The comfort of a confident machine When finance first met artificial intelligence, it felt like salvation. Models that never slept. Dashboards that self-updated. Forecasts that carried their own “confidence score,” glowing green or red like traffic lights for decision-making. But something subtle is happening across finance teams today:confidence has replaced conviction. We’ve started to trust […]
The Shift No One Wants to Talk About Every finance leader says the same thing:“We’re adding AI to our forecasting.” But few have asked the harder question:“What happens when AI starts making the decisions we used to?” Most conversations about AI in FP&A focus on efficiency — faster close cycles, automated consolidations, variance detection. Those […]
The first wave of AI hype was all about replacing people. Call centers, copywriters, junior analysts — no job seemed safe. But the next wave of AI isn’t about replacement. It’s about augmentation, especially in one of the most founder-sensitive areas of business: finance. Here’s the prediction: AI-driven FP&A will become the single biggest unlock […]
The Quiet Failure Hiding in Scenario Planning Every finance leader knows the ritual.You run a planning cycle, spin up your “base case,” bolt on a mild “upside” and “downside,” and present it to the board. The numbers look polished. The slides are airtight.But everyone in the room knows the truth: it’s theater. Because the real […]
March board meeting.You open the renewal pipeline slide. On paper, the numbers look solid — high logo renewal rates, expansion potential, optimistic AE notes. But deep down, you know the danger: timing. Half your top contracts renew in Q3, yet the plan smears them evenly across the year. The CFO wants predictability. The CEO wants […]
7 Ways AI in FP&A Creates New Risks You Can’t Ignore AI is flooding into FP&A. Forecasts update in seconds, dashboards glow with insights, and executives cheer at “smarter” planning. But here’s the truth: AI doesn’t remove risk. It creates new ones. And if you’re not careful, your forecast bot will lie more confidently than […]