CFO Reporting Re-Imagined: Unlocking Operational Insights with Excel and Gen AI (Module 4)

Overview

In Module 4 of CFO Reporting Re-Imagined — Unlocking Operational Insights with Excel & Gen AI, you’ll explore how to uncover powerful operational insights by combining Excel’s reporting tools with Gen AI support. This session focuses on AR aging, AP vendor analysis, sales trends, and employee analysis —the operational metrics CFOs rely on daily. You’ll see how to use Excel’s power tools, and modern Excel functions to build flexible reports and how Gen AI can help streamline and simplify the process.

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible from your My CPE page. Access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.

Highlights

Operational reporting categories

AR aging, AP Vendor analysis, sales, and employee headcount analysis

Excel tools for operational reports - using PivotTables, and Excel's power tools for drill-down and refreshable insights

Gen AI prompt-driven support - brainstorming key metrics, generating commentary, identifying red flags, and producing scenario narratives

Controls and risk lens - embedding visibility into anomalies, compliance gaps, or potential fraud in operational reporting.

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible from your My CPE page. Access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with basic financial statements, Excel formulas and functions and awareness of Excel’s Power Tools (Power Query, Power Pivot). Completion of Modules 1-3 is recommended.

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible from your My CPE page. Access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.

Designed For

This course is designed for accounting and finance professionals who want to go beyond basic management reporting, and want to sharpen their skills while leveraging Gen AI for faster and more effective results.

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible from your My CPE page. Access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.

Objectives

Identify core operational reporting areas that support CFO-level decision-making
Apply Excel-based techniques to build dynamic operational dashboards for areas like AR, AP, headcount and sales trends
Determine how Gen AI can be used to suggest key metrics, explain trends, and improve reporting in operational packages

This course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible from your My CPE page. Access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.