Moving from numbers to momentum.
When I took my first role as a controller more than twenty years ago, the finance function seemed straightforward: close the books, safeguard the balance sheet, and report on what had already occurred. I loved the rhythm of accuracy and accountability, but even then, I sensed a gap. Decisions were being made at warp speed while we waited for spreadsheets to finish calculating from yesterday.
Two decades later, the gap has become a chasm. Markets turn overnight, data pours in by the millisecond, and whole industries pivot on a headline. Artificial Intelligence is no longer an elective upgrade; it is the engine of tomorrow’s finance. Teams that learn to harness it will see around corners, shape ...