AI Applications in Accounting and Finance
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What you'll learn
With Sean Cao of the University of Maryland, you analyze unstructured financial data such as earnings call transcripts, 10K filings and ESG disclosures, apply text analysis and models like BERT and GPT, and use AI as a research assistant with little coding.
- Data analytics in finance and accounting
- Analyzing annual reports
- Emerging AI technology in textual analysis
- Prompt engineering and look ahead bias in LLMs
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 17 hrs.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payPrice not publishedThe provider does not publish a price. Ask before you commit.
- Time
- About 17 hours (3 modules; about 2 weeks at 10 hours a week)
- Before you start
- None listed. Beginner level. Coursera account.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced (Coursera)
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- Coursera page says Enroll for free and Included with Coursera Plus; the certificate requires purchasing the Certificate experience; price not shown.
- Where it applies
- Online; open internationally including the US.
Checked at the source Oct 19, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Coursera course page: University of Maryland, instructor, modules and hours, certificate purchase ↗What we verified: Hours summed from module estimates. Free audit is not confirmed, so treated as paid. Content is more analytical than day to day bookkeeping.
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