-house
  • Afriskora Certificate of Completion

Course overview

Finance teams are using AI to close the books faster, forecast cash more accurately and review far more transactions than sampling allows. This course shows accountants, treasury staff and auditors where AI adds value today, how to use generative AI and Copilot on finance tasks, and how to keep controls, audit trails and professional judgement intact. Practical sessions use anonymised ledgers and budgets.

Who should attend

  • Accountants, financial controllers and CFOs
  • Treasury and FP&A teams
  • Internal and external auditors
  • Finance systems and transformation staff

What you will be able to do

  • Identify high-value AI use cases across the finance function
  • Use generative AI for variance commentary, policies and reporting drafts
  • Apply machine-learning forecasting to revenue and cash flow
  • Use AI-assisted analytics to test entire transaction populations
  • Design controls, documentation and ethics safeguards for AI in finance

Course outline

  1. Module 1AI across the finance function

    • • Automation, analytics and generative AI compared
    • • Use cases in close, payables, treasury and tax
    • • Copilot and ChatGPT for finance writing tasks
    • • Data readiness in the general ledger

  2. Module 2Forecasting and analytics

    • • Machine-learning cash and revenue forecasts
    • • Anomaly detection in journals and payments
    • • Full-population testing for audit
    • • Building an AI-assisted management pack

  3. Module 3Control, ethics and adoption

    • • Model risk and explainability for finance
    • • IFAC and IRBA guidance on technology
    • • Segregation of duties when bots post entries
    • • Roadmap for an AI-enabled finance team

Frequently asked questions

How long is the AI for Accounting and Finance Professionals course?

The course runs for 3 days. Daily start and finish times are confirmed in your joining instructions. Live virtual sessions cover the same programme.

Do I receive a certificate?

Yes. Every participant who completes the course receives an Afriskora Certificate of Completion with a unique code that employers can verify online.

Can this course be delivered in-house for our team?

Yes. We can run it at your premises or online for your team, on dates that suit you, and adapt examples and case studies to your sector.

How do I book and pay?

Request dates and we'll send available sessions and a quote. Bookings are confirmed by invoice and paid by EFT. South African clients can include the course in their Workplace Skills Plan.

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