AI for Accountants: Tools, Trends and Transformations ON DEMAND
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2.0 Credits
Member Price $58.00
Non-Member Price $67.00
Overview
This course provides accountants with a comprehensive understanding of how artificial intelligence is transforming the accounting industry, as well as how to leverage AI tools and methodologies to enhance decision-making, accounting efficiency, and strategic insights.
Highlights
Overview of artificial intelligence and its evolution. The foundations of AI technologies. Taxation and AI. The future of AI in accounting.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, CEOs, CFOs, and other financial managers.
Objectives
Recognize how prescriptive analytics can be used in accounting. Recall the limitations of deep learning models. Recognize the AI technologies that can be used in transaction processing. Specify how AI can be used in audit sampling. Recall the different types of learning that AI systems use. Recognize why structured data is especially useful for AI in an accounting setting. Recall the manner in which natural language generation can support accountants. Recognize the problems with an excessive reliance on historical data in AI models. Specify how computer vision can be applied to accounting. Recall how data preprocessing improves AI models for accounting. Specify the regulatory concerns when using AI within accounting activities.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $67.00
Member Price $58.00