Accounting Information System: Connecting Careers, Systems, and Analytics, 2nd Edition
By Arline Savage, Danielle Brannock and Alicja Foksinska Arnold
Written by an author team uniquely composed of educators and practitioners, Accounting Information Systems, 2nd Edition offers a modern approach that helps students understand how course concepts are applied in the workforce and why developing these skills are so important. By incorporating their own experience and showcasing real world applications through Sample LinkedIn Job Posts and resources like the Featured Professionals video series, the authors connect course concepts to industry, allowing for greater understanding and helping students see the different opportunities a career in AIS can provide.
Within the course, students will have the opportunity to practice and apply core concepts through scaffolded homework problems, WileyPLUS Adaptive Assignments, and Julia’s Cookies – a flexible running case with 19 unique data sets and Tableau and Excel exercises. Integrated analysis questions that take a tool-agnostic approach are also available to promote critical thinking and communication skills in the end of chapter materials. Through scenario-based learning and the incorporation of data analysis applications, Accounting Information Systems helps students learn how to think critically and make informed business decisions.
With a practical perspective and high-quality bank of assessments and practice opportunities, this text has been written to help inspire and prepare the next generation of accounting professionals.
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Connecting Classroom and Career
Featured Professional Videos showcase real accounting professionals discussing their career paths, how they apply course concepts in their day-to-day business, and the professional skills they developed to get to where they are.
Sample LinkedIn Job Posts at the start of each chapter highlight various career paths related to AIS, as well as the skills needed to achieve those positions, helping students see the relevance in what they’re learning.
Supporting Student Learning
Adaptive Assignments close knowledge gaps and scaffold learning with immediate feedback, in-line instruction, and remediation for struggling students.
Chapter Lecture Videos feature the authors walking students through key course concepts to reinforce understanding and promote long term retention.
Developing In-Demand Data Analytics Skills
Data Analysis Technology Bootcamps help students develop foundational data analytics software skills in Excel, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, and Tableau. Each bootcamp features video walkthroughs, auto-graded knowledge check questions, and application problems with video solutions.
Julia’s Cookies Tableau & Excel End-of-Chapter Cases are available for each chapter and provide students with an opportunity to practice their data analysis skills. Each case comes with a Tableau data file, plan, and series of questions and actions for students to complete. Alternative Excel versions of these cases are available in WileyPLUS.
What’s new in the text:
- Updated chapter opening LinkedIn Job Posts and salaries for currency and relevancy.
- New discussions of AI integrated into Chapter 7.
- Significant updating of Fraud coverage in Chapter 15, including new findings from the recent ACFE Report to the Nations.
- New ESG features with accompanying end of chapter questions.
- New Business Process and Risk Focused mini cases for select chapters are based on news stories about real companies and the risks that they are currently facing. Students are given an opportunity to use critical thinking to apply their knowledge of internal controls to these real stories by addressing the risks discussed. Auto-graded multiple-choice questions are available, as well as discussion questions for essay responses and in-class discussion.
What’s new in WileyPLUS:
- New Gradable Excel problems in WileyPLUS help students build their Excel skills within an accounting context. Each problem is auto-graded and provides cell-level feedback for enhanced understanding.
- New and updated author-created Lecture Videos.
- Extensive updates to the Julia’s Cookies Tableau & Excel End-of-Chapter Cases including new data sets, questions, and accounting specific applications.
- Updated and new end of chapter questions to enhance problem material depth and variety.
Arline Savage, PHD, CA, is a Professor, and the Sallie W. Dean Endowed Professor in Accounting in the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She has taught a wide variety of courses across multiple countries, including her birthplace of South Africa, Canada, and the United States. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards, most recently the 2021 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for exceptional accomplishments in teaching. Arline received her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in accounting from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. She began teaching at UAB in 2012 and has served as chair of the Accounting and Finance department. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy.
Arline’s research in accounting education has received international recognition. She has published more than forty academic and professional publications, as well as two scholarly books and two other textbooks. She is a past President of the Accounting Information Systems Educator Association and founding Editor-in-Chief of the AIS Educator Journal.
As a Chartered Accountant (CA), Arline has worked as an auditor and accountant for one of the biggest CPA firms, as well as at General Motors. She has also consulted or served as an accounting advisor on various accounting and finance projects in the wholesale food, apparel, engineering, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. She brings these experiences to her classroom to provide real-world context to her students and prepare them for success in the accounting profession.
Danielle Brannock, CPA, CSPO, leads the Internal Audit Data Analytics team at Intuitive, and specializes in continuous monitoring, fraud analytics, and process improvement.
Danielle is a licensed CPA in the state of Georgia, a certified Core Alteryx Designer, and a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), which is a project management certification for Agile and scrum software development frameworks. Prior to starting at Intuitive, Danielle performed internal audit data analytics at WestRock and Invesco after a career in external audit data analytics at both PwC and EY.
Danielle was named the 2020 Young Accounting Alum of the Year and 2015 Outstanding Accounting Undergraduate Student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and was the recipient of the 2015 Alabama Society of CPA’s Accounting Achievement Award.
With a passion for public speaking, teaching, and advocating for inclusivity, Danielle has been presenting at conferences and in classrooms since 2016. Danielle is a past board member of the Beta Alpha Psi international organization and served as an officer of the Delta Chi chapter while studying at UAB.
Danielle has a BS in accountancy and an AAS in paralegal research. Currently Danielle is pursuing an MIS in computer science at Boston University’s part-time online program, while working full-time, writing books, and managing a household of humans, dogs, cats, and jumping spiders. There are over 300 board games on the shelf in Danielle’s home office.
Alicja Foksinska Arnold, CISA, CFE, has been Lead IT Auditor at Protective Life Corporation since 2015. At Protective, Alicja spearheaded the creation of data analytics, visualization, and storytelling efforts in the (world’s greatest) Internal Audit department, becoming the data specialist of the team. She is currently managing and maturing the newly created Data Analytics shop. Alicja is also an instructor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where she teaches classes in accounting information systems and data visualization for business.
Alicja earned BS degrees in information systems and in management (business administration) from UAB. She also earned an MS in business analytics from Indiana University. In addition to being a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Alicja is a certified Tableau Desktop Specialist.
She serves on the board of directors of a local chapter of ISACA (Birmingham, Alabama) as the current President, where she leads more than 300 IT audit, risk, compliance, and governance professionals.
Alicja is a recipient of the UAB Rising Star Award and a graduate of the Momentum Upward Leadership Program, which is Alabama’s premier women’s leadership program. She is a past Senior Data Fellow for the Magic City Data Collective program, which is a community partnership that creates a pipeline of students who are uniquely qualified for jobs in the data industry.
Outside of the profession, Alicja serves on The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs’ Junior Board and is one of the Co-Chairs of the Collat Young Alumni Council.
Alicja is an immigrant from Poland who enjoys celebrating her Polish culture. She loves spending time with her wonderful family, raising awareness and advocating for individuals with Down syndrome, and immersing herself in different cultures through travel.
Part 1: Foundations of AIS 1. Accounting as Information 2. Risks and Risk Assessments 3. Risk Management and Internal Controls 4. Software and Systems 5. Data Storage and Analysis 6. Designing Systems and Databases 7. Emerging and Disruptive Technologies 8. Documenting Systems and Processes Part II: Business Processes 9. Human Resources and Payroll Processes 10. Purchasing and Payments Processes 11. Conversion Processes 12. Marketing, Sales, and Collections Processes 13. Financial Reporting Processes Part III: Risk Assurance 14. Information Systems and Controls 15. Fraud 16. Cybersecurity Part IV: Technology and Analytics 17. Data Analytics 18. Data Visualization Glossary Index Online Chapter 19. Audit Assurance