The 3 phases of AI Maturity in accounting

Name: The 3 phases of AI maturity in accounting
Start: 2026-06-18

Jun

18

12

PM ET

9

AM PT

About

“But how are people actually using AI?” is the question on everyone’s mind.

Maybe you've been trying to figure out where AI fits in your day-to-day. Maybe you've already started experimenting—a custom GPT for journal entries, ChatGPT for variance commentary, a homegrown script or two. Either way, you're probably wondering where this actually leads, what comes next, and how to plan your team and skills for what's ahead.

This session will break down the 3 phases of AI Maturity for Accounting along with the pros and cons of each.

Armen Aklian, CPA and Controller at Kinter, sits at the intersection of accounting practice and the AI agents Kinter is building for finance teams. In this forward-looking session, he shares an honest, practitioner-first view of AI use in accounting.

You’ll leave with a clearer picture of how people are using AI and which phase of adoption is right for you.

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When

June 18th, 2026

At

12

PM ET

9

AM PT

What we'll cover

WHY HOMEMADE AI HITS A CEILING

Most finance teams are already experimenting with ChatGPT, Claude, and homegrown scripts. They work—until they don’t. Where homemade AI stalls: audit trails, hallucinations on real numbers, data governance, maintenance, and the institutional knowledge that leaves when the accountant who built it does.

WHAT ENGINEERED AI UNLOCKS

What changes when agents are built like software for finance—with memory, learning, audit trails, and proper integrations. Where engineered agents shine today across recon, AP/AR, and close, what’s still being built, and the new audit and controls questions every controller should be asking.

THE COPILOT TRAP

Most teams who say they're "using AI" are really in the middle phase — close management tools, expense platforms, and ChatGPT for variance commentary. They surface anomalies and orchestrate the close, but humans still own every write-back. Where the copilot phase helps, where it stalls, and how to tell when you've outgrown it.

Speaker

Armen Aklian, CPA

Controller, Kinter.ai

Accounting is a position of trust.

The future isn’t about replacing accountants.
It’s about giving them leverage—without asking them to compromise standards.

Kinter was built for the teams who carry that responsibility every day.

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