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AI, Technology & Innovation

AI and Accounting in Retail (On-Demand - Wasny)

DELIVERY FORMAT
Online On-Demand
SEMINAR TYPE
PD Seminar

Overview

This course provides a concise overview of how artificial intelligence is transforming financial strategies, tax compliance, and auditing practices across the retail sector.

 
Access expires 180 days from purchase date

Course Description

Participants will explore 20 big-picture AI trends reshaping retail, from hyper-personalized marketing and dynamic pricing to supply chain automation and omnichannel integration. The program examines advanced applications in real-time SKU-level margin analysis, AI-powered lease accounting, inventory costing optimization, tax nexus monitoring, and fraud detection. Special attention is given to “Black Ledger” impacts - subtle, algorithm-driven shifts in recognition, valuation, and compliance that only seasoned accounting professionals anticipate. Through practical strategies and governance frameworks, attendees will learn how to implement AI responsibly, ensuring ethical, transparent, and regulation-ready deployment that strengthens financial insight and competitive positioning.

Applicable for

Retail accountants, auditors, finance leaders, and technology strategists seeking to harness AI for stronger financial performance and compliance.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze AI-driven retail finance trends and implications
  • Evaluate AI’s role in optimizing tax, accounting, and auditing processes
  • Identify accounting challenges unique to retail AI adoption
  • Apply AI tools to solve hidden financial and operational issues
  • Assess risks and opportunities in Black Ledger impacts
  • Formulate practical AI integration and governance strategies
  • Develop frameworks for ethical, compliant AI use in retail finance

Content

  • AI revolution in retail: 20 transformative trends
  • AI impact on retail tax, accounting, and auditing
  • Challenges of AI adoption in retail finance functions
  • Solutions for under-the-radar retail accounting pain points
  • Black Ledger effects and hidden AI financial impacts
  • Practical strategies for AI integration in retail accounting
  • Governance, ethics, and compliance considerations

Course Content Created: August 2025

The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.

Presenter

Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP

About This Product

On-Demand Courses by Garrett Wasny. Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP is an independent digital skills advisor to accountants worldwide. His courses focus on the intersection of accounting and technology, and provide guidance to practitioners on how to prosper in this dynamic age. The sessions demystify emerging cloud, mobile, and social applications, and explain in plain language how financial professionals can use these online tools to build trust, solve problems, and create new value. The presentations reveal how practitioners can build on their core knowledge as financial stewards and develop new digital competencies as strategic advisors, cross-domain thinkers, and integrated reporters. You’ll walk away from his courses future-ready, tech-powered, and technically prepared to take on a storm of business disruption.

Please note that not all on-demand courses include downloadable materials such as course notes or slides.

How to get started

Upon completion of purchase, go to mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.

What you can expect 

An optional exercise will be available to further your learning.

Course Dates & Registration

Available on-demand. 180-day access from purchase date.
Available
Available on-demand. 180-day access from purchase date.
Past
Course Details
Cost
$89
Members
$99
Non-Members
Eligible Hours
2
CPD Hours
0
Ethics Hours
0
AML Hours
Passport
3
Credits
Special Notes
Access to all paid on-demand learning courses will be for 180 days from the date of purchase. Please disregard any reference to the dates of either August 31 or March 31 which is for internal purposes only.

Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.

AI, Technology & Innovation

AI and Accounting in Retail (On-Demand - Wasny)

DELIVERY FORMAT
Online On-Demand
SEMINAR TYPE
PD Seminar
Course Details
Cost
$89
Members
$99
Non-Members
Eligible Hours
2
CPD Hours
0
Ethics Hours
0
AML Hours
Passport
3
Credits

Overview

This course provides a concise overview of how artificial intelligence is transforming financial strategies, tax compliance, and auditing practices across the retail sector.

 
Access expires 180 days from purchase date

Course Description

Participants will explore 20 big-picture AI trends reshaping retail, from hyper-personalized marketing and dynamic pricing to supply chain automation and omnichannel integration. The program examines advanced applications in real-time SKU-level margin analysis, AI-powered lease accounting, inventory costing optimization, tax nexus monitoring, and fraud detection. Special attention is given to “Black Ledger” impacts - subtle, algorithm-driven shifts in recognition, valuation, and compliance that only seasoned accounting professionals anticipate. Through practical strategies and governance frameworks, attendees will learn how to implement AI responsibly, ensuring ethical, transparent, and regulation-ready deployment that strengthens financial insight and competitive positioning.

Applicable for

Retail accountants, auditors, finance leaders, and technology strategists seeking to harness AI for stronger financial performance and compliance.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze AI-driven retail finance trends and implications
  • Evaluate AI’s role in optimizing tax, accounting, and auditing processes
  • Identify accounting challenges unique to retail AI adoption
  • Apply AI tools to solve hidden financial and operational issues
  • Assess risks and opportunities in Black Ledger impacts
  • Formulate practical AI integration and governance strategies
  • Develop frameworks for ethical, compliant AI use in retail finance

Content

  • AI revolution in retail: 20 transformative trends
  • AI impact on retail tax, accounting, and auditing
  • Challenges of AI adoption in retail finance functions
  • Solutions for under-the-radar retail accounting pain points
  • Black Ledger effects and hidden AI financial impacts
  • Practical strategies for AI integration in retail accounting
  • Governance, ethics, and compliance considerations

Course Content Created: August 2025

The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.

Presenter

Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP

About This Product

On-Demand Courses by Garrett Wasny. Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP is an independent digital skills advisor to accountants worldwide. His courses focus on the intersection of accounting and technology, and provide guidance to practitioners on how to prosper in this dynamic age. The sessions demystify emerging cloud, mobile, and social applications, and explain in plain language how financial professionals can use these online tools to build trust, solve problems, and create new value. The presentations reveal how practitioners can build on their core knowledge as financial stewards and develop new digital competencies as strategic advisors, cross-domain thinkers, and integrated reporters. You’ll walk away from his courses future-ready, tech-powered, and technically prepared to take on a storm of business disruption.

Please note that not all on-demand courses include downloadable materials such as course notes or slides.

How to get started

Upon completion of purchase, go to mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.

What you can expect 

An optional exercise will be available to further your learning.

Course Dates & Registration

Available on-demand. 180-day access from purchase date.
Available
Available on-demand. 180-day access from purchase date.
Past
Special Notes
Access to all paid on-demand learning courses will be for 180 days from the date of purchase. Please disregard any reference to the dates of either August 31 or March 31 which is for internal purposes only.

Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.