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Month-end close in hours instead of days. Automated reconciliation. AP/AR without backlogs. AI in finance is not algorithmic trading: it is freeing your team from mechanical work so they can focus on professional judgment. Real workflows for finance teams and accountants.

1. 01

   Start here: what this course is about

   Welcome to AI for Finance Teams

   Read first. ~3 minutes.

2. 02

   Start here: AI in finance, the basics

   What is artificial intelligence (AI) in finance? - IBM↗

   IBM's overview. If you're new to AI in finance, read this first. No jargon.

3. 03

   The daily finance workflow with AI

   Automating Financial Workflows with AI: Tools & Strategies↗

   Where AI fits in your week: reconciliation, reporting, AP, variance analysis. 60 to 75 percent efficiency gains across core processes.

4. 04

   Month-end close: where AI helps most

   How Real Finance Teams Use AI in Their Month-End Close↗

   The biggest workflow in any finance team. Teams using AI close 50 to 70 percent faster, with better accuracy.

5. 05

   The 3 agents to start with

   3 AI Agents Finance Teams Need for Month-End Close↗

   Accrual reversals, transaction matching, flux analysis. The specific agents that pay back fastest.

6. 06

   AP and AR automation

   AI in Accounts Payable & Receivable: 6 Best Tools↗

   Invoice processing, payment routing, collections prioritization. Where the manual work disappears.

7. 07

   FP&A: forecasting and variance

   10+ best FP&A AI agents software for financial planning↗

   AI as your always-on analyst: data prep, forecasting, variance commentary. Finance partners step out of the spreadsheet.

8. 08

   Audit-ready documentation

   Financial Audit with AI: Checklist and Strategies↗

   How AI workflows generate defensible audit trails by default. What auditors expect to see.

9. 09

   Human-in-the-loop: judgment stays human

   AI reconciliation: 8 real-world use cases↗

   Concrete cases: AI does the matching, humans handle exceptions, approvals, and unusual transactions. The line that should never blur.

10. 10

    State of the art: agentic finance in 2026

    Agentic AI for Finance: The CFOs Guide to Autonomous Finance↗

    44 percent of finance teams will use agentic AI in 2026 (600 percent growth). Goldman Sachs already in production. Where finance is going.

11. 11

    Closing: what to take with you

    Closing: Finance Teams in the Loop

    Wrap-up. ~3 minutes.

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