Training course · Vibe Coding · Finance & Treasury

Vibe Coding for Finance 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 Finance Teams” is designed for roles such as CFOs and heads of finance, Treasury and cash managers and Financial analysts and FP&A teams and shows step by step how to use Vibe Coding productively, safely and transparently in Finance & Treasury – from the fundamentals to advanced workflows.

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.

Finance and treasury teams handle large volumes of data, tight closing deadlines and strict demands for traceability. Generative AI is reshaping this work: AI assistants summarise bank statements, loan agreements and covenant clauses, draft commentary on cash flow variances and support scenario analysis on interest and exchange rates. AI agents and automation take over recurring steps such as matching payment advices, preparing the liquidity forecast or assembling management reports. What matters is that finance professionals review the output, connect data sources properly and define clear approval workflows. That frees finance teams to focus on analysis, steering and advising management instead of copying figures between spreadsheets, the ERP system and banking portals.

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?

  • CFOs and heads of finance
  • Treasury and cash managers
  • Financial analysts and FP&A teams
  • Corporate finance and M&A specialists
  • Payments and banking operations staff

Typical challenges we address

  • Consolidating the liquidity forecast from many sources such as ERP, bank accounts and business units
  • Explaining and commenting on budget-to-actual variances quickly
  • Reviewing loan agreements, covenants and bank correspondence under time pressure
  • Producing reports for executives, the supervisory board and lenders at short notice

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 assistants effectively for liquidity planning, variance analysis and financing documents.
  • Automate recurring treasury tasks with clear review and approval steps.
  • Critically assess AI output and keep financial data confidential and audit-proof.

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 Finance & Treasury
  • Liquidity cockpit – A small web app that imports bank balances and expected cash flows from CSV exports, shows a rolling 13-week forecast and highlights potential shortfalls in colour.
  • Covenant tracker – An internal tool that calculates ratios such as leverage or interest cover per facility, compares them with thresholds and warns early of potential covenant breaches.
  • FX exposure calculator – A calculator that aggregates open foreign currency positions from orders and receivables, shows net exposure per currency and compares hedge ratios against the treasury policy.
Module 7 Data protection, quality & transfer to daily work
  • Financial and banking data is confidential and may constitute inside information under MAR; only use approved AI environments with a data processing agreement and GDPR-compliant data handling. Payment approvals must remain under the four-eyes principle and must never be triggered autonomously by AI agents.
  • 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

Cash flow commentary

An AI assistant analyses variances between forecast and actual cash positions and drafts commentary on the main drivers, such as customer receipts, supplier payments or tax dates, which the team then reviews and refines.

Financing agreement analysis

Loan agreements, promissory notes or lease contracts are summarised: maturities, interest mechanics, covenants, termination rights and reporting obligations are extracted into a structured overview for treasury and controlling.

Scenarios and sensitivities

AI helps draft scenario narratives and spreadsheet formulas for interest rate, currency and commodity sensitivities, for example showing how rising reference rates would affect financing costs and covenant ratios.

Management and board reporting

From KPIs, tables and bullet points, an AI assistant produces concise executive summaries, slide drafts and explanatory notes for management, the board or lenders, tailored to audience and level of detail.

Automated remittance matching

An automation workflow reads remittance advices from emails and PDFs, matches them to open items and flags discrepancies for manual review before the data is posted to the ERP or cash management system.

Policy and process documentation

Treasury policies, payment approval processes and control descriptions are structured and harmonised with AI support from notes, existing documents and interviews, making them clear and audit-ready.

Possible hands-on projects

Liquidity cockpit

A small web app that imports bank balances and expected cash flows from CSV exports, shows a rolling 13-week forecast and highlights potential shortfalls in colour.

Covenant tracker

An internal tool that calculates ratios such as leverage or interest cover per facility, compares them with thresholds and warns early of potential covenant breaches.

FX exposure calculator

A calculator that aggregates open foreign currency positions from orders and receivables, shows net exposure per currency and compares hedge ratios against the treasury policy.

Prerequisites

No programming knowledge is required; confident use of a browser, office applications and spreadsheets is enough. You have hands-on experience in financial planning, treasury or reporting and are confident using spreadsheets.

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

Financial and banking data is confidential and may constitute inside information under MAR; only use approved AI environments with a data processing agreement and GDPR-compliant data handling. Payment approvals must remain under the four-eyes principle and must never be triggered autonomously by AI agents.

Suggested dates

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

  • Mon, 23 November 2026 – Tue, 24 November 2026 Online Request
  • Thu, 3 December 2026 – Fri, 4 December 2026 Kaiserslautern Request
  • Tue, 8 December 2026 – Wed, 9 December 2026 Online Request
  • Thu, 17 December 2026 – Fri, 18 December 2026 Bremen Request
  • Thu, 21 January 2027 – Fri, 22 January 2027 Online Request
  • Tue, 2 February 2027 – Wed, 3 February 2027 Salzburg 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.

Can an AI assistant approve payments on its own?

No. AI can prepare payment proposals, match remittances and flag anomalies, but payment approval stays within your authorisation and four-eyes framework. In the course we show how to design automations so that people remain at the critical control points and every action is logged and traceable for auditors.

How should we handle confidential financial data in AI tools?

Start with an approved enterprise environment that has a contractual data processing agreement and does not use your inputs for model training. Add rules for pseudonymisation, such as masking account numbers or counterparties. We discuss practical guidelines that you can agree directly with IT, data protection and compliance.

How much does “Vibe Coding for Finance 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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