Technology & AI

Artificial Intelligence for Accounting & Finance: Intermediate Level

Build practical AI-powered finance workflows using Excel, Power Query, Power BI and automation to improve financial reporting, analysis and decision-making.

Artificial Intelligence for Accounting & Finance: Intermediate Level

Take your accounting and finance skills to the next level with Applied AI for Accounting & Finance – Intermediate Level. This practical programme is designed for accountants, finance analysts, reporting professionals and team leaders who already have basic experience using AI tools.
Participants learn to transform financial data, support month-end closing and reconciliations, analyse budget variances, develop cash-flow scenarios, create interactive Power BI dashboards and build supervised reporting workflows.
Through hands-on exercises using realistic UAE business scenarios, learners develop the ability to produce reliable financial reports, identify discrepancies, verify AI-generated results and maintain appropriate human approval and control throughout financial processes.

What you will be able to do

  • Design repeatable AI prompts and structured context packs for professional finance tasks.
  • Prepare, clean and validate financial data using Microsoft Excel and Power Query.
  • Organise month-end closing activities and review outstanding reconciliation items.
  • Analyse financial performance through budget-versus-actual comparisons and variance reporting.
  • Develop cash-flow scenarios and budget forecasts using verified financial assumptions.
  • Create interactive financial dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.
  • Use AI to generate evidence-based financial commentary and management summaries.
  • Build and test supervised reporting and approval workflows using Power Automate and SharePoint.
  • Identify financial discrepancies, test AI-generated outputs and maintain human oversight.
  • Present a complete, verified monthly financial reporting package.

Programme structure

  1. Module 1: Prompt and Context Engineering
  2. Module 2: Prepare and Validate Financial Data
  3. Module 3: Support Month-End Closing and Reconciliations
  4. Module 4: Explain Financial Performance
  5. Module 5: Build Budgets and Cash-Flow Scenarios
  6. Module 6: Create Interactive Financial Dashboards
  7. Module 7: Build, Test and Present Financial Workflows