Financials

Finance’s hierarchy of needs — why so many teams never reach self-actualization This article is sponsored by:

Planful's Dan Fletcher argues that automating finance teams' operational work — freeing them from compliance and reporting burdens — is the key to unlocking strategic capacity for proactive value creation and business growth.

Building blocks with dollar signs. Hand placing a block on the top of the pyramid

Sage finds a vigorous pulse among SMBs in the UK - but signs of caution too

A new regular survey series from Sage, based on analysis of aggregate data from hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized UK businesses that use its software, provides insights into the growth prospects of the UK economy.

Sage SME Pulse panel Dan Murray, Louise Hellem, Nina Skero (speaking), Steve Hare

'We have to come up with a plan for them' - Workday leaders on the fate of workers displaced by AI

The latest AI agents from Workday will displace a lot of 'low-level HR work' says Aneel Bhusri, its CEO. Here's what he his colleagues have to say about what this could mean for the workforce.

Joel Hellermark, Workday, in screengrab from video briefing

Workday rolls out Sana, its conversational AI gateway to enterprise work

Workday delivers a new conversational UX for its own applications and other enterprise workflows based on its acquisition of Sana

Aneel Bhusri, co-founder, speaks at Workday Rising 2024

Planful's Analyst Assistant tackles Finance workflow friction - but the GENCFO Trends Report 2026 shows the real bottleneck is cultural

Purpose-built AI for Finance removes manual analysis steps and delivers governed, explainable insights. Research from GENCFO reveals why tech in and of itself may not be enough: 44% of Finance teams call themselves strategic partners, but only 17% act like it.

Finance Assistant using an AI tool © Planful

Moving from hindsight to foresight with AI-powered FP&A This article is sponsored by:

Oracle's Hari Sankar outlines five pragmatic principles for finance leaders to harness AI and shift FP&A from reactive reporting to proactive, insight-driven decision-making.

Living with the LLMs - how Intuit ignores the 'SaaSpocalypse' in favor of partnering with OpenAI and Anthropic

The AI era makes for new bedfellows as the likes of Intuit partner with the LLM providers who are supposedly a threat to their very existence!

Safety first as insurance firm Safety National adopts Planful for FP&A

Replacing spreadsheets with a dedicated FP&A platform has saved time and improved collaboration at specialty insurance provider Safety National.

Ruby Tan, Safety National, speaks from behind a lectern at Perform 25 London

Welcome to Sage - can we re-define AI for SMBs?

For the real deal on AI for business, where do we turn? This year on diginomica, we'll be hearing a strong take from Sage. Over the last few years, Sage has become an unexpected, go-to voice for AI for finance. Here's why.

Steve Hare keynoting at Sage Transform 2024

How enterprise revenue leaders now look to AI as a strategic business decision enabler

Research from Gong suggests a shift is finally underway...

If you were to build an enterprise AI system at scale, would it look like Workday? Yes, says CEO Carl Eschenbach. Here's why

AI momentum powered Workday to another strong quarter to bring calendar 2025 to a close.

Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday, on stage at Workday Rising EMEA 2024

Get out of your comfort zone and start experimenting - the tough love message to tackle the lack of female CFOs

There aren’t enough women CFOs - agreed? Could tech and AI skills be key to changing this?

Unit4 hopes a reprise for Coda will be music to CFO ears

Unit4 unveiled a new investment drive last week to enterprise customers of Coda, a high-end financial management system with a 46-year history.

Derek Kudsee speaks on stage at Unit4's Coda event in Birmingham