Course Overview

Format

7.5 Hours (Live-Online across 3 deep-dive courses)

Credential Earned

Certificate of Applied AI Proficiency

2.1 Safe Navigation & The Art of the Prompt

Learn the rules and safeguards required to use AI safely in a regulated financial environment.

Data Privacy Perimeter

Enterprise Copilot keeps all data inside your organisation's secure tenant — unlike public AI tools.

Zero-Leak Protocol

Remove PII, use anonymised client labels, and apply the Principle of Least Privilege to prevent internal data leakage.

Human-in-the-Loop

All AI-generated figures must be manually verified against primary financial sources ("Trust but Verify").

Regulatory Alignment

AI usage is mapped to POPIA, FICA, FAIS, including record-keeping, fair disclosure, and duty of care.

Prompt Mastery

Learn clarity, context, sequencing, constraints, roles, and iterative refinement to produce accurate, compliant outputs.

2.2 The Communication Engine (Word + Outlook)

Transform documents and emails into clear, professional, audit-ready communication.

Grounded Drafting

Never draft from scratch; reference existing documents to maintain accuracy and compliance.

Intelligent Editing

Use Rewrite/Tone tools to simplify regulatory language without changing the facts.

Outlook Summarization

Extract action items, deadlines, and client concerns from long email threads.

Word + Outlook Integration

Pull insights from email threads directly into formal reports.

Audit-Ready Controls

Use Citation Check to prevent hallucinated figures and tag all AI-assisted drafts for compliance.

2.3 The Insight Engine (Excel + Teams)

Shift from manual data work to automated analysis, forecasting, and collaborative intelligence.

Excel Analysis via Natural Language

Identify trends, patterns, sectors, and outliers without formulas.

Formula Generation & What-If Modelling

Describe logic in plain English; Copilot builds complex calculations for you.

Teams Meeting Intelligence

Auto-capture decisions, action items, conflicting viewpoints, and discussion summaries.

Logic & Privacy Controls

Validate formulas with "Explain Formula" and use the Transcript Rule for compliant meeting capture.

Integrated Simulation

Analyse data → debate insights → generate an Investment Committee Memo using Teams + Excel + Word.

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