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Reconciliation Part 3: Making AI Instructions Permanent

Same prompt, different result. Why AI output varies even when your input doesn't - and how making your instructions permanent narrows the gap. Personal Preferences vs Claude Projects: what each does and which to use.

May 2026

Reconciliation Part 2: Giving AI the Right Guardrails

The exact instruction blocks that tell Claude how to prepare a reconciliation -and why the gap between AI output and review-ready output is a prompt design problem.

Apr 2026

The Hidden Cost of AI Supervision

For every 10 hours AI saves, nearly 4 are spent checking and fixing its work. The Secret CFO finding -and what it means for finance teams building AI into their workflows.

Apr 2026

AI for Reconciliations: The Underrated Use Case

Financial modelling gets the likes. But reconciliations are where teams actually lose hours each month -and AI handles them well. Why this is one of the best use cases for accounting teams.

Mar 2026

Turn Claude into Your Personal SQL Expert

Four steps to set up Claude Projects so it remembers your database, your queries, and your logic -every time you need to pull data.

Mar 2026

Why AI Results Vary in Finance

Five reasons finance professionals get different results from AI -and what to do about it. Right tool, paid models, reps, context, and avoiding the moonshot.

Feb 2026

AI and Finance Jobs: The Jevons Paradox

Email was supposed to give us more leisure time. AI is following the same pattern -work isn't shrinking, it's changing. What that means for finance teams.

Feb 2026

Claude Code: End-to-End Workflows for Finance

How Claude Code enables complete finance workflows -from downloading financial statements to producing Excel and PDF outputs -without switching between apps.

Feb 2026

Claude in Excel: Where the Real Value Is

Most people assume AI in Excel is about building models. The real value is understanding the nightmare spreadsheet you just inherited.

Feb 2026

The AI Hype Cycle in Finance

AI in finance went from Mr Frosty-level disappointment to actually delivering. What changed, and why the boy who cried wolf moment might finally be real.

Feb 2026