Introduction to AI Agent in Accounting

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Introduction to AI Agent in Accounting

Instructor: Fangbing Xiong

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

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7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

The course is designed for accountants and auditors with little or no technical background. Across four modules, learners move from a real-world story that shows why AI agents matter, to how agents think, to how agent workflows are designed, and finally to how agents are actually built and connected to the systems a firm already runs. A working audit Q&A agent, built on a real auditing firm's procedure guidance of about 160 internal files, serves as the running demonstration throughout the course.

What's included

6 videos2 readings2 assignments

6 videosTotal 12 minutes

Welcome1 minute
Introduction and Agenda1 minute
A Story: Chatbot and AI Agent3 minutes
Behind The Story: Why the regular chatbot failed3 minutes
Chatbot vs. AI Agent3 minutes
Summary1 minute

2 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Course Syllabus10 minutes
AI agents and Accounting30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 42 minutes

Chatbot vs. AI Agent12 minutes
Marcus's Story30 minutes

What's included

4 videos1 reading2 assignments

What's included

5 videos1 reading2 assignments

5 videosTotal 15 minutes

Introduction + AI Agent Workflow Importance2 minutes
AI Agent Workflow Demonstration (1)4 minutes
AI Agent Workflow Demonstration (2)3 minutes
Single-agent vs. Multi-agent Designs4 minutes
Summary1 minute

1 readingTotal 30 minutes

Effective AI Agent Design30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 42 minutes

AI Agent Workflow Design30 minutes
AI Agent Workflows Primer12 minutes

What's included

7 videos1 reading3 assignments

7 videosTotal 20 minutes

Introduction2 minutes
Prompts and Prompt Engineering4 minutes
From Prompts to Skills3 minutes
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)4 minutes
Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Application Programming Interface (API)3 minutes
Integration with Existing Systems2 minutes
Summary1 minute

1 readingTotal 20 minutes

Connected AI Agents20 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 92 minutes

Tools for Agents30 minutes
Final Examination50 minutes
Prompts vs. Skills12 minutes

Instructor

Fangbing Xiong

Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

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