Section outline

    • Learning Objective: Understand how AI can enhance financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support.
    • Content:
      • Beyond Pivot Tables: Introduction to predictive vs. descriptive analytics.
      • Forecasting with AI: How machine learning can improve accuracy in demand planning, cash flow forecasting, and budgeting by detecting complex patterns.
      • Anomaly & Fraud Detection: How AI flags unusual transactions or patterns in real-time.
      • Demo: Using built-in AI features in familiar tools:
        • Excel: Ideas feature (automatically highlights trends and patterns).
        • Power BI: AI Visuals (Key Influencer, Decomposition Tree).