Learn how accountants and finance teams can use AI tools in the real world with practical cases that reduce manual accounting and finance processes, improve reporting accuracy, and build AI-augmented workflows in Excel and Power BI Key Features
Automate accounting workflows with AI-powered Excel techniques
Build Power BI reporting, reconciliation, and validation workflows
Apply repeatable AI frameworks for safer, audit-ready finance work
Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt’s next-gen Reader\*
Book Description Finance teams need faster reporting and sharper insight without compromising accuracy, control, or trust. AI-Powered Accounting with Excel and Power BI shows accountants and finance professionals how to apply generative AI to real-world accounting workflows while keeping human judgment at the center. Drawing on Lance Rubin’s experience as a CFO, financial modeling specialist, and founder of Model Citizn, this book uses tools such as the HACK Framework and Six Pillars to help you structure data, evaluate AI tools, write reliable prompts, and verify outputs. Ten practical modules cover Excel formulas, PDF extraction, reconciliation, financial controls, management accounting, account mapping, workbook restructuring, audit-ready validation, and dashboards in Excel and Power BI. This book will help you build AI-assisted accounting and financial reporting workflows, turn recurring tasks into reusable Skills, and identify hallucinations before they affect decisions. By the end, you’ll have a practical roadmap for safer finance automation and the confidence to know when to trust AI and when to step in. \*Email sign-up and proof of purchase required What you will learn
Extract and structure finance data from PDFs using AI
Build AI-assisted reconciliation and control workflows
Automate financial reporting with Excel, Power BI, and AI
Restructure complex workbooks into reliable data models
Create validation and audit-ready accounting processes
Evaluate AI tools for finance and accounting tasks
Build reusable prompt libraries for recurring workflows
Apply governance and privacy practices when using AI in finance
Who this book is for This book is for accountants, finance analysts, management accountants, FP and A professionals, controllers, CFOs, audit professionals, finance transformation teams, practice partners, and finance educators, including candidates working toward CA, CPA, ACCA, or AICPA qualifications. It suits professionals who use Excel and financial reporting and want practical AI automation for reconciliation, controls, validation, and Power BI. Basic Excel knowledge is recommended; prior AI experience is not required.
