Weekender Digest
WEEKLY EDITION BY NIKITA ALEXANDER
Welcome to your latest CFO's Weekend Digest, your go-to source for the week’s top insights and updates tailored for finance leaders.
💠Amazon shows how CFO teams are moving from automation to intelligent systems, transforming planning, reporting, and risk management.
💠With 70% of firms set to abandon Excel by 2026, finance teams must modernize or risk falling dangerously behind.
💠Gartner urges CFOs to move beyond blanket layoffs and adopt a four-step framework that protects talent while delivering real savings.
TOP LONG WEEKEND READS
NEWS ANALYSIS
Generative AI is rapidly moving beyond simple cost-cutting automation to become a strategic co-pilot for the CFO function. This shift, exemplified by teams at Amazon, demands that finance leaders pivot from mastering spreadsheets to architecting intelligent systems, fundamentally transforming planning, reporting, and risk management.
NEWS ANALYSIS
With over 70% of organizations expected to ditch Excel as their primary planning tool by 2026, clinging on looks less like prudence and more like denial.
INSIGHTS
The pressure is on to cut operating costs, but indiscriminate layoffs often fail to deliver sustainable savings. Gartner advises CFOs to abandon diplomatic blanket cuts and implement a four-step strategic framework. Learn how to target reductions, empower budget holders, prevent cost reemergence, and communicate effectively to protect critical talent.
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