The Army Materiel Command (AMC) is responsible for the Army Working Capital Fund (AWCF) and the day-to-day implementation of the financial improvement and audit readiness (FIAR) program. AMC is in pursuit of an audit opinion on the AWCF financial statements, as required by the Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of 1990 and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The NDAA for FY24 mandates an unmodified (clean) audit opinion by December 2028. The pursuit of an audit opinion has been a long journey for the Department of War and the U.S. Army as they have undergone transformation related to implementing audit compliant systems, re-engineering business processes, and executing large data-cleanup efforts. AMC has made significant progress on this journey, as evidenced by six material weakness downgrades and four significant deficiency closures in the last three years. This program will focus on highlighting AMC's progression on this journey, to include the use of automation and AI to take advantage of available technologies that make labor-intensive processes more efficient and create operational efficiencies to the warfighter, as well as produce more accurate and useful data to AMC and HQ Army Senior Leaders for decision making.