How CFOs Are Preparing for the Future of Finance

Real data. Real strategies. Actionable insights from global finance leaders.

Free Executive Summary

What’s Shaping the Finance Function of Tomorrow

Finance is shifting rapidly – but how are CFOs really responding?

To understand where the momentum is heading, we surveyed CFOs and senior finance leaders around the world to understand:

  • Current investment trends in analytics, AI, and automation
  • The finance processes leaders expect to fully automate by 2030
  • Roadblocks slowing execution, and the strategies that cut through
  • Skill gaps limiting transformation
  • The AI-driven opportunities emerging in the next five years

This executive summary distils the key findings into a powerful snapshot for CFOs navigating change.

Upgrade To The Full CFO Technology & AI Insights Report

Every CFO asks the same questions during transformation:

  • Where do we start?
  • What are other finance teams doing?
  • Are we ahead, or are we falling behind?

This exclusive report gives you the answers, drawn from deep analysis of our survey responses from CFOs across multiple industries.

What’s Inside the Full Report

  • 100+ pages of data, trends, insights, and takeaways
  • Fully interactive Power BI dashboards that you can use for your own analyses
  • Benchmarks on AI, automation, Power BI, budgeting and forecasting, and ESG readiness
  • Analysis by company size, industry, and tech maturity
  • Charts, visualisations, and sector breakdowns for your internal use
  • Real-world examples of what CFOs are automating first, why and the impact

What CFOs Are Saying

Bonus Content Included with the Full Report

Video Snippets from the Executive Briefing (value: $900)

Key moments from our exclusive client presentation of the survey findings.

Finance AI Opportunity Blueprint (value: $400)

A 1-page action plan showing where CFOs are using AI today, and where it’s heading next.

AI Use Case Library for Finance (value: $2,000)

30 practical, ready-to-implement AI examples for finance teams.

Finance Technology Readiness Scorecard (value: $500)

A comprehensive survey to assess your organisation’s maturity across the 4 critical pillars of AI: data, tools, skills and execution.

Plus: Bonus Subscription to The CFO Access Podcast (value: priceless!)

Interviews with leading CFOs and those who support them about how they’re creating and shaping the future of finance.

Total value of Bonus Content: $3,800

Choose Your Report Package

Report Only

$2,499
  • Full report + Interactive Power BI Dashboard + $3,800 of bonus materials

Briefing Package

$3,999
  • Everything above + personalised 60-minute strategy briefing with a senior Access Analytic consultant

AI Strategy Accelerator

$6,999
  • Everything above + half-day customised AI strategy workshop for your leadership team (virtual or in-person)

Why This Matters Now

CFOs are under increasing pressure to deliver deeper insights and more strategic value, streamline processes and accelerate automation – all with fewer resources.

This report gives you the clarity, benchmarks, and practical guidance to lead that transformation with confidence.

The $1.4 Trillion Execution Gap

A recent CFO.com article revealed that global finance functions are losing up to $1.4 trillion due to inefficiency and inaction.

How much is inefficiency costing your organisation?

Our research confirms this trend, but we go deeper. We show how CFOs are bridging that gap, what’s working, and how you can use these insights to improve your organisation.

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Take the next step and join hundreds of CFOs already using these insights to lead with confidence.