Thomas Schenkelberg
Finance & AI sparring partner
AI Power Hour.
For Finance Leaders.
I've built and run finance teams for 20 years. Last year I put 700+ hours into building automations with AI.
Book a 1:1 working session: we take one real problem from your finance ops and get it running before the hour's over.
Who you'll be working with
Thomas Schenkelberg
- •20+ years building and running finance teams - Finance leader at various tech scaleups, Big 4 & Next 10 audit before that. CPA.
- •700+ hours hands-on with AI - real projects running in production for finance ops, not lab experiments
- •Skeptical practitioner - I test the tools on real finance work before I recommend them. You get what survived, not a tool list.
"I tried this yesterday, here's what happened."
Trusted by the CFO Community
Finance Collective DACH
FCD is a community of hundreds of CFOs from the DACH region.
Thomas moderates the AI Builders Group.
"I've stopped scrolling LinkedIn for AI-in-finance advice. Thomas is the person I call and he's the one our whole CFO community trusts.
He gets finance, he gets the tech, and he knows how to bridge the two for people who aren't developers. Fast, hands-on, no fluff. Just stuff that actually works."
Trusted by Finance Leaders
"I came to Thomas already AI-active in finance - ChatGPT, Claude Cowork, several Gems active on our Google Workspace, Lovable. Then he showed me Claude Code, and that was a whole different league. He turned a CFO into a coder.
Two new projects launched right after our first session (and a knowledge bot for our NGO, Female Finance Circle, set up by him - many thanks!).
What makes Thomas rare: deep expertise paired with the calm to make the technical side feel safe - and genuinely fun. The bigger shift isn't the tools, it's how I now think about what a finance team can build itself."
"What sets Thomas apart is the combination of deep domain knowledge in accounting, tax and FP&A with the ability to zoom out and think strategically about what can and should be automated with AI.
He doesn't ask you to rebuild everything from scratch. He looks at your existing system landscape and finds the process and insight improvements that are already within reach."
"Thomas combines decades of hands-on CFO experience with a genuine hunger to transform how finance professionals work with AI. What makes him rare is that he doesn't just talk about the future of finance, he helps you get there.
Working with Thomas shaped how I think about AI in my own finance organization, from strategy down to where to actually start. Deeply knowledgeable, but also a natural educator who meets you where you are."
Sound familiar?
Your team tried AI. Then went back to Excel. A ChatGPT tab, a half-built automation - then month-end close ate everything again.
AI FOMO. A new "must-use" AI tool every week. You don't need more options. You need to know which ones are really worth your time.
You feel like you're falling behind - and not spending enough time on AI. Board deck due, audit open, forecast slipped. "Experiment with AI" never makes it to today.
I've been through a lot of this.
Here's what 700+ hours taught me.
AI Tools Learnings
Dec 2025 · 16 slides
What worked and what didn't across the main AI tools for finance.
Claude Code - 4 Weeks
Feb 2026 · 12 slides
Four weeks with Claude Code as a non-developer CFO - and what it replaced.
AI Use Cases? Replace Excel.
Apr 2026 · 12 slides
Concrete finance use cases where AI takes over spreadsheet work.
Three steps. That's it.
Book a session
Pick a slot that works for you.
60-minute session
Bring a challenge, get concrete answers. AI knowledge meets finance reality.
Pay if valuable
If it was useful for you, I send an invoice. EUR 250. If not, no charge.
Book a session
Pick a slot that works for you.
60-minute session
Bring a challenge, get concrete answers. AI knowledge meets finance reality.
Pay if valuable
If it was useful for you, I send an invoice. EUR 250. If not, no charge.
What You Get from Me in 60 Minutes
We open your laptop, not a slide deck
- Bring your specific question or challenge (data cleansing, reporting, tooling)
- We work on it live - not theory, actual output
- Clear answers, and a clear path forward
An honest tool assessment
- 700+ hours invested across dozens of tools
- What works for your use case, what's a waste of money
- Zero fluff, no affiliate links
Actionable next steps
- Recommendations your team can act on this week
- Not a roadmap PDF, not a deck
- Specific steps, specific tools
Why a Power Hour beats the traditional routes
This is not a foot-in-the-door for an implementation project. I don't sell those. 1:1 sessions as you need them.
Ready for an AI Power Hour?
of focused 1:1 time
Working with a whole team?
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI Power Hour?
A focused 60-minute 1:1 working session. You bring one real problem from your finance operations - reporting, data cleanup, a tool decision - and we work on it live until it runs. No slides, no theory.
What does it cost?
EUR 250 per session, and you only pay if it was useful. You decide after the call. No contract, no commitment.
Who is it for?
Finance leaders at tech companies with 30-500 employees - CFOs, VPs of Finance, Heads of Finance - who want to apply AI to real finance work, not watch another demo.
Do I need to be technical?
No. I work with finance people, not developers. The point is to make AI usable in your daily finance operations, inside your own tools.
What can we cover in one session?
Cleaning and structuring data, building or speeding up reporting, deciding which AI tools are worth it, automating a recurring task, or getting a concrete next-step plan for your team.