"Good morning. CFO confidence is on the upswing as 2026 begins, and digital transformation in finance has overtaken enterprise risk management as the top goal for the year ahead. That's a key finding of Deloitte's latest CFO Signals Spotlight report, released this morning. Half of the finance chiefs surveyed named digital transformation as their foremost priority for 2026, followed by cash management optimization and capital allocation."
""Efficiency and productivity are certainly part of the equation," Gallucci said. "But more broadly, we've been on this digital evolution for some time." In recent years, as advanced technologies like agentic AI burst onto the scene, boards and C-suite leaders have shown increasing interest. Finance chiefs took a cautious approach to implementing these tools. Deloitte's Finance Trends report finds that finance leaders are now influencing enterprise strategy, driving cost optimization, advancing digital transformation, and building tech-enabled teams."
CFO confidence is on the upswing as 2026 begins, with digital transformation in finance overtaking enterprise risk management as the top goal. A Q4 survey of 200 CFOs across North American companies with at least $1 billion in annual revenue found half of finance chiefs named digital transformation their foremost priority for 2026, followed by cash management optimization and capital allocation. The survey shows finance leaders shifting from exploration to execution on technology, especially AI, with 87% saying AI will be extremely or very important to finance operations in 2026. Finance teams are pursuing enterprise-wide transformation and building tech-enabled capabilities.
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