In a world where AI and machine learning are reshaping how data is managed, accounting literacy remains the foundation of sound leadership. This artificial intelligence in accounting course helps working professionals understand how financial statements connect to business reality and then apply AI and machine learning tools to interpret, test, and communicate those insights with precision.
Leading with AI: Accounting
Hybrid course schedule
October 1: Self-paced, online GenAI 101
October 8: In person in Indianapolis, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
October 15: Live virtual, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
October 22: Submit project for digital badge (optional)
Fee: $1,495 per person (IU alumni, IU staff, and team discounts available)
Learning objectives
Through real-world case studies and interactive exercises, you’ll learn to:
- Demystify financial statements: Understand how the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow interlock and what they reveal about performance and risk.
- Build financial skepticism: Learn to question numbers through revenue timing, accruals, capitalization, and hidden red flags in the footnotes.
- Use AI for clarity, not complexity: Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning fundamentals to automate variance analysis, identify anomalies, and summarize key insights faster.
- Connect insights to impact: Use machine learning in accounting and finance to visualize data trends and communicate them clearly to nonfinancial audiences.
- Stay accurate and ethical: Follow best practices in data integrity, privacy, and audit-ready transparency when using AI in financial contexts.
After completing this artificial intelligence in accounting course, you’ll leave with sharper analytical instincts, improved accounting literacy, and the confidence to translate AI-driven accounting insights into action.
Interested in bringing this program to your company or organization? Email kelleypd@iu.edu to discuss our custom program options.
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Showcase your new skills
Each course offers the opportunity to complete an optional Action Learning Project, applying course concepts to a real organizational challenge you face. Participants who complete this project earn a digital badge, a verifiable credential you can showcase on platforms like LinkedIn.
Build toward a professional certificate
Complete four courses from the Leading with AI professional development series and earn the Kelley Professional Certificate in AI Leadership.
Course outline
Asynchronous, online introduction to the course, including short pre-reading assignments and an overview of GenAI
Hands-on practice and peer discussion; one day, in person (Indianapolis)
Use case clinic: 2.5 hours of live, online, instructor-led training
Create and submit an Action Learning Project tailored to your organization
Course details
- Format: Combination of asynchronous online, live online, and in-person classes
- Schedule: October 1 to 22; in person in Indianapolis on October 8, live online on October 15 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
- Discounts: Available for IU alumni, staff, groups of three or more participants, and purchases of four or more courses*
*Purchase four or more courses in the Leading with AI series and receive a $1,500 discount. Pay a total of $4,480 (regularly $5,980), a 25% savings.
Access a customizable supervisor request letter to support your case for attending a Kelley professional development course.
Meet your instructor
Bree Josefy
Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting
Bree Josefy, PhD, is a clinical associate professor of accounting at the Kelley School of Business. Prior to academia, she worked in Deloitte’s corporate finance and tax practices in London and Hong Kong, developing financial models, conducting valuations, and advising on cross-border tax strategies for multinational clients. Since joining Kelley in 2016, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses, currently leading A304 Financial Reporting and Analysis for approximately 1,500 students each year. Her teaching and service have earned multiple awards, including the Panschar Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, the Kelley Innovative Teaching Award, and Indiana University’s Trustees’ Teaching Award.
Bree holds a BBA in Accounting and an MS in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University, where she also earned her PhD in Accounting.
Questions?
Email us at kelleypd@iu.edu and a member of our team will be happy to assist you.