Course Details

AI is already impacting finance teams, often without them realising it, yet this represents only a small fraction of what's to come. Adoption across accounting is uneven and misunderstood, creating both risk and opportunity. This webinar breaks AI down into clear, practical maturity levels from basic tools to teams of AI agents, so you can understand where you and your team sit today and how to move forward safely. Attending will help you future-proof your skills, strengthen decision-making, and increase your strategic and commercial value within your organisation.

 

In this session Ben Brophy will cover the following topics:

  • The different maturity levels of AI use in accounting
  • Real-world examples of AI in finance teams today
  • The shift from conversational AI to AI agents
  • Risks, controls, and safe adoption of AI in finance
  • What the future is beginning to look like and where do you fit in

 

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

  • Identify where they and their finance team sit on the AI maturity curve
  • Understand the practical differences between AI tools, workflows, and agents
  • Recognise the key risks and controls associated with AI use in accounting

 

This session will be of most interest to industry accountants and finance professionals looking to develop, prepare, make decisions or leading finance teams who want a practical understanding of how AI is impacting the accounting profession now and, in the future, beyond chat based AI models.

 

Course level: Foundation

CPD Course Speaker

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