AI for Commerce & Finance (Global)

6 Interactive Sessions

Short, interactive sessions: watch it work, try it, then build it yourself. You can go deeper at any time in the written chapters.

1. 1

   AI for accountants — what it does, and where you still sign

   Understand what AI genuinely automates in an accounting practice, what it cannot touch, and why the line between them is professional rather than technical.

2. 2

   Tax — four identifier formats and no single check

   Hand AI the validation that volume makes impossible by hand — tax-ID format, HS-code and rate consistency, and jurisdiction treatment — and know exactly how far that check goes.

3. 3

   Ratios — AI computes fast, and you check every number

   Get a ratio analysis and a management summary out of AI in minutes — then verify it properly, because a plausible ratio report is the easiest thing in the world to produce.

4. 4

   Anomalies — testing 100% instead of a sample

   Run every transaction past a set of audit rules rather than sampling, and understand the trade you are making when you turn each rule on.

5. 5

   Forecasting — the profitable company that runs out of cash

   Forecast stock and cash with AI's help, and see why a growing, profitable business is exactly the kind that runs dry.

6. 6

   Your toolkit — stop re-typing, start reusing

   Turn five modules of ad-hoc questions into a small library of prompts you run every period, and know how to test one before you trust it.

How this certificate is scored

Your certificate shows how many of your written answers met the rubric below, checked by an AI grader. Anyone who checks your certificate sees it.

• You answer 6 short questions, one for each module, in your own words (at least 40 words each).
• An AI grader checks each answer against what its module asks for: it must answer the question, use the course's practice case specifically, and be correct.
• To pass, at least 5 of the 6 answers must meet that bar. The certificate says the answers were graded by AI.

The rubric

1. Module 1, AI for Accountants: AI tools landscape for accounting + first AI prompt, within US GAAP / IFRS reporting boundaries.
2. Module 2, Tax Compliance Automation: AI-validated invoices and multi-jurisdiction reconciliation for US sales tax (Wayfair nexus), UK/EU VAT, and AU GST.
3. Module 3, Financial Statement Analysis: AI-generated ratio analysis on US GAAP/IFRS statements with S&P 500 sector benchmarks.
4. Module 4, Audit Trail & Anomaly Detection: Top 5 flagged suspicious transactions with SOX Section 404 / PCAOB-aligned audit reasoning.
5. Module 5, Inventory & Cash Flow Forecasting: 13-week cash flow forecast with inventory reorder plan for working-capital planning.
6. Module 6, Your Commerce AI Toolkit: Reusable prompt library for daily accounting tasks, covering multi-state sales tax and SOX-compliant anomaly scans.

What you walk away with