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AI system for financial reporting and audit compliance

Explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in streamlining financial reporting and enhancing audit compliance through automated data analysis and risk detection

Overview

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Journey to an AI-Confident Accountant

In today's AI world, the real winners aren't just those who know how to prompt ChatGPT to reformat ledger data, they are the ones who know how to build systems that get the job done autonomously. This isn't just another seminar on ChatGPT; this is a high-impact, hands-on workshop designed to turn you into an AI-Confident Accountant.

You will move beyond basic prompts and learn to build structured, reliable AI workflows that handle the "grunt work" of data cleaning and variance hunting. Leave the manual grind behind and start building the systems that make you indispensable.

1. The AI-Ready Professional:
  • How AI is reshaping your industry and career trajectory
  • Moving from AI User to an AI-Confident Decision Maker
  • Why a 'System Mindset' will help you stand out in the age of AI

2. AI-Confidence Framework

  • Exercise A – Data: A hands-on sprint focused on transforming complex financial data into AI-ready inputs
  • Exercise B – Intelligence: Build hands-on familiarity of the most popular AI models and make decisions on how they can contribute to your system design
  • Exercise C – Results: Differentiate yourself from the AI slop, and create results-driven AI systems
  • Exercise D – Human in the Lead: Learn what it takes to take ownership of your AI system's outputs

3. AI-Confidence in Accounting

  • Exercise E – Confidence in Systems: Apply your learned framework to build a system that solves an accounting industry-specific problem

4. Your AI Career Toolkit

  • The Showcase: Real-world examples of how business leaders are using AI systems to get ahead
  • Career Runway: Mapping out your path to becoming a forward-looking leader in Accounting

 

Joshua Chang

Joshua Chang is the Founder & CEO of 8am Business, where he helps SMEs build results-driven, profitability-focused AI systems. Acting as a CEO Innovation Officer, he partners with business owners to design and deploy systems that solve challenges in Sales, Marketing, and Operations while co-creating new go-to-market AI innovations. In 2025, 8am Business has delivered 30+ AI solutions, enabling SMEs to transform processes, scale faster, and capture new opportunities.

With the belief that technology should enable people to be more human at work, Josh also leads 8am Business' coaching offering as a certified Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach. Critically in the Age of AI, he equips senior leaders in large enterprises and business owners with the Gallup CliftonStrengths Framework to lead people based on their strengths. With over 3,000+ coaching hours, he has delivered 80+ leadership workshops and C-Suite coaching engagements for clients including Nestlé, Bosch and Johnson & Johnson, helping leaders and teams align strategically, maximize their strengths, and elevate performance-based culture.

Previously, Josh was an Innovation Manager at KPMG Digital Village, where he led and delivered flagship innovation projects for 6 years including Asian Development Bank’s GenAI product launch (ADB Navigator), the MAS Green Finance Data Platform, Google’s Climate Finance Accelerator, BMW’s Blockchain Loyalty App, and IMDA’s Open Innovation Platform - influencing C-suite leaders across Asia-Pacific to embrace AI, ESG, and digital transformation at scale.

CPD units

Attendance to this session will accord you with 7.0 CPD units (ACRA Category 5). A CPD certificate will be sent to you by email within 2 business days after your completion of this workshop.

Requirements

Please bring along your own personal computer with wi-fi access and charging cable. Please ensure your laptop can access these web-based resources during the class:

  • Google Sheet & Google Doc 
  • ⁠Gemini on web - gemini.google.com
  • ⁠ChatGPT on web - chatgpt.com
  • ⁠n8n on web - n8n.io

What is Included

This workshop will include Lunch and two tea breaks. F&B Refreshments will be provided. Please check your dietary requirements when you book.

Pricing and booking information

Price

Member 415 SGD

Affiliate 420 SGD

Approved employers 465 SGD

Student 420 SGD

Public 495 SGD

Location

Singapore

Date & time

20 March 2026

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