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Why patchy regulation is a challenge for AI
- 20 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
In a fascinating recent round-table event, ICAEW members explored a host of issues around how the UK regulatory landscape should best address companies’ use of AI.
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Prompt engineering: interacting with generative AI tools
- 19 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Prompt engineering creates succinct commands to direct and guide artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Here, we explore how to develop your prompt engineering skills to get optimal output from AI models.
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The future of a tax administration authority
- 14 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
James Murray MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, was among a panel of high-ranking experts debating the challenges and opportunities for transforming the UK’s tax system at a joint ICAEW/CIOT event to mark the 20th anniversary of HMRC.
The IRB from a new member’s perspective: diversity, debate and open minds
- 13 Mar 2025
- Professional Standards Department
ICAEW has recently announced the appointment of Sandra Mundy to its regulatory board. We talk to her about her background in insolvency, her interest in the regulatory challenges presented by artificial intelligence (AI), and her commitment to building public trust. She also offers some sound advice to people starting out in their careers.
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How to train and configure GenAI tools
- 13 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
What should you consider when configuring GenAI tools? Tamsin Tinsley, Tech & Data Risk Management Leader at PwC, explains why it matters and how to avoid bias and hallucinations.
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Masterclass 8: Preparing to interview senior executives
- 11 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Jannie Wentzel, Partner and Principal Consultant, Cential and a chartered accountant explains how he uses generative AI to prepare for senior-executive interviews as part of his work in providing risk advice.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Your Questions Answered #13 - Mastering Copilot in Excel
- 10 Mar 2025
- David Fortin
In a recent webinar, David Fortin, Microsoft MVP and founder of Piggy Bank Accountant, explored how to get started with Microsoft’s Copilot and the basics of Copilot’s functionality in Excel. In this article, David returns to answer your most asked questions.
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Data analytics for auditors: five essentials
- 07 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Data analytics is often overlooked in favour of flashier technologies, but it is a critical skill set for the modern auditor.
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Masterclass 7: Drafting a risk register
- 07 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Jannie Wentzel, Partner and Principal Consultant, Cential and a chartered accountant explains how he uses generative AI to solve the ‘blank page problem’ when he’s tying to create a risk register.
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How AI can improve sustainability assurance
- 05 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Case study: ekointelligence is a generative AI tool, developed in part by chartered accountants, that can digest and review all environmental statements published by an organisation.
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Where are we now with AI assurance?
- 04 Mar 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The artificial intelligence assurance market is still in flux. Which forces are set to determine what sort of shape this nascent market will take?
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The MLRO: an ever-evolving role
- 04 Mar 2025
- Professional Standards Department
Money laundering reporting officers (MLROs) take on specific and personal responsibilities under the anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory regime. We catch up with some experienced MLROs, who offer an insight into how their roles are evolving and discuss the skills they need to meet their obligations.
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Why accountants must keep up with Excel functions
- 27 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Excel is continuing to evolve to meet accountants’ needs. Three experts explain why professionals must keep up with its new features.
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What does Excel proficiency look like in 2025?
- 27 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
With new Excel functions coming on stream all the time, three experts tell us what it means to make the most of the tools for tackling current accounting challenges.
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Finance business partnering: five skills you need
- 27 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Learn from two ICAEW experts how to master the skill of finance business partnering, which is rooted in relationships, influence, strategic thinking and commercial acumen.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE
Influencing policy to support you: February 2025
- 27 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW representatives met with the Prime Minister’s business adviser and engaged with the Parliamentary Business and Trade Committee on industrial strategy this month, as well as sharing members’ views on technology and trade with ministers.
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CYBER ROUND-UP
National efforts to build cyber resilience and secure AI
- 27 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
This month's cyber round-up covers key information on recent policy developments and new initiatives in the UK focused on enhancing cyber resilience and securing AI. Learn more about how this will protect and support businesses, and what guidance is available.
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How to navigate software platform migration
- 25 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Whether driven by cost, functionality, security or compliance, software migration is a complex process that requires careful planning. ICAEW highlights key considerations for practices and businesses looking to migrate.
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CFOs to drive human-centric AI-fuelled future of work
- 19 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
AI can help to address some of the biggest challenges that CFOs face. However, success depends on AI working alongside humans, rather than replacing them.
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Five in-demand skills for accountants in 2025
- 14 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
We speak to recruitment experts to reveal the key skills and attributes accountants need to stand out in a competitive job market.
New ICAEW Code of Ethics explained: impact of technology
- 12 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW is incorporating revisions in its 2025 Code of Ethics introduced by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants. This article covers those relating to the impact of technology on the profession.
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The road to crypto regulation
- 06 Feb 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The Financial Conduct Authority is set to develop regulation of the cryptoasset sector and highlights the importance of industry feedback as the number of UK individuals owning crypto rises.
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CYBER ROUND-UP
Cyber security: outlook for 2025
- 30 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Cyber resilience is a key concern for governments, with many exploring ways to address the cyber threat and promote national resilience. What is the outlook for 2025?
New ICAEW Code of Ethics explained: role and mindset
- 30 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW is required to incorporate revisions to its Code of Ethics introduced by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants. This article summarises revisions concerning the role and mindset expected of professional accountants.
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I built my first AI Agent – using AI
- 29 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Dudley Gould, ICAEW member and VP of Business Development at Circit, explains how he utilised ChatGPT to build an AI agent that can standardise client data.
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The five essential elements of a GenAI prompt
- 27 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Accounting Intelligence: prompt writing for generative AI might seem deceptively simple, but it can make a significant difference to the quality of the outputs you get from the model you’re using.
ICAEW updates ethics course on AI and culture
- 24 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has added two new units to its free ethics elearning course for members, exploring the ethical considerations of using artificial intelligence and strategies for building an ethical culture.
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How CFO Bushra Hanif empowers women in Pakistan
- 22 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
ACA-qualified chartered accountant Hanif is one of the few female CFOs in Pakistan leading from the front in transforming finance teams – and women’s healthcare to boot.
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NAO: rethink on government big tech procurement needed
- 21 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The government spends £14bn annually on digital programmes, but it must improve how it works with technology suppliers and learn from past mistakes to make the most of its investment, National Audit Office report warns.
IESBA launches project on firm culture and governance
- 17 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Following a fact-finding report on accountancy firm culture and governance, the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants has begun a standard-setting project to create a principles-based framework.
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How to guard against voice cloning and deepfake scams
- 15 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
As voice and image fraud becomes rapidly more sophisticated, Cyber Security Professor Oli Buckley outlines the current state of the problem and provides some countermeasures.
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The Cornerstone of Finance Transformation
- 15 Jan 2025
- Catherine Myszka
In this article, Catherine Myszka, Independent Transformation Director, explores why the quality of financial data, the underlying data structures and hierarchies are important for the success of any finance transformation or technology adoption.
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UK government launches plan to ramp up AI growth
- 14 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
With its AI Opportunities Action Plan, the government intends to boost economic growth with enhanced AI adoption.
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GenAI: What is it really?
- 13 Jan 2025
- Monica Odysseos
In this article Monica Odysseos, Head of AI and Data Lab at Grant Thornton Cyprus, returns to take a closer look at generative AI, exploring what it is, how it works, where it is applied, how to use it, its challenges and potential in our rapidly evolving world.
Charity finance 2030 – transforming your finance function with digital tools
- 10 Jan 2025
- Kristina Kopic
- Charity Community Newsletter
Modern finance systems are already transforming the work of charity accountants and solving time-consuming internal challenges for charities. The increased integration of artificial intelligence (AI) provides an exciting outlook for finance professionals who want to focus on value-adding activities.
Data Analytics Community – 2024 in review
- 10 Jan 2025
- Ian Pay
As the ICAEW’s Data Analytics Community continues to go from strength to strength, Ian Pay, Head of Data Analytics and Tech, shares some of his favourite content and activities from the year, and gives some clues as to what’s coming in 2025…
ESG is a Data Challenge
- 10 Jan 2025
- Eden Smith
In this article, Eden Smith explore why ESG is a data challenge and why accountants, equipped with their analytical rigor and integrity, are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between ESG aspirations and data reality.
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2025: a pivotal year for growth, skills and trust
- 06 Jan 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The world leaves 2024 in a very different political and economical state than it started in. Accountants have a critical role to play in navigating this landscape, but they must embrace change, says ICAEW CEO Alan Vallance.
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Artificial Intelligence and radical uncertainty
- 02 Jan 2025
- Annabel Gillard, International Advisory Council Member of the Institute of Business Ethics and Steven Brown, Brave Within LLP
Most human beings are fundamentally anxious about uncertainty. The adoption of AI has created significant uncertainty – to the extent many refer to it as the 4th industrial revolution.
Get ready: ICAEW Code of Ethics to change in 2025
- 18 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW’s code is being updated to align with the Code of Ethics produced by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants.
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CYBER ROUND-UP
Cyber 2024 wrap-up: tech’s double-edged sword
- 18 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
This year continues to remind us that while technology can make us more efficient, productive and agile, it also opens us up to manipulation and exploitation.
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Leading data-led decision making in local government
- 05 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Finance professionals are pivotal in ensuring local authority decisions on service delivery are grounded in robust data analysis. CIPFA’s Iain Murray outlines the role of finance teams in ensuring data-led decision-making and the skills required for success.
What to expect from 2025
- 04 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
We share predictions for the key trends and events that will shape life in the accountancy profession.
The ABCD+ of technology: data
- 04 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
In the fifth of our series on the biggest tech trends, ICAEW’s Head of Tech Ian Pay gives us the lowdown on data.
Free CPD: Get to grips with AI
- 28 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
What is (and isn’t) artificial intelligence (AI)? What are the different types of AI and what benefits can they deliver in finance? These CPD-verifiable practical resources will help you expand your AI knowledge as well as providing the latest thinking.
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CYBER ROUND-UP
November cyber round-up
- 28 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
This month we look at criminals’ latest techniques, the 10th birthday of Cyber Essentials, fraud risk in the utilities sector, and how an artificial intelligence grandmother has joined the fight against cybercrime.
Free CPD: sustainability reporting resources
- 26 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Do you want a high-level understanding of sustainability reporting requirements but don’t know where to start? This article explains how you can find verifiable CPD resources to bring you up to speed.
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The most desired skills for AI-assisted accountants
- 20 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Speaking to recruiters and partners, we break down the types of skills that firms are trying to develop and attract, including an understanding of AI implementation and its limitations.
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How to make AI work for risk and compliance
- 20 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Accounting intelligence case study: risk-management company Cential has developed several use cases for AI in the governance, risk and compliance space, with controls to ensure privacy and accuracy.
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Masterclass 4: Understanding differences in reporting standards
- 20 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Jenny Blewett FCA, Head of Finance at Costello Medical shows how she has used generative AI to help her transition from reporting under IFRS to UK GAAP.
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