The AI-Native Accounting Field Guide
What could AI do in your firm?
Concrete, documented examples of accountants using AI for real work. Each entry takes a job you already do and shows it two ways: the traditional workflow, and the AI-native one, with the accountant still reviewing, judging, and signing off.
12 documented ways accountants are using AI · 4 small wins · 4 workflows · 4 new engagements
3 entries
- Small impactCAS and bookkeeping
Clean a messy bank or ledger export and get the formulas written for you
Turn a CSV with merged headers, split descriptions, text-formatted numbers, and subtotal rows into a clean table you can pivot, with a check that nothing was lost.
Saves 10 to 30 minBeginnerTask - Medium impactCAS and bookkeeping
Analyze a client's monthly financials and flag what deserves your attention
Review the month's results against prior periods and the client's own context, and decide what is worth investigating, what to ask the client, and what to tell them.
Saves 30 to 60 minIntermediateWorkflow - Large impactCAS and bookkeeping
Run month-end close with an agent doing the first pass
Close a client's books each month with an agent that reconciles, categorizes, proposes adjusting entries, and prepares the review package, while the accountant approves every change.
Changes the workflowAdvancedAgent
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