Most finance teams don’t notice the problem at first. It doesn’t show up as a system failure or a missed close. It shows up as something subtler: more transactions, more automation, more moving parts, and just a little less clarity than there used to be. At first, it feels like progress. Then it starts to feel like risk. The moment complexity … Read more
Insights from a live expert session with Mark D. McDonald, former Gartner research leader on AI in finance AI agents are no longer theoretical. Finance teams are already using them to retrieve data, trigger actions, and support decisions that were previously handled by people. What started as experimentation is quickly becoming embedded in day-to-day workflows. … Read more
AI in finance operations is not only changing how work gets done. It is redefining what “financial work” actually is. The changes taking place across finance today are often described in terms of automation and efficiency. But that framing misses what is actually happening. This is not simply a faster version of existing processes. It is the … Read more
Retail finance operates at an extraordinary scale, with millions of transactions flowing each day across point-of-sale systems, e-commerce platforms, payment providers, and supply chain networks. Each transaction generates data that must be reconciled into a single, accurate financial record. This complexity is not new, but it is becoming harder to manage. Recent survey data shows that retail finance teams are experiencing more disruption … Read more
AI didn’t arrive in finance as a project. It showed up incrementally, inside the tools you already use and the workflows you assume haven’t changed. And what started as incremental improvements has quietly reshaped how financial work gets done. Each of these changes feels small in isolation. Together, they have already changed how financial work gets done. The shift is structural, even if it’s hard to … Read more
Finance is entering a period of rapid change. According to new Gartner® research, the technology environment finance teams will operate in by 2030 will look fundamentally different from today. Conversational interfaces, AI-powered models, and intelligent agents are reshaping how finance work gets done and shifting where finance delivers its greatest value. The message for CFOs is clear: this transformation is already underway, … Read more
(As featured in CFO Tech Outlook) Profit variability has become one of the most persistent challenges facing CFOs. As enterprises move faster and financial complexity increases, small breakdowns in visibility can quietly compound into material performance risk. In a recent featured article for CFO Tech Outlook, we examined how leading finance teams are responding to … Read more
Volatility has changed what margin analysis needs to do. When tariffs can swing input costs overnight, when liquidity is strained by buy-ahead inventory decisions, and when cost-cutting must occur without disrupting the business, finance teams cannot afford to discover margin issues after the close. They need a way to detect margin leakage early enough to act, … Read more
The cost of inaction is rising. Gartner estimates that 3–8% of EBITDA is lost annually to leakage, missed opportunities, and margin inefficiencies. But the culprit isn’t bad leadership—it’s limited visibility. Traditional tools weren’t built to unify operations at enterprise speed. And when blind spots go undetected, profits quietly bleed. This is why finance leaders are rebuilding the enterprise architecture beneath their tech stack. As Karthik Manimozhi, … Read more
AI adoption in finance is no longer a matter of if; it’s a matter of when and how fast. According to our latest MindBridge CFO AI Adoption Survey, a full 80% of finance teams have already moved beyond research and are actively using AI to improve operations, identify risk, and drive better decision-making. This shift … Read more
In a landscape where AI is reshaping every aspect of financial decision-making, one principle rises above the rest: trust isn’t optional—it’s earned. For finance teams and auditors alike, “black box” AI is no longer acceptable. You need systems that not only deliver insights but also show exactly how those insights came to life. Gartner predicts … Read more
Artificial intelligence is reshaping every corner of finance—and AI-powered decision intelligence tools now sit at the center of that transformation. From revenue protection to profit optimization, finance teams are using decision intelligence use cases to turn data into strategic action. Far beyond dashboards and static reports, decision intelligence combines advanced analytics and AI to turn … Read more
