Explain the numbers. Don't invent them.
AI is useful around finance work: drafting commentary, explaining formulas, summarising contracts. It's dangerous as a calculator you don't check.
Good uses
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- Variance commentary drafts
- Explaining and fixing spreadsheet formulas
- Summarising supplier contracts
- Replies to routine invoice queries
Watch out for
The Risks
- Figures that don't match the ledger
- Bank details or payroll in AI tools
- Unreleased results leaving the business
- Payment requests from deepfakes
Every figure traced to the source.