Contributed by AI business strategist Nicholas Saller, Owner, Saller Strategic Advisors, LLC
In accounting, AI doesn’t need to be flashy to be powerful. The real wins are happening in the background: cleaner workflows, faster turnarounds, clearer documentation, and fewer late-night rework marathons.
The good news is that you don’t have to be an “AI person” or rebuild your tech stack to benefit. You can start with a handful of practical, repeatable plays that fit the work you already do. That’s what these AI play cards are designed to give you.
Each play focuses on accounting grade AI: AI that can help consistently improve a workflow in a meaningful way, offer ROI, and keep risk controlled. It’s about turning everyday tasks into better versions of themselves. More precise. More consistent. Easier to review.
I’ve designed these exercises to be approachable and applicable. They help you tighten prompts, define clear quality checks, and lock in the human review steps that keep your work professional. In short, they take you from the simplest starting point for useful outcomes to a sustainable growth pattern that puts wins on your books without increasing risk in your workflows.
Your goal is to do the exercises, master the skills, then decide how they apply to your workflows. The result? ROI that can build over time without risk.
If you’re a strong AI user, I still encourage you to start with the simplest exercise first, since the skills build on each other with each successive exercise.
Let’s get to work.
About the contributor
Hi, I’m Nicholas Saller, the AI business strategist who makes the intersection where AI and business meet – actually make sense. When ChatGPT launched, I already had 9 years of experience implementing AI in business. Now, I have 11 years in AI and 31 years in building businesses. I’m proud to have built a strong foundation through: teaching AI to over 8,000 professionals, multiple AI speaking engagements, serving as an AI Automation college extension course content creator, a corporate AI trainer large companies domestic and abroad, an AI automator, group founder, and community creator, and as an AI advisor to businesses.
