CFOs Are Becoming Builders as AI Reshapes Finance Operations

AI-native tools are removing the data bottleneck that long constrained CFOs, shifting the role toward designing the operating systems that turn data into decisions.

Finance teams are adopting AI-native software for ERP, forecasting, procurement, and audit, and "finance engineers" are building custom automations and agents.

OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar describes finance moving toward a zero-day close and continuously updated forecasts.