After completing the specialization, you will be able to design and implement AI-powered finance workflows, automate financial analysis and reporting, build AI-assisted budgeting and forecasting models, streamline financial operations, and apply responsible AI practices to support strategic decision-making across finance and accounting functions.

The Generative AI for Finance & Accounting Specialization teaches how to apply generative AI to modern finance and accounting workflows. It focuses on automating financial analysis, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and operational finance using AI-powered and no-code tools, enabling faster insights, improved accuracy, and smarter decision-making.

This program is designed for FP&A analysts, accountants, finance managers, auditors, financial operations professionals, and business leaders who work with financial data and want to modernize finance processes using AI. It is also ideal for professionals involved in finance transformation, automation initiatives, or strategic planning.

Yes. Upon successfully completing all courses and graded projects, learners receive a Coursera Certificate of Completion, which validates their ability to apply generative AI to finance and accounting workflows and can be shared with employers or on professional platforms.

Yes, learners can enroll in individual courses. However, completing the full specialization provides the most comprehensive experience, covering foundational, operational, and strategic AI applications across finance and accounting.

Learners will work on practical projects such as AI-generated financial reports, automated variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting models, AP/AR automation workflows, risk and compliance use cases, and a final capstone project that designs an AI-powered finance transformation strategy.

The program provides hands-on experience with tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Studio, Notion AI, NotebookLM, Miro AI, Gamma AI, Flowise, Make.com, Zapier, n8n, Retool, and Contextual AI, all applied to real finance and accounting scenarios.

You will gain skills in prompt engineering for finance, AI-assisted financial analysis and reporting, budgeting and forecasting automation, operational finance workflows, no-code automation, AI strategy design, and responsible AI governance.

This specialization prepares you for AI-enabled finance roles by combining financial expertise with automation and strategic AI skills. It supports career advancement into roles such as FP&A analyst or manager, finance transformation lead, financial operations manager, or AI-enabled finance consultant.

This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.

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Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.