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As AI and global uncertainty heighten the finance function’s role, CFOs are looking for new technologies and more experienced professionals to staff their teams.

The advent of agentic AI represents a huge leap toward the dream of a continuous close — but to get there, providers need to convince CFOs it can be trustworthy.

Despite modernization plans, most CFOs said the use of AI in key finance activities are still at the planning or piloting stage.

To address a looming senior finance role succession crisis, CFOs need to create a clear game-plan for junior-level hires, BambooHR Justin Judd said.

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As CFOs confront rising healthcare costs, thinking hard about worker retention and where costs can be made more efficient is essential, Virta’s Manu Diwakar said.

Blackberry now focuses on driving growth and aims to expand into a “plethora of new markets,” CFO Tim Foote said.

Jennifer Biry will rejoin the telecom company as its deputy CFO, before long-time finance chief Pascal Desroches retires at the end of the year.

With the next half of the year set to be just as complicated as the first, it's a good time to head down to the beach — hopefully with a good book in hand.