Workforce planning tool

Accounting Practice AI Automation & Cost Model

Estimated automatable workload by core process

Derived from the task-level autonomy analysis in the research. These are planning estimates, not measured productivity results.

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Estimated automatable workload by core process

Fixed planning estimates

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Editable cost assumptions

AUD per year

60%

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Financial summary

Indicative annual values

Current labour cost$440,000
Automatable workload value$268,400
Potential net annual saving$131,040
Net saving vs current labour cost29.8%

Planning rates: 60% for Australian professional staff and 82% for outsourced roles. These rates are fixed and are not averages of the process estimates.

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Indicative workload automation

Detailed task boundary

Core role / processPotential automationMain AI / automation workHuman-controlled portion

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How to interpret the financial result

The model does not assume that 70% task automation equals a 70% staff reduction. The realisation control accounts for retained review, professional judgement, exception handling, client service, capacity growth and implementation friction.