Workshops

Qadan Analysis Consulting
The Workshops Almanac
Vol. I · No. 1
AI Automation for Finance Teams · August 2026 · Two Cohorts · Online
The Workshop

AI Automation
for Finance Teams.

Month-end reconciliations that eat days. Invoices coded by hand. Variance commentary written from scratch every cycle. In two focused days, your team walks out with a working automation for one of its own pain points — proven, controlled, ready to roll out.

DurationTwo full days
FormatOnline · Microsoft Teams
InvestmentAUD $2,000 per attendee
Cohorts20-21 Aug (AEST) · 27-28 Aug (Gulf)
MMXXVI
Anno / edition
2
Days · Hands-on
Not theory. Not slideware.
10
Seats · Per cohort
Kept deliberately small.
$2k
Investment · AUD
Employer-reimbursable.
The Outcomes

What you’ll walk away with.

Five deliverables. Nothing performative — everything you leave with is something you or your team can act on next week.

  1. A prioritised automation roadmap

    For your finance function, sequenced by value and effort — the shortlist you present to your CFO on Monday.

  2. A process map with automation points marked

    One of your real workflows, drawn out end-to-end, with the specific handoffs and steps that AI can safely take on.

  3. A working AI automation

    Or solution design — for a genuine pain point, proven on sample data, with a plan to connect it into your ERP.

  4. A controls-aware AI usage policy

    Practical guidance on when to use AI, when not to, and how to keep audit and privacy people happy while you do.

  5. A 90-day rollout plan

    Milestones, owners, and the guardrails you’ll want in place before you scale the automation beyond the pilot.

Led by

Jay Qadan

Automation and data specialist. Founder of Qadan Analysis Consulting, working with finance and analytics teams across Australia and the Gulf to design production AI systems and process automations that stand up to real controls, real audit, real data.

Small groups. Real problems. No vendor pitch.

The Method

From manual to AI-augmented.

A worked example. A typical accounts-payable flow — from PDF arriving in the inbox to the coded line item in your ERP. On the left as most teams run it today; on the right, the same flow with AI in the loop.

TODAY / MANUAL The 47-minute invoice WITH AI IN THE LOOP The 3-minute invoice Invoice PDF lands in shared inbox 01 · ~2 min · assigned to AP clerk Read and code by hand 02 · ~12 min · GL / cost centre / tax Chase approver by email 03 · ~18 min · ping, wait, ping again Post to ERP 04 · ~9 min · keying, checking, re-keying Reconcile at month-end 05 · ~6 min · catch coding errors then TOTAL / PER INVOICE ~47 min 94% TIME REMOVED per typical invoice Invoice PDF triggers workflow 01 · instant · watched inbox AI extracts & codes 02 · ~30 sec · GL / cost centre / tax Routed to the right approver 03 · one click · mobile-friendly Auto-posted to ERP 04 · instant · with an audit trail Reconciled in real time 05 · ongoing · exceptions flagged live TOTAL / PER INVOICE ~3 min
Fig. 1 One of many candidate workflows we’ll examine together. Reconciliations, variance analysis, and management-report drafting follow the same before/after structure. Numbers are illustrative — actual results depend on your ERP, controls, and invoice mix.
The Audience

Who this is for.

Finance and accounting practitioners who want to move past the AI headlines and build something. No coding background required — the hands-on portion uses no-code and low-code tools deliberately.

  • FP&A
  • Financial accountants
  • Management accountants
  • Finance managers
  • Controllers
  • AP & AR teams
  • Group and shared-services
  • CFOs assessing the space
What we don’t do Vendor pitches. Generic “prompt engineering” theatre. Talking about GPT as if it’s a strategy. We build something you can defend to your auditor.
The Details

Format & logistics.

Duration
Two full days, 9:00am–5:00pm local time, with breaks and lunch.
Format
Online via Microsoft Teams — pick the cohort that matches your timezone.
Group size
Capped at 10 attendees per cohort. Kept deliberately small.
Instructor
Jay Qadan — automation and data specialist, founder of Qadan Analysis Consulting.
Investment
AUD $2,000 per attendee. Employer-reimbursable — approval template provided.
Sydney cohort
Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 August 2026 (AEST / Australia). Registration closes 13 August.
Gulf cohort
Thursday 27 & Friday 28 August 2026 (GST / Dubai / Doha / Riyadh). Registration closes 21 August.
Add-on
Optional 1:1 implementation half-day is available afterwards to take your priority automation further.
Qadan Analysis Consulting ABN 20 655 113 670 · info@qadan.com.au · Sydney & Dubai