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A practical application of AI: Building a Technical Director GPT
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- 27 Mar 2024
- Dudley Gould, VP of Business Development, Circit
Dudley Gould, VP of Business Development at Circit, explores how ChatGPT can be used to build a customised technical GPT and discusses how and when accountants and auditors might use generative AI.
Microsoft Fabric Q&A
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- 25 Mar 2024
- Rishi Sapra
Following on from our webinar “Microsoft Fabric: What is it and why should you care?”, Rishi Sapra explores some of the questions raised by those who attended the live webinar.
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The role of Internal Audit in ethical AI
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- 21 Mar 2024
- Dimitris Kaskantanis
As AI progresses and gains wider acceptance, ethical considerations become increasingly significant. AI introduces ethical challenges across various domains, including democracy, justice and diversity and inclusion. This article explores these considerations, the associated risks, and the role internal auditors can play in promoting ethical conduct.
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The Science (or Art?) of Data Visualisation
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- 20 Mar 2024
- Ian Pay
When it comes to presenting information, the days of boring black and white tables are numbered. But while it might be easy enough to put a few charts in a slide deck, how do we take this to the next level?
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AI Ethics: What are they really?
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- 11 Mar 2024
- Monica Odysseos
Almost one year ago, the world was caught in awe when ChatGPT was released to the public. Artificial Intelligence (ΑΙ) has been around since the 1950s, but it wasn’t until 2022 with the public release of generative AI that got everyone talking about it. As we become more reliant on Generative-AI powered tools, Monica Odysseos, Head of AI and Data Lab at Grant Thornton Cyprus, considers the ethical implications of using AI and how we can ensure AI empowers us without eroding our cognitive capacities.
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How to get started with programming as an accountant
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- 09 Feb 2024
- Edward Franklin
If you use VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH, SUMIF etc. in your work and you enjoy building sophisticated spreadsheets, then the good news is you have the aptitude to be a software engineer and you can learn to code. In this article, Edward Franklin, founder of TechFranklin, shares his experience with learning how to programme as an accountant to improve the power, speed, and flexibility of working with spreadsheets and data.
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Opportunities for low-code analytics technology Q&A
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- 08 Jan 2024
- Ian Pay and Kilian Thiel
In a recent webinar in collaboration with The Operational Research Society, Jamie Crossman-Smith, Managing Director in Grant Thornton’s UK Digital Hub, and Kilian Thiel, Head of Strategic Partnerships at KNIME, shared GT’s journey with KNIME, an open source, low-code tool, with Ian Pay, Head of Data Analytics and Tech at ICAEW. In this article, Kilian and Ian return to answer some of the questions from the webinar on KNIME and the adoption of low-code analytics technology.
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Data analytics: Enabling Net Zero
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- 08 Jan 2024
- Craig Stirk
Data analytics in its many forms has crucial roles to play in enabling the achievement of Net Zero. Craig Stirk, Chief Data Officer at Sprift, explores the role of analytics in this area as well as challenges that can limit the analytics-enabled delivery of net zero.
Data Analytics Community – 2023 in review
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- 03 Jan 2024
- Ian Pay
It's been another remarkable year for the ICAEW's Data Analytics Community. Our Head of Data Analytics and Tech, Ian Pay, reflects on some of his highlights as well as the challenge of making 2024 even bigger and better.
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Unlocking the Benefits of a Unified Data Platform for (Internal) Auditors
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- 11 Dec 2023
- Polyna Christakou
There are several data-engineering platforms in the market that allow organisations to process and transform large data sets. In this article, Polyna Christakou, Head of Internal Audit Data Analytics at Eurobank, shares her experience with using Microsoft Azure Databricks, a unified data warehouse.
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Decoding Sustainability: Harnessing Data Analytics for ESG Excellence
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- 03 Oct 2023
- Dimitris Kaskantanis
ESG management and reporting requires data and analytics which in many cases can be complex due to the diverse sources and the complexity of gathering data. To explore this further, Dimitris Kaskantanis, Senior Director in Global Internal Audit at Intrum, discusses the role of data and analytics on ESG management and reporting with Tasos Nikolaou, founder and CEO of Net Zero Analytics.
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Autumn events season: AI don't believe it!
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- 03 Oct 2023
- Ian Pay
As the world of accountancy emerges from a break over the summer, we find ourselves heading full tilt into an autumn season of big events. But from a data analytics perspective, what have we learnt so far?
Add some Power to Audited Accounts with Power BI
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- 02 Oct 2023
- Eden Smith
In this article, we explore how you can use Microsoft Power BI to streamline the process of creating audited accounts at a low cost.
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Leveraging the Companies House API using Python
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- 25 Sep 2023
- Sam Bonser
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) offer significant opportunities to the profession to bring in third party data into existing systems and processes to enhance them and add additional value. They also provide scope for integration, extending current system functionality, or allowing the embedding of new systems and software in a much more presentable way in your existing ecosystem.
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How a CDO can help you get more for less
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- 12 Jul 2023
- Ian Pay
In a recent survey of over 3,000 Chief Data Officers, IBM have explored what it means to be a CDO, and the value that they can deliver for businesses. Here, we look at some of the key findings.
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Analytics Live Recap: People-driven decision-making?
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- 11 Jul 2023
- Ian Pay
Reflecting on the ICAEW Data Analytics Community’s first ever in-person event last month, Ian Pay, Head of Data Analytics and Tech, considers whether we’ve got it all wrong focusing on the data…
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Deep Learning: What is it really?
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- 05 Jul 2023
- Monica Odysseos
In the previous part of the series, machine learning and its sub-categories were introduced and explained. In this article, we will dive further into the concept and application of deep learning, a fundamental cornerstone of the rise of generative AI.
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Utilising human centred analytics for effective measurement and reporting of ESG
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- 05 Jul 2023
- Christina J Phillips
Dr Christina J Phillips from Liverpool John Moores University explores how Human Centric Analytics (HCA) could be a natural paradigm to use when defining, measuring, and reporting on Environmental and Social Governance (ESG). Tying together the need for a holistic societal approach to tackle the problems around social and environmental sustainability, and the need for reporting and measuring the levers of change in business, she considers what methods we can use to help us to do this, and how we can ensure that behaviours are embedded alongside measurement protocols such that change becomes re...
How finance teams can transform data and analytics processes to save time and innovate
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- 14 Jul 2023
- Shaun McGirr
Today, finance teams are trying to stay afloat in a deepening pool of data and processes.
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How can we address the mess of UK addresses?
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- 29 Mar 2023
- Craig Stirk
Addresses matter. Some of the most fundamental questions and costs we face are linked to addressing and in the UK we have some of the best addressing on the planet yet there seems no universally accepted address format.
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