OpenAI and PwC to Deploy AI Agents Across CFO Workflows: what changed

OpenAI and PwC announced a collaboration to reimagine the office of the chief financial officer by deploying AI agents that automate finance workflows, surface risks and support decision‑making. The partners said the work will incorporate governance and human oversight into agent design to help ensure controls and accountability as these tools are introduced into finance functions. The collaboration targets a wide range of finance processes: planning, forecasting, reporting, procurement, payments, treasury, tax and the accounting close. PwC and OpenAI are already prototyping a procurement agent inside OpenAI’s finance organization as an initial proof point for automating routine tasks and accelerating transaction workflows.

OpenAI has previously applied its models, including ChatGPT and Codex, across investor relations, treasury, tax, reporting, corporate development and contract review. PwC will use those internal learnings to help build additional finance agents and adapt the prototypes for broader enterprise use, translating OpenAI’s early deployments into scalable solutions for clients. The partners position the effort as a way to modernize the CFO function by automating repetitive work, improving forecasting and strengthening controls while retaining human oversight of decisions. PwC’s involvement aims to move the collaboration from internal pilot projects toward tools that enterprises can adopt to streamline finance operations and manage risk.