Chief Financial Officer (CFO) stories
Finance teams could cut manual work and speed decisions as Sage Intacct rolls out AI tools for billing, payables and analytics.
Strategic deployment, rather than bigger budgets, is emerging as the key way finance chiefs can turn AI into revenue and margin gains.
Finance teams can now track AI spend against business results in real time, as firms face pressure to justify rising budgets.
Many finance chiefs are seeing efficiency gains from AI, but slower rollouts and weak decision-making returns are worrying boards.
The hire puts pressure on Infios to balance expansion with tighter margins as the software group pushes deeper into international markets.
The software group is reshaping its senior team as it seeks faster growth across virtual labs, training and AI-related services.
Higher-margin software and services lifted Westcon-Comstor's FY26 sales and profit, with recurring revenue now making up 68% of gross sales.
A finance handover comes as Skillsoft sells Global Knowledge and sharpens its focus on skills management and workplace learning.
As cash use falls, the charity is bolstering its digital giving model with two senior hires to support growth in micro-donations.
The retailer now has a single payments view across five markets, helping it cut fragmentation and prepare for Black Friday demand.
Irish fintechs are helping finance chiefs cut costs, speed up funding decisions and ease compliance across capital, accounting and payments.
Finance teams can now see cash flow and other key measures in real time, as Iplicit rolls out a beta AI analytics suite.
Employees could soon spend far less time on claims, as the new system cuts expense report preparation from 30 minutes to under five.
Many Australian firms are failing to turn AI pilots into scalable gains because scattered tools are outpacing governance and business context.
The new platform should improve reporting and data access across Genesis's operations as it pushes a wider finance transformation and energy transition.
Many firms are foregoing interest and leaving surplus funds idle, as 64% of UK SMEs keep some or all cash reserves in current accounts.
Enterprises can now build governed multi-agent AI systems in days rather than months, with the first release hosted on Microsoft Azure.
Lesser-known ERP tools are already cutting month-end work, from reconciliation and AP to forecasting, if the data underneath is clean enough.
The hires bolster Accordion's push into AI-driven finance work for private equity clients as demand grows for tighter reporting and faster exits.
Audit committees now want earlier, clearer updates from finance chiefs as volatility makes late reporting a bigger governance risk.