Lead the AI-powered finance office. In five live days.
A hands-on, instructor-led programme for finance professionals who want to automate the close, apply AI with proper controls, and present measurable results to leadership. You leave with a working AI reconciliation workflow, a business case and a certificate.
Finance is being rebuilt around automation and AI. Practitioners who can lead it are scarce.
Most training explains the technology. This programme makes you use it on real finance work: you design, run and defend an AI-enabled reconciliation and reporting workflow, with the controls an auditor expects.
It is built by practitioners who have run record-to-report and finance operations at global scale and who run AI reconciliation in production today, at a national Nigerian insurance company.
What you will be able to do
- Explain how digital finance transformation works and lead it in your team
- Apply RPA, IoT, blockchain and agentic AI to real finance workflows
- Design and run an AI-powered bank reconciliation process end to end
- Understand how matching finds perfect, fuzzy and exception items
- Read reconciliation analytics and turn them into operational insight
- Measure the outcome and present it to finance leadership
Choose how you attend
Same curriculum, same facilitators, same certificate. Online and in-person participants work in the same live cohort.
Live online
Per participant, per cohort
- Live on Zoom, 10:00–14:00 WAT, Monday to Friday
- Facilitated breakout rooms and lab support
- Join from anywhere with a laptop and stable internet
- 30 seats per cohort
In person · Ikoyi, Lagos
Per participant, per cohort · refreshments included
- Ikoyi, Lagos, 10:00–14:00 WAT, Monday to Friday
- In-room facilitation and peer networking
- Bring your own laptop
- 20 seats per cohort
Chicago, USA
Early-bird price until 15 February 2027
- 3 days in person, 9–11 March 2027
- Plus 2 live online days the following week
- Same curriculum, at US-friendly times
- Registration opens 15 January 2027. Register your interest now.
Paying in naira or another local currency? Pay securely on our Selar checkout after you reserve your seat. Fees in GBP, GHS, KES, ZAR, TZS, UGX and RWF are also available there.
A new cohort every month
Cohorts run in the third week of the month, Monday to Friday, 10:00–14:00 West Africa Time (09:00–13:00 London, 04:00–08:00 New York, 03:00–07:00 Chicago).
| Cohort | Dates | Formats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | Mon 16 – Fri 20 Nov 2026 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
| December 2026 | Mon 14 – Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
| January 2027 | Mon 18 – Fri 22 Jan 2027 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
| February 2027 | Mon 15 – Fri 19 Feb 2027 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
| March 2027 · Chicago | Tue 9 – Thu 11 Mar 2027 in person, plus 2 online days | In person, Chicago · Live online | Register interest |
| March 2027 | Mon 15 – Fri 19 Mar 2027 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
| April 2027 | Mon 19 – Fri 23 Apr 2027 | Live online · In person, Ikoyi | Open |
December runs in the second week to avoid Christmas. Later dates are published on the registration form as they open.
Five days from concepts to a result you can defend
Foundations
The modern CFO technology stack, transformation principles and the digital-ready finance team.
Emerging technologies
RPA, IoT, blockchain and agentic AI, each paired with real finance use cases.
AI lab: build
From ad-hoc prompting to agents: design your AI-powered reconciliation workflow.
AI lab: run and control
Execute, handle exceptions, validate outputs and apply the controls auditors expect.
Business case and results
Measure the value and present your outcome to a leadership panel.
What you will learn
Module 1 · Digital Finance Transformation Foundations
How technology, data and automation reshape financial operations to enable faster closes, better accuracy and sharper insight.
Key topics
- The evolution of digital finance and the modern CFO technology stack
- Core principles of digital transformation in finance
- Process redesign versus process automation
- Data governance, quality and interoperability
- Building a digital-ready finance organisation
Outcomes
- Articulate the business case for digital finance transformation
- Understand how digital tools fit into financial workflows
- Know the operational, cultural and data prerequisites for success
Module 2 · Emerging Technologies in Finance: Concepts and Use Cases
Technologies covered
- Robotic Process Automation: rule-based processing, invoice handling, reconciliations
- Internet of Things: real-time asset tracking, automated inventory valuation
- Blockchain: immutable ledgers, smart contracts, intercompany settlement
- Agentic AI: autonomous agents, continuous monitoring, exception resolution
- Also: NLP for documents, anomaly detection, forecasting, automated controls
Outcomes
- Distinguish automation, intelligence and autonomy in finance systems
- Know where each technology fits in finance workflows
- Pick the right use cases for transformation initiatives
Hands-on Lab · AI-Driven Finance Use Cases
You design and deliver solutions across the full AI spectrum, from ad-hoc prompting and autonomous agents to purpose-built AI deployment, on two finance tracks: Controllership (close the books) and FP&A (planning and analysis).
- Build an end-to-end AI workflow: data ingestion, prompt design, automation, exception handling and output validation
- See how model choice, prompting and algorithm logic affect accuracy, reliability and auditability
- Evaluate, troubleshoot and explain AI outputs as financial insight
- Present reconciliations, variance explanations and workflow gains in an executive-ready format
Built for the people who run finance
- Finance managers, analysts and accountants
- Financial controllers and heads of finance
- Shared services and finance operations leaders
- Digital transformation and automation teams
- ERP, data and process improvement specialists
No coding required. You need a laptop, a modern browser and basic spreadsheet skills.
Certificate of Completion · 20 contact hours
Participants who complete the programme receive a Finverse360 Certificate of Completion within five working days of the final session.
Your facilitatorTolu Eko, CPA, CGMA, FCA
Founder & CEO of Finverse360. Formerly Senior Finance Director, Record to Report, at AbbVie and Global Head of Finance Operations at Baxter. Supported by a team of facilitators and breakout leads.
Four steps to your seat
Reserve
Complete the short registration form and choose your cohort and format.
Pay
Pay securely online. Naira and other local currencies are accepted via Selar.
Get ready
A welcome email arrives within 24 hours. Your Zoom link or venue details follow at least 3 days before the start.
Attend and certify
Join the five live sessions, present on Day 5 and receive your certificate.
Frequently asked questions
Can I switch to a later cohort?
Yes. You can transfer to a later cohort free of charge up to 7 days before your cohort starts.
Are online and in-person participants in the same class?
Yes. Each cohort runs live in Ikoyi and on Zoom at the same time, with breakout rooms for both groups.
What time are the sessions where I live?
10:00–14:00 West Africa Time each day, which is 09:00–13:00 in London, 04:00–08:00 in New York and 03:00–07:00 in Chicago (November to March). The Chicago programme in March 2027 runs at US times.
Do I need technical skills?
No coding is needed. If you can work comfortably with spreadsheets and finance data, you are ready.
Can my company register a group?
Yes. Each colleague registers individually on the form; contact us before you register and we will help you place the whole team in the same cohort.
I have another question.
Send us a message on our contact page and the Academy team will get back to you.
Your next cohort starts 16 November 2026
Five live days. A working AI finance workflow. A result you can present to your CFO.
