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Description

AI for Accounting Practices: Equipping the Firm, Strengthening Reliability and Advisory

Embedding AI into client engagements without weakening quality or professional responsibility

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Accounting practices face a twofold pressure: compliance production is becoming commoditised while clients expect far more advisory value. AI tools promise to absorb data entry, consistency checks and part of the review work, yet their introduction raises real questions about engagement quality and professional responsibility.

This one-day programme is designed for professionals who lead or supervise a practice activity. It reviews AI use cases across the production chain, from document collection through to review, and then across advisory engagements. It closes with the integration of these tools into the firm's quality control framework.

The sessions run in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and draw on engagement contexts typical of practices operating in the UAE and the wider Gulf.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the practice tasks where AI delivers genuine time savings
  • Reorganise the production chain around the selected tools
  • Safeguard engagement quality despite the automation of processing
  • Develop advisory engagements built on client data
  • Define how work is shared between team members and tools
  • Embed tool usage within the firm's quality control framework

What makes this programme different

The programme addresses how the practice is organised and not only how the tools are operated
Consequences for professional responsibility are examined engagement by engagement
Each participant leaves with a tooling plan matched to the size of their practice

Programme

1The Practice Production Chain

Automating without losing control

  • Collection and recognition of accounting source documents
  • Assisted coding and consistency checks
  • Anomaly detection during the review phase
  • File preparation and summary memoranda
  • Limits of automated processing on complex cases

2Advisory Engagements and Client Relationships

Putting the released time to work

  • Analysis of client data and reporting back
  • Preparation of year-end review meetings
  • Simulations and decision support for business owners
  • Drafting memoranda and recommendations
  • Fee positioning for enhanced engagements

3Quality, Responsibility and the Team

Embedding tools within the professional framework

  • Audit trail of work performed and file documentation
  • Responsibility of the chartered accountant for outputs produced
  • Confidentiality of client data entrusted to the tools
  • Training and support for team members
  • Adapting quality control procedures

Who is it for

Chartered accountants · practice partners · engagement managers · heads of accounting production and practice directors.

Prerequisites

Working in an accounting practice or supervising a team within one.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.