For finance and accounting
Free AI courses for finance and accounting, built around one rule: check every number
AI is genuinely useful in finance work: drafting explanations of results, categorising transactions, cleaning messy data and writing formulas you can describe in words. It is also unreliable at arithmetic, because a language model predicts text rather than calculating. These free courses teach both halves: where to use it, and the checking habit that keeps a wrong figure off a client's desk.
Written for accountants, bookkeepers, finance teams and anyone who owns a spreadsheet at work. No coding and no signup.
5 free courses, in the order we would take them
AI for Accountants and Bookkeepers
Great with words. Watch it with numbers.
Where AI genuinely helps finance work, from categorising transactions to explaining results, and the arithmetic weakness that means you check every number before it leaves your desk.
AI at Work / BeginnerAI for Spreadsheets and Data
Stop fighting with formulas.
Write formulas by describing what you want, clean up messy data, spot what the numbers are telling you, and check the answers before you share them.
Stay Safe / BeginnerAI Safety, Privacy and Verification
Trust nothing. Check everything.
Spot fakes and scams, work out what is safe to paste into an AI tool, verify what you are told, and set sensible rules for yourself and the people you work with.
AI at Work / IntermediateSafe AI Adoption for Teams
Permission first, then guardrails.
For anyone responsible for how a team uses AI. Who is accountable when it gets things wrong, what staff may and may not paste into it, how to set up review that actually catches errors, and how to write a policy people will follow.
Stay Safe / BeginnerAI and Money
What it can do, and what it definitely cannot.
A straight answer on AI and money. Why trading and get-rich claims almost never survive scrutiny, how to spot the tells in a pitch, and the genuinely useful things AI can do with your budgeting and financial admin.
Worth reading alongside
- How to Use AI in Excel: A Plain English GuideUse AI to draft Excel formulas, check ranges and review data. Download a free practice workbook with examples for dates, blanks and duplicate records.
- Can AI Predict the Stock Market?The short answer is no, and the reason why is more interesting than the answer. What the adverts promise, what actually happens, and how to read an AI trading pitch.
Common questions
- Can AI do accounting?
- It can help with parts of it: categorising, drafting, explaining and flagging anomalies for a person to review. It should not be trusted to calculate totals or make judgements unchecked. Use it to draft and organise, and keep the numbers in a spreadsheet or accounting system that actually calculates.
- Is it safe to put client financial data into AI tools?
- Only in tools and settings your organisation has approved, and even then share the minimum. Remove account numbers, personal details and anything confidential first. The safety and team courses cover how to set that rule.
- Are these free with a certificate?
- Yes. Every course is free to read in full with no signup and no card, and finishing one lets you print a free certificate of completion or add it to your LinkedIn profile. LearnWithZavi is not accredited, so the certificate records that you completed the lessons rather than acting as a formal qualification.
- Do I need advanced Excel skills?
- Basic spreadsheet familiarity is enough. AI for Spreadsheets and Data teaches you to describe formulas in plain English and check what comes back.
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