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Vibe Coding for Accounting Teams

Build software in natural language: from prompt to app, rapid iteration, quality and security checks, and turning prototypes into production.

Duration
2 days (14 hrs)
Format
Online or on-site
Language
German or English
Participants
open dates or exclusive for your team
Certificate
Certificate of attendance

Overview

“Vibe Coding for Accounting Teams” is a hands-on course for roles such as General ledger and accounts payable accountants, Accounts receivable specialists and Financial accountants preparing statements. Rather than learning Vibe Coding in the abstract, you work on tasks from your daily routine – with examples, exercises and templates from Accounting.

Vibe coding lets business users without any programming knowledge build digital tools of their own. You describe in everyday language what a mini app, dashboard or form should do, and tools such as Lovable, Claude, ChatGPT Canvas or Replit generate a working solution. Helpers for your daily work can take shape quickly, without waiting for IT to free up capacity. This course shows you step by step how to make it work, which habits lead to good results, and what really matters along the way.

During the course you build applications drawn from your own work: a KPI overview, a data entry form, a small calculator or an automation for recurring chores. At the same time you learn to assess the risks realistically. Which data may go into such tools, who will run and maintain the solution, and when must IT be involved? With this knowledge you can create useful solutions that are accepted within the organisation and remain secure and sustainable in the long term.

Accounting is shaped by recurring processes, high document volumes and strict requirements for proper bookkeeping. Generative AI and automation provide real relief: AI assistants extract data from supplier invoices, suggest account assignments, explain transactions under local GAAP or IFRS and draft queries to suppliers or internal departments. AI agents support account reconciliations, the month-end close and the preparation of documents for external auditors and tax advisers. Responsibility for correct postings stays with people, but routine work shrinks, leaving time for exceptions, process improvement and analysis. The prerequisites are clear review steps, documented procedures and tools that respect requirements for traceability and immutability, such as the German GoBD principles.

The course is delivered live – either online in a virtual classroom or on-site in our training rooms in Munich, Salzburg, Berlin, Augsburg, Hanover, Bremen, Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern. We can also run it exclusively for your team.

Who is this course for?

  • General ledger and accounts payable accountants
  • Accounts receivable specialists
  • Financial accountants preparing statements
  • Heads of accounting
  • Shared service centre staff

Typical challenges we address

  • Processing high volumes of documents in many formats on time
  • Resolving reconciliations and open items during the month-end close
  • Accounting correctly for complex transactions under GAAP, IFRS and VAT rules
  • Providing complete, traceable records for audits and tax inspections

What you will be able to do

  • You build your own mini apps, dashboards and forms through vibe coding without programming skills.
  • You describe requirements clearly enough for AI tools to produce usable solutions.
  • You improve your applications step by step and check the results for accuracy.
  • You automate simple recurring tasks in your working environment.
  • Use AI for document processing, account assignment suggestions and reconciliations with clear review steps.
  • Use AI assistants to clarify GAAP, IFRS and VAT questions and verify the answers professionally.
  • Design AI-supported processes that meet bookkeeping compliance requirements and are fully documented.

Course outline

Day 1

Module 1 Understanding vibe coding as a business user
  • What vibe coding is and what you can achieve without programming skills
  • Tools at a glance: Lovable, Claude, ChatGPT Canvas, Replit and similar platforms
  • Spotting good candidates for your own tools at work
  • Realistic expectations: strengths, limits and common pitfalls
Module 2 Describing and building your own mini app
  • Capturing goal, users, inputs and desired outcome in plain words
  • Generating a first version and clicking through it together
  • Improving look, wording and flow with targeted feedback
  • Saving milestones and returning to an earlier version when things go wrong
Module 3 Dashboards, forms and calculators
  • Turning Excel or CSV data into an interactive dashboard
  • Building entry forms with required fields and plausibility checks
  • Creating calculators and decision aids for your team
  • Checking results for accuracy with test data and spot checks
Module 4 Automating routine work
  • Identifying recurring tasks that lend themselves to automation
  • Building simple automations for reports, notifications or file storage
  • Discussing connections to existing tools via approved interfaces
  • Documenting automations clearly and handing them over to colleagues

Day 2

Module 5 Risks and coordination with IT
  • Which data may and may not go into AI tools: data protection and confidentiality
  • Managing access rights, sharing settings and public links deliberately
  • Avoiding shadow IT: clarifying operation, maintenance and ownership
  • Preparing a handover to IT when a solution grows or becomes critical
Module 6 Hands-on project: your own solution for Accounting
  • Invoice checker – A small app that checks uploaded invoices for mandatory details, lists missing information and drafts a query email to the supplier.
  • Open item matcher – An internal tool that matches bank transactions with open items from CSV files, suggests hits by amount and reference and clearly displays remaining differences.
  • Close tracker – A month-end close dashboard with tasks, owners, deadlines and status that highlights delays and generates a status email for management.
Module 7 Data protection, quality & transfer to daily work
  • AI-supported accounting processes must meet bookkeeping requirements such as the German GoBD, in particular traceability, immutability and up-to-date procedural documentation. Invoices and bank data contain personal data, so processing them in AI tools requires a GDPR-compliant data processing agreement.
  • Ground rules for safe AI use in your team
  • Checking results: facts, sources, tests and the four-eyes principle
  • Personal action plan for the next 30 days
  • Open questions, outlook and resources for further learning

Practical scenarios from your field

Invoice data extraction

AI reads incoming invoices in PDF or e-invoicing formats, checks mandatory VAT details, suggests supplier, GL account and cost centre and flags incomplete or unusual documents for review.

Account assignment and guidance

An AI assistant explains transactions such as prepayments, provisions or capitalisation of assets, proposes possible journal entries and points to the relevant rules, which you then verify professionally.

Reconciliation support

Automations compare bank transactions with receivables and payables, match payments to open items and produce a list of unexplained differences with suggested explanations for the month-end close.

Dunning and supplier communication

AI drafts polite, factual payment reminders, queries about missing purchase order numbers or credit note requests and adapts tone and language for domestic and international customers and suppliers.

Close checklists and procedures

From existing notes, AI creates structured closing checklists, work instructions and sections of the procedural documentation required for compliant bookkeeping, which the team reviews and maintains.

Audit request preparation

When auditors or tax inspectors send requests, AI helps structure the questions, map the evidence required and draft clear explanations of postings, estimates and judgements.

Possible hands-on projects

Invoice checker

A small app that checks uploaded invoices for mandatory details, lists missing information and drafts a query email to the supplier.

Open item matcher

An internal tool that matches bank transactions with open items from CSV files, suggests hits by amount and reference and clearly displays remaining differences.

Close tracker

A month-end close dashboard with tasks, owners, deadlines and status that highlights delays and generates a status email for management.

Prerequisites

No programming knowledge is required; confident use of a browser, office applications and spreadsheets is enough. You have a basic knowledge of financial accounting and work regularly with an ERP or accounting system.

Technical requirements

Your own laptop with an up-to-date browser, Git and an AI coding tool of your choice, such as an AI editor or coding agent with an active account.

Data protection & compliance

AI-supported accounting processes must meet bookkeeping requirements such as the German GoBD, in particular traceability, immutability and up-to-date procedural documentation. Invoices and bank data contain personal data, so processing them in AI tools requires a GDPR-compliant data processing agreement.

Suggested dates

All dates are suggestions – your preferred date is always possible.

  • Thu, 26 November 2026 – Fri, 27 November 2026 Online Request
  • Mon, 7 December 2026 – Tue, 8 December 2026 Stuttgart Request
  • Thu, 7 January 2027 – Fri, 8 January 2027 Hanover Request
  • Wed, 20 January 2027 – Thu, 21 January 2027 Online Request
  • Tue, 2 February 2027 – Wed, 3 February 2027 Berlin Request
  • Mon, 8 February 2027 – Tue, 9 February 2027 Online Request

Frequently asked questions

Is vibe coding only suitable for quick prototypes?

Vibe coding shines with prototypes, internal tools and experiments. With the right practices, namely clear specifications, tests, reviews and sound version control, results can also be turned into production-ready applications. The course teaches you to manage that transition deliberately and to recognise early on when rebuilding is the wiser option.

Which tools are used in the course?

The course is vendor-neutral. We work with the main tool categories: AI editors such as Cursor or Windsurf, coding agents such as Claude Code or Codex, and browser-based app builders. You are welcome to use your preferred tool, as the principles of specification, iteration, quality and security apply to all of them.

How should I deal with security risks in generated code?

Generated code often contains typical weaknesses such as hard-coded credentials, missing input validation or overly open interfaces. You learn to check specifically for these patterns, build security requirements into the specification from the start, use automated scanning and require a deliberate human sign-off before every deployment.

Are AI-supported postings compliant?

AI provides suggestions, but postings are made in your compliant accounting system after review by staff. What matters are documented review steps, logging and updated procedural documentation. In the course we work out how to embed AI steps cleanly in your process and make them transparent to auditors.

How well does AI handle invoices with different layouts?

Modern models usually process varied layouts and structured e-invoices reliably, but they make mistakes with blurred scans or unusual formats. Plausibility checks such as total reconciliation, VAT rate validation and supplier master data matching are therefore essential. We show how to build these controls into your workflow.

How much does “Vibe Coding for Accounting Teams” cost?

The course costs a flat €949 plus VAT per participant – whether online or on-site. This includes 2 training day(s) with a live trainer, course materials, a lab environment and a certificate of attendance.

Can I suggest my own date?

Yes. Our suggested dates are just a guide. In the request form you can always describe your preferred date or period in free text – we check availability and confirm within one working day.

Is the course online or on-site?

Both are possible: live online in a virtual classroom or on-site in Munich, Salzburg, Berlin, Augsburg, Hanover, Bremen, Stuttgart or Kaiserslautern. We can also run the course exclusively for your team.

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