1、KPMG global AI infinance reportKPMG International| the Difference.Transforming into a new era with the AI-empowered finance function21Conclusion and key recommendations18Shifts in financial reporting15Overcoming barriers to AI usageContents10How AI leaders drive ROI03ForewordResearch background0405A

2、I maturity framework07Transforming finance through AI2KPMG global AI in finance report 2024 Copyright owned by one or more of the KPMG International entities.KPMG International entities provide no services to clients.All rights reserved.ForewordIn April 2024,KPMG International conducted a study amon

3、g 1,800 companies spread across 10 major economies and found that almost three-quarters were already using AI to some degree in their financial reporting processes,with virtually 100 percent expecting to do so within the next three years.Ordinarily,one would wait a year or more before conducting fol

4、low-up research but AI is no ordinary topic.Such is the pace of its development and the speed of its adoption that we decided to carry out further research in September 2024 to see what had changed.We significantly expanded the research sample,widening the number of countries and territories from 10

5、 major markets in North America,Europe,and Asia to 23 developed and emerging markets across all world regions.The result?Sure enough,AI has already moved on significantly in only half a year.More companies are rolling out AI,and not only within their financial reporting processes but across wider ar

6、eas of finance,including treasury management,risk management,and tax management.More companies are moving onto the“hot ticket”of generative AI.Artificial intelligence(AI)has already begun to transform business processes and capabilities and finance is in the vanguard of this change.David Rowlands Gl