Course Details

If you’re an accountant who feels AI is too complex or “not for you,” this course changes your mindset. With more innovative SMEs using AI to grow faster and smarter, it’s more important than ever to keep up and offer the services and wider knowledge they expect — from a techie, practice owner, and Industrial Fellow.

 

AI isn’t here to replace accountants like us, but it’s here to automate the boring, time-consuming tasks and free you up for higher value advisory work across your business functions. In this session, Ishow you simple, non-techie ways to use AI in your practice to save hours of manual work, enhance client service, and create new, profitable advisory offerings.

 

AI is supercharging small accountancy firms, and you’ll leave with actionable ideas you can implement immediately to increase your value to clients and stay ahead of firms stuck in compliance mode.

 

In this session Ben Brophy covers the following topics:

  • AI is now employee number 1
  • The great AI expectation gap coming to accountants
  • Essential AI tools accountants should know
  • How startups use AI beyond accounting
  • Risks & ethical considerations

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BAA Group

Ben Brophy

Ben Brophy is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, Industrial Fellow, and founder of Brophy Accountancy & Advisory Limited (BAA Group); an innovative firm blending finance and technology to support small businesses and individuals. With over a decade of experience in practice accounting, Ben brings expertise and outlook, to both the professional and academic arenas. He is an award-winning champion of entrepreneurship, a regular speaker at one of the UK's leading startup hubs, and an Industrial Fellow supporting a highly-ranked UK business school. Ben also serves as Co-Chair of BBHSCA’s Digital Accountants Group and is part of its management team as Duty and then Vice President. Ben’s passion for AI and emerging technology has led to exciting developments in both academia and practice, where he explores real-world use cases of AI in the fast-evolving accountancy landscape