1 answer
Yvette
Student
Santa Clara, California
1
Question
Asked
325 views
Hi I would like to ask a professional in accounting regarding AI tools and aquiring AI skills for the job market in accounting. Do you feel this is now needed, as I have seen jobs now where they mention AI for accounting jobs, and also what specific AI skills do you recommend, such as prompt engineering, working with chatbots,?
My career is in payroll, accounting and human resources. I see AI being included in job descriptions and wanted to ask about AI skills
Login to comment
1 answer
Dr Fisch
Flight Attendant
81
Answers
Denver, Colorado
Updated
Dr’s Answer
Well, I hope a professional accountant chimes in here to give their perspective, but I can speak on behalf of Ai in general. I've been an on-and-off software developer for about 30 years. I know there is a lot of hype about AI and how they'll replace many jobs people have today.
What AI is particularly good at is logic and math, following procedures, as you would expect from something that essentially runs on code under the hood. Accounting is definitely a field that AI will influence in big ways.
While AI tools will be able to manipulate large amounts of data, an accountant's job will become more of a supervisor or manager of the AI tools. The accountant will verify that the AI's outcomes are correct and assign what tasks it should perform.
So becoming familiar with AI will be a necessity skill for future accountants. You won't need to program AI language models or get very tech geeky with code or anything like that. The skills will be more like understanding what accounting AI tools are out there, their benefits and limitations, and how to incorporate them into your accounting process. Accountants already rely on software to do Well, I hope a professional account chimes in here to give their perspective, but I can speak on behalf of Ai in general. I've been an on-and-off software developer for about 30 years. I know there is a lot of hype about AI and how they'll replace many jobs people have today.
What AI is particularly good at is logic and math, following procedures, as you would expect from something that essentially runs on code under the hood. Accounting is definitely a field that AI will influence in big ways.
While AI tools will be able to manipulate large amounts of data, an accountant's job will become more of a supervisor or manager of the AI tools. The accountant will verify that the AI's outcomes are correct and assign what tasks it should perform.
So becoming familiar with AI will be a necessity skill for future accountants. You won't need to program AI language models or get very tech geeky with code or anything like that. The skills will be more like understanding what accounting AI tools are out there, their benefits and limitations, and how to incorporate them into your accounting process. Accountant's already use & rely on software to do their jobs and AI will slowly become more integrated into this current software rather than be a separate program.
Best of luck to you!
What AI is particularly good at is logic and math, following procedures, as you would expect from something that essentially runs on code under the hood. Accounting is definitely a field that AI will influence in big ways.
While AI tools will be able to manipulate large amounts of data, an accountant's job will become more of a supervisor or manager of the AI tools. The accountant will verify that the AI's outcomes are correct and assign what tasks it should perform.
So becoming familiar with AI will be a necessity skill for future accountants. You won't need to program AI language models or get very tech geeky with code or anything like that. The skills will be more like understanding what accounting AI tools are out there, their benefits and limitations, and how to incorporate them into your accounting process. Accountants already rely on software to do Well, I hope a professional account chimes in here to give their perspective, but I can speak on behalf of Ai in general. I've been an on-and-off software developer for about 30 years. I know there is a lot of hype about AI and how they'll replace many jobs people have today.
What AI is particularly good at is logic and math, following procedures, as you would expect from something that essentially runs on code under the hood. Accounting is definitely a field that AI will influence in big ways.
While AI tools will be able to manipulate large amounts of data, an accountant's job will become more of a supervisor or manager of the AI tools. The accountant will verify that the AI's outcomes are correct and assign what tasks it should perform.
So becoming familiar with AI will be a necessity skill for future accountants. You won't need to program AI language models or get very tech geeky with code or anything like that. The skills will be more like understanding what accounting AI tools are out there, their benefits and limitations, and how to incorporate them into your accounting process. Accountant's already use & rely on software to do their jobs and AI will slowly become more integrated into this current software rather than be a separate program.
Best of luck to you!