Why I Built an AI CFO (And Why You Probably Should Too)
I’ll teach you how to build an AI CFO to help manage your finance processes without spending a dime or writing a single line of code.
AI isn’t some sci-fi fantasy anymore—it’s reshaping finance right now, and if you’re not riding the wave, you’re getting left behind. That’s what this category is all about: real-world ways artificial intelligence is transforming the way we forecast, report, analyze, and automate in finance.
In these articles, I cut through the buzzwords and show you how AI actually works in our world—no robot overlords, just smarter tools that help you ditch the grind and focus on the big stuff. Whether it’s using AI to build better forecasts, clean up your data faster, or surface insights your old reports missed, you’ll find hands-on advice that you can put to work today.
I’ll walk you through tools, case studies, and frameworks that help finance pros like us work faster, smarter, and maybe even impress the boss (or at least get to happy hour on time). Think of this as your playbook for making AI your secret weapon—not something to fear, but something to wield. Whether you’re just starting to explore AI or looking to sharpen your edge, this is where we break it down.
I’ll teach you how to build an AI CFO to help manage your finance processes without spending a dime or writing a single line of code.
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Over the last year, I’ve been using AI in Power Pivot to build, clean, debug, and document models, and it’s completely changed how I work.
This guide is my step-by-step walkthrough of everything I wish I had access to when I first started mixing Python in Power BI.
Learn the magic of AI in Power Query from using the advanced editor with ease to writing python scripts in seconds to manage data.
The best AI for Excel isn’t just one feature. It’s an entire tech stack that suddenly snapped into place, automating your entire workbook.
You tell Agent Mode in Excel what to do in natural language, and it executes those steps directly in your workbook on its own.
In this guide, I’ll show you exactly how I built my first finance agent using OpenAI Agent Builder (with ChatGPT as my wing-man).
By integrating Python In Excel, it now brings data science and advanced analytics capabilities directly into the familiar spreadsheet environment.
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