This beginner-to-intermediate webinar explains how Claude AI can support common accounting and finance workflows without requiring attendees to have technical AI, coding, or advanced systems-integration knowledge. The session is designed for professionals who want to understand practical use cases, safe starting points, and responsible ways to use Claude in day-to-day finance work.

The webinar covers how Claude can assist with drafting management commentary, summarizing reports, preparing finance emails, organizing audit requests, reviewing policies, supporting reconciliations, creating tax document request lists, and turning financial information into clearer explanations for clients or internal stakeholders. Attendees will learn how to write better prompts, provide useful context, request structured outputs, and apply a simple review process before relying on any AI-assisted draft.

The session also addresses confidentiality, data protection, human review, and common AI risks in accounting and finance environments. Participants will learn how to choose low-risk first use cases, avoid uploading sensitive information into unapproved tools, check Claude’s outputs against source documents, and build repeatable habits that improve productivity while keeping professional judgment at the center of the workflow.

Why you should Attend:

Finance and accounting professionals who fail to adopt AI tools like Claude risk slower workflows, reduced analytical efficiency, and an inability to keep up with the growing complexity of financial reporting and regulatory demands.

Without understanding how to effectively use AI assistants, teams may continue spending excessive time on manual document review, data extraction, and repetitive reporting tasks-limiting time available for higher-value strategic analysis.

There is also a widening gap between organizations that are integrating AI into finance workflows and those still relying on traditional spreadsheet and manual review processes, potentially impacting competitiveness and decision-making speed.

At the same time, improper use of AI tools such as Claude can lead to overreliance on automated outputs, misinterpretation of financial context, or governance risks if outputs are not properly validated and controlled.

This webinar provides practical, real-world guidance on how finance professionals can use Claude effectively for accounting and financial analysis tasks-while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and strong professional oversight.

Learning Objectives:

  • What Claude AI is and how it can support accounting and finance work
  • Safe first use cases for drafting, summarizing, organizing, and explaining information
  • Using Claude for month-end summaries, variance commentary, and management reporting support
  • Drafting clearer client emails, internal finance updates, document requests, and follow-up messages
  • Using Claude to support Excel review, report summaries, reconciliation notes, and checklist creation
  • Practical audit preparation support, including PBC lists, evidence trackers, and status updates
  • Tax documentation support, including client document request lists and plain-English explanations
  • Prompt formula for finance tasks: role, task, context, output format, tone, and constraints
  • DRAFT framework: Define the task, Remove sensitive data, Ask with context, Fact-check and refine, Take ownership
  • Confidentiality, data minimization, and when not to enter sensitive client, payroll, tax, or banking data
  • How to review Claude outputs for accuracy, completeness, tone, and professional suitability
  • Simple 30-day action plan for testing one low-risk Claude workflow

Who Should Attend

  • Accountants, Bookkeepers, and Accounting Assistants
  • Staff Accountants, Senior Accountants, and Accounting Managers
  • Controllers, Assistant Controllers, and Finance Managers
  • AP/AR Professionals and Finance Operations Teams
  • FP&A Analysts and Business Finance Partners
  • Tax Preparers, Tax Associates, and Client Service Professionals
  • Audit Associates, Audit Seniors, and Internal Audit Team Members
  • CPA Firm Staff, Advisory Professionals, and Small Business Finance Teams
  • Suitable for accounting and finance professionals who are new to Claude AI or early in their use of AI tools, and who want practical, non-technical guidance on using Claude safely for drafting, summarizing, reporting support, document review, communication, and workflow improvement.

Credits and Other information :

  • IRS CPE Credits: 2.0 Information Technology
  • Location: Virtual/Online
  • Delivery method: Group Internet Based
  • IRS Course ID: DFFSC
  • Attendance Requirement: Yes
  • Session Duration: 120 MIN
  • Case Studies and Live Q&A session with speaker
  • PowerPoint presentation for reference

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