Focus: Turning OUSW(C) audit strategy into measurable execution outcomes. As OUSW(C) leadership outlines the Department’s audit acceleration strategy, how are financial leaders operationalizing it across the enterprise? This panel will explore how Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics are being applied to Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) efforts to reduce manual testing, identify control deficiencies earlier, and accelerate remediation timelines. Panelists will discuss: How AI enhances substantive and controls-based testing Using automation to reduce repeat findings and material weaknesses Practical lessons from deploying AI within FIAR initiatives Governance considerations and audit defensibility. This session bridges policy and practice—demonstrating how strategy becomes execution through intelligent technology.