AI is no longer a future concept for the accounting profession. It is already changing how transactions are captured, coded, approved, paid, reconciled and recorded. The opportunity is to remove repetitive work, freeing bookkeepers to focus on judgment, client advice and control. In this practical, Canada-focused session, we will take a journey through the past, present, and future of financial workflows. We will begin with the past: the familiar month-end process in which invoices, card expenses, bank transactions and accounting records live in separate systems, forcing finance teams to piece together what has already happened. Then the present: connected workflows that capture transaction context at the source, automate invoice and receipt processing, apply policy and tax checks, route approvals and reconcile activity continuously instead of at month-end. Finally, we will look ahead to agentic finance: systems that can prepare accounts for close, resolve unmatched transactions, identify anomalies, explain variances and escalate only the exceptions requiring professional judgment. Throughout, we will be clear about which tasks can be automated, which require review, and which should never run without human control. Using examples involving foreign currencies, international suppliers, multiple entities, audit evidence and Canadian operating realities, you will leave with a practical framework for modernizing financial workflows responsibly, with oversight, accountability and trust intact.