How AI is transforming corporate finance

The role of the CFO is rapidly evolving due to the volatile business environment, requiring agility and proactive scenario planning. According to a recent survey, most companies missed their financial targets last year, highlighting the need for finance leaders to anticipate and move faster than the market. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool to meet this challenge, enabling smarter, faster, and more strategic decision-making. AI agents, in particular, can operate continuously in the background, handling complex tasks with minimal human intervention, and will become essential tools in the finance function. The introduction of AI agents has opened new doors to autonomous planning, real-time insights, and proactive risk mitigation, allowing CFOs to stay one step ahead of the fast-moving business environment. To make smart investments in AI, CFOs must understand their business and what they aim to achieve, have the right foundations in place, and work alongside their CTOs and CIOs to ensure their data foundations are sound. The opportunity to become an AI-empowered finance organization is there for the taking, and CFOs who delay risk being outpaced by competitors who are already harnessing AI to steer their companies with precision.