AI for FP&A

Use AI to do your finance
work better. Starting now.

FP&A is about moving fast on analysis that matters. This programme puts you inside a real PE firm function — variance analysis, scenario modelling, board-ready output — with AI doing the heavy lifting. The work is real. The briefs are real. The pressure is real. You come out doing in 30 minutes what used to take all day.

~17.5 hours · 4 sprints · your pace

Start now — £599 → or 3 × £220 · includes AI Ready (worth £129)

Built on iO-Sphere's curriculum — the expert network that has trained 700+ finance and data professionals at BAE Systems, PwC, and leading UK firms.

This is for you if

✓ You work in FP&A, financial analysis, management accounting, or a finance function — and you want to stop doing manually what AI can do in minutes.
✓ You've tried ChatGPT and seen what it can do — but you're not sure how to use it seriously inside a finance role without getting it wrong.
✓ You want to be the person on your team who can do the analysis, the modelling, and the board communication faster than anyone else — and prove it.

This is not for you if

— You want a qualification to put on a CV without doing the work. Every sprint is assessed — you advance when you've genuinely got it.
— You're looking for a career change into finance. This programme is for people already working in a finance function who want to move faster.

The programme

Four sprints. Thirteen nodes. One board pack.

Structured across four sprints — each a self-contained unit of real finance work. Your pace, no deadline.

Sprint 1

AI in the finance workflow

Learn which finance tasks AI accelerates, which require more oversight, and where it gets things wrong in finance-specific ways. You build a personal validation framework and run your first AI-assisted data clean on a real management accounts file.

→ Build: a structured prompt for financial analysis + a personal AI output validation checklist

Sprint 2

AI-assisted FP&A

Run variance analysis on real portfolio company data, build a three-scenario year-end model, and write a CFO memo that leads with a recommendation — not a data summary. The emphasis is commercial judgement, not just producing outputs.

→ Build: variance analysis + three-scenario model + CFO memo (recommendation-first)

Sprint 3

When AI gets it wrong

You diagnose a finance AI error that has already reached a stakeholder — a wrong EBITDA figure in a board pack, CFO on the phone. You write the correction, document root cause, build your AI-safe workflow, and design an automation for a recurring finance task.

→ Build: correction memo + AI-safe workflow + Power Automate flow for weekly management accounts

Sprint 4 — Capstone

The board pack

Sarah Chen, Finance Director, is on a flight. The board pack is due at 5pm. You own it. Three portfolio company P&Ls, full variance commentary, KPI performance, executive summary — plus one planted anomaly in PortCo A's revenue line you need to find before it reaches the board.

→ Build: a complete board pack — your portfolio piece, yours to keep and show

What you leave with

✓Completed board pack — Verdant Capital Partners Q3 (downloadable portfolio piece)

✓Personal AI validation checklist — finance-specific, yours to use at work

✓Power Automate workflow design for weekly management accounts

✓CFO memo — recommendation-first format you can use immediately

Inside the simulation

This is what it looks like
when you're inside a sprint

A real brief. Your AI tools. A deadline. Not a tutorial — a job to do.

autonomy-platform.com · AI for FP&A · Sprint 2

📋 Sprint brief

The CFO flagged a £2.3M discrepancy. Find it before the audit on Monday.

Verdant Capital Partners · FP&A team · Role: Senior Analyst

The automated Q3 close flagged a £2.3M variance between the P&L and the balance sheet. The external audit starts Monday. Your CFO needs to know the source, whether it's material, and what to tell the board — by end of day Friday.

Use AI to interrogate the entries, test your hypotheses, and draft the memo. The CFO will question your logic — make sure it holds.

Your deliverable

Trace the discrepancy to its source, assess materiality, and give the CFO the talking points she needs for Monday.

Your submission

Audit Memo — Verdant Capital Partners Q3 Close

The £2.3M variance traces to two intercompany entries incorrectly netted at consolidation: a £1.4M management fee accrual posted in OpCo but not eliminated at Group level, and a £0.9M FX revaluation that hit...

Using:

ChatGPT

Claude

📋

Real brief

A scenario, a stakeholder, a deadline

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Your AI tools

ChatGPT or Claude — free tiers work

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Assessed output

Evaluated against professional criteria

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Next sprint

Advance when you pass — no time limit

The track record

Built on a format that has already worked — at scale.

Autonomy is built on iO-Sphere's simulation-based training format — the same approach that has trained 700+ finance and data professionals at some of the UK's most demanding organisations.

BAE Systems PwC L'Oréal Bupa Uber NHS

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"I'm in HR so I went in thinking most of it wouldn't really apply to me, but I ended up automating parts of our HR process and building a system that flags people who might be ready for promotion — before that it was all just me trawling through spreadsheets."

Steph

HR professional

iO-Sphere alumni

How it compares

Career-grade outcomes.
Without the career break.

	Online courses	Autonomy	Bootcamps
Format	Video lectures, quizzes	Live simulation — real briefs, real assessment	Intensive classroom / cohort
Built for your role	—	✓ Finance-specific simulation	—
You produce real work	—	✓ Every sprint, every node	✓ Some programmes
Fits around work	✓	✓ Your pace, no deadlines	— Full-time commitment
What you walk away with	A certificate	A portfolio of real, assessed work	A certificate + project
Price	£25–£50/mo	£599 · includes AI Ready (worth £129)	£5,000–£15,000

Pricing

One price. Everything included.

£599

or 3 × £219

Lifetime access · no subscription

Included at no extra charge

AI Ready foundation

Normally £129 · yours free

✓Full AI for FP&A programme — 4 sprints, 15 nodes
✓AI Ready foundation included (£129 value)
✓Real-world Verdant Capital Partners simulation — finance function, senior analyst role
✓AI-assessed feedback on every submission
✓Portfolio of assessed work + verified credential
✓Your pace — no deadline, no cohort, progress saves automatically
✓Use your own AI tools — ChatGPT or Claude (free tier works fine)

Includes AI Ready foundation — normally £129, yours at no extra charge

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Questions

The things people usually ask

No. This programme is built for finance professionals, not developers. You bring your finance knowledge — AI handles the technical side. The only tools you need are a laptop and a free ChatGPT or Claude account.

Each sprint is a self-contained unit of real work. Your pace — no deadline, no fixed schedule. You advance when your output meets the professional standard, not when a timer runs out.

Good — you'll move faster. The skills diagnostic on day one maps what you already know and skips what you don't need. The programme is mastery-based, not time-based, so if you're already ahead in certain areas, you'll progress through those sprints quickly.

A portfolio of real, assessed finance work — 4 completed sprints including a capstone board pack — plus a verified credential from Autonomy. These are actual outputs you produced under real briefs, not certificates for watching videos. You can show them to a manager or use them to demonstrate capability in an interview.

Take the free AI Readiness Assessment first — it takes about 5 minutes and tells you where you stand and which programme fits. The programme is also mastery-based: you only advance when you've genuinely got it, so you'll know within Sprint 1 whether it's working for you. Questions before buying? Email [email protected] — you'll hear back from a real person.

AI Ready is Autonomy's foundation programme — normally £129, included free with AI for FP&A. It covers how to direct AI effectively, how to validate its outputs, and how to use it commercially without getting it wrong. It's designed to run before or alongside the specialist track, so you're not starting Finance from zero on the AI side.

Use AI to do your finance work better. Starting now.