Advanced Accounting Analytics

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces the tools in accounting analytics commonly used in public accounting firms and essential to evidence-based decision making in accounting. You will learn how to use Excel Add-ins for the data extraction, loading, and transformation and visualization that presaged Tableau and Alteryx - the current state of the art in accounting technology and transformation, which we will cover in depth over the course of the semester. Moreover, we will do some introductory coding in Python to give you a sense of and confidence in the programming tools also available to you and in use in the Big Four. Being skilled in analytics will allow you to identify areas where you can add value to your clients by identifying anomalies - as well as opportunities - for optimizing their business processes, internal controls, or financial, audit risk, and/or tax positions.