Good morning. Five years from now, traditional corporate finance may be a distant memory—and perhaps a bit lonelier for the workforce.

Global research and advisory firm Gartner urges CFOs to act now to future-proof their teams and workflows. Why? Gartner predicts eight powerful forces —spanning technology, organizational dynamics, and regulatory change—will fundamentally reshape the finance function.

AI is chief among them. By 2030, Gartner projects that one-third of enterprise applications will have embedded agentic AI, with 15% of day-to-day work decisions made autonomously. Human roles will evolve to focus on supervising, collaborating with, and coaching AI counterparts.

Machine decision-making will also accelerate. As early as 2028, Gartner is predicting 70% of finance functions

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