ACO5160 Introduction to accounting analytics

This unit brings together accounting and data analytics that are integral to facilitating decision making. Learning centres on developing skills and expertise in data analytics for accounting and business intelligence. The unit will describe the IMPACT cycle of data analytics (identify the questions; master the data; perform test plan; address and refine results; communicate insights; track outcomes), with the process practiced in accounting contexts. Through considering how big data, artificial intelligence and robotics are impacting and shaping accounting, financial reporting and auditing, you will develop skills in summarising findings and constructing visualisations that can be shared with stakeholders. In so doing, you will identify questions, download data from, typically, enterprise databases using SQL and other methods, perform testing using common business applications such as Excel and PowerBI, and communicate the results in a hands-on environment.