1、Finance Trends 2026:Navigating the expanded scope of financeCFO ProgramA Deloitte survey shows finance leaders influencing enterprise strategy,cost optimization,and digital transformation and building tech-fueled teams to power their organizations1Finance Trends 2026:Navigating the expanded scope of

2、 financeTable of contents02.Introduction03.Trend 1:The speed priorityAdvanced scenario planning and agile governance for navigating uncertainty06.Trend 2:Finance leaders are strategy leadersespecially when they embrace advanced AI and cloud08.Trend 3:Focus.Precision.DisciplineHow finance-led cost ma

3、nagement helps drive measurable value10.Trend 4:The journey to agentic insightsMany finance teams embrace AI,but ROI and agentic implementations often lag14.Trend 5:Infusing tech talent in financeWhere data scientists and accountants meet17.Leading finance into the future:Top takeaways from our inte

4、rviews18.Endnotes2Finance Trends 2026:Navigating the expanded scope of financeIntroductionCompared to the recent past,todays leading chief financial officers are thinking differently,operating differently,and hiring differently.Theyre helping navigate new markets,preparing for acquisi-tions and dive

5、stures,and building future-ready teams.But theyre contending with a complex growth environment.How are finance leaders preparing their teams to proactively address these complexities,and build for the future?To help leaders gain a better understanding of whats likely to come next and inform this ina

6、u-gural Finance Trends report,we surveyed 1,326 global finance leaders around the world and across industries.Respondents to our survey are CFOs or next-in-line to be CFOs at some of the worlds largest companies(with annual revenues exceed-ing US$1 billion).We also conducted one-on-one interviews wi