Peril and promise: The high-stakes CFO challenge of AI adoption

CFOs are in danger of falling prey to bated-breath predictions of how AI will transform humankind more profoundly than prior bold leaps in technology.

By Jim Tyson • July 9, 2026

Finance salaries rise 6% amid talent crunch: Controllers Council

Competitive pay ranks as the top strategy organizations are using to attract and retain finance professionals.

By Alexei Alexis • July 8, 2026

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Spend management innovation yields equity value

Spend management technology is about attracting talented staff, reducing compliance problems and scaling back-office operations in a way that creates value. 

By CFO Dive staff

AlphaSense CFO talks metrics, hiring and consumption-based pricing

The company is delivering hypergrowth at scale, which requires CFO Samantha Greenberg to be more thoughtful about key metrics, she said.

By Grace Noto • July 8, 2026

Digital ID and payments turn to your face

As mobile devices and government regulators embrace facial recognition technology, your face is becoming both wallet and identification.

By Justin Bachman • July 7, 2026

SpaceX acquisition target launches CFO council to crack AI’s ROI puzzle

The effort by AI coding platform Cursor is aimed at achieving a shared framework for making AI investments “more measurable, predictable and efficient.”

By Alexei Alexis • July 7, 2026

Data ‘tollgating’ compounds SaaS cost headaches for CFOs

Organizations are getting stuck with unexpected IT costs as the data they thought they owned is being sold back to them by vendors, Deloitte said.

By Alexei Alexis • July 7, 2026

Tech accounts for nearly a third of US layoffs in H1: Challenger

Sector job cuts jumped 83% from January through June on a year-over-year basis as AI rattles the workforce.

By Alexei Alexis • July 1, 2026

Anthropic tie-up is a ‘step change,’ KPMG exec says

KPMG announced a global alliance with Anthropic in May, shortly after the AI giant lauched new Claude financial agents.  

By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 30, 2026

Before turning tax work over to AI, ask these 4 questions

AI-fueled errors can be polished and seemingly authoritative — making them especially treacherous in accounting, writes Thomson Reuters’ David Wong.

By David Wong • June 30, 2026

Firms with concrete AI strategies beat peers in stock gains, study finds

Investors tend to reward companies that set clear and quantified AI objectives over those relying on vague narratives, according to the analysis.

By Alexei Alexis • June 30, 2026

Autonomous FP&A is here. Is your governance infrastructure ready?

A key question for CFOs: with AI playing an increasing role in decision-making, what is the impact on accountability?

June 29, 2026

Why finance teams keep stalling on digital transformation

The gap between ambition and execution is real, but it's not inevitable.

June 29, 2026

Microsoft beefs up Copilot in Excel for finance work

New Copilot features let finance teams teach it how to perform recurring spreadsheet-heavy tasks.

By Alexei Alexis • June 26, 2026

AI cost challenges mount as agent use gets more complex: KPMG

Only 26% of organizations have real-time visibility into the cost of running AI at scale, the research found.

By Alexei Alexis • June 25, 2026

Maxima rolls out AI agent for enterprise accounting

The San Mateo, California-based company’s new “Max” handles a range of work including payroll entries previously managed by multiple AI agents. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • June 23, 2026

From unpaid CFO gigs to scaling an AI robotics startup

Bas Lustenhouwer once worked for free to break into startup finance — a path that ultimately led him to the CFO seat at AI robotics firm Dexory.

By Alexei Alexis • June 23, 2026

CFOs lag in AI readiness as ROI pressures rise: EY

Most finance leaders still favor “defensive” AI use cases such as fraud detection over growth-focused ones like forecasting or pricing, the study found.

By Alexei Alexis • June 23, 2026

Frontier Climate adds Anthropic to buyers group, makes new financing pledge

The company behind AI tool Claude joins the carbon removal purchasing group, which also announced $915 million in new financing commitments.

By Lamar Johnson • June 22, 2026

The CFO’s blind spot: Why internal data alone can’t tell you what’s coming

Historical offers limited forecasting value. Here's how forward-thinking CFOs are closing the gap.

June 22, 2026

Memo to SaaS CFOs: The deal is not the finish line

Bookings may show growth. What happens post-sale shows whether that growth is efficient, durable and worth keeping.

By Gabrielle Meyer, Senior Finance Director • June 22, 2026

Long-term incentives lift CFO pay amid competition for talent

CFO incentive awards are rising as pressure to retain experienced finance leaders intensifies, Compensation Advisory Partners found in a study.

By Alexei Alexis • June 18, 2026

CFOs boost tech spending despite economic angst: Grant Thornton

Roughly two-thirds of CFOs plan to ramp up technology spending despite record-low economic sentiment, the quarterly study found.

By Alexei Alexis • June 17, 2026

Apptio boosts tool for tracking cloud spend in latest FinOps expansion

Rising global IT spending, expected to reach $6.15 trillion in 2026, is intensifying pressure on enterprises to manage cloud costs in real time, the IBM company said.

By Alexei Alexis • June 16, 2026

SpaceX ties CFO stock, comp to EBITDA targets

SpaceX’s historic IPO raises retention challenges for key leadership, including newly-minted billionaire and long-time CFO Bret Johnsen.

By Grace Noto • June 15, 2026

Tech debt, process gaps keep firms in AI ‘pilot purgatory,’ study finds

Collectively, the world’s top 2,000 public firms have nearly $18 trillion in untapped AI value due to broken processes and other weaknesses, according to the research.

By Alexei Alexis • June 15, 2026