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CFO Live 2025

The Future of Finance
Recorded
Sep 24, 2025
Sep
, 
2025
12pm ET
Virtual event on-demand
Virtual event
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CFO Live 2025

The Future of Finance
Recorded
Sep 24, 2025
12pm ET
Virtual event
Register for free

Today’s finance chiefs are at the fulcrum of an ongoing evolution in the role of not only the CFO, but that of the finance function and its place in modern business. Whether it’s juggling the potential impacts of new technologies or training the next generation of finance and accounting leaders, the modern finance leader needs to prepare for the future of finance that’s just over the horizon.

In this virtual, half-day event, finance executives and business leaders will connect with the CFO Dive and CFO.com editorial teams to discuss the latest strategies for navigating the ever-growing challenges facing today’s finance teams. The sessions will explore everything from how to think about the future of CPAs and the structure of the accounting team, to how to keep pace with the changing AI discussion, and the unique responsibilities and demands of keeping a non-profit’s financial engine running smoothly.

Who Should Attend?

  • CFOs
  • Controllers, heads of financial planning & analysis and senior finance VPs and managers
  • Other key members of the accounting and finance teams

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The Future of Finance event will dive into the critical questions facing finance leaders, discussing how the finance chief can best collaborate with IT leadership, for example, to create effective strategies for lasting growth in a constantly changing business environment. Industry experts will also consider the ongoing ROI challenges of new technologies such as agentic AI solutions, as well as how to build out an accounting team to meet the needs of next-generation business.

Sessions

Session 1 Friction vs. fraternity: Modernizing the IT, finance relationship As technology becomes central to business success, ensuring finance and IT leadership are aligned is critical to driving innovation and resilience. This session will offer practical strategies to modernize collaboration, streamline decision-making and build trust between the two functions. CFOs will hear how peers have bridged the technology language gap to rethink data quality approaches and budget models earlier in tech planning to ultimately lead more effectively in a digital-first enterprise. Session 2 “But what is it for?” Practical applications of agentic AI Artificial intelligence agents are rapidly gaining ground in the technology landscape, grabbing the spotlight from chatbots like ChatGPT. Despite the potential benefits of such agents, which are designed to complete tasks with little supervision from humans, the technology can also present various risks and operational challenges. In this session, finance leaders will learn best practices for crafting and implementing agentic AI initiatives. Session 3 Building a next-gen accounting team The accounting industry is at a crossroads amid countervailing pressures driven by an ongoing finance talent shortage and the emergence of AI-powered finance platforms. At the same time, long-established industry standards which have dictated how certified public accountants are trained and certified are also in flux. Amid this changing labor landscape, this session will explore best practices for building a cost-efficient, modern accounting team. Topics to be discussed include key metrics that can assess the type of staffing needed, steps that can be taken to entice and keep top talent and ways to assess what types of accounting can and can’t — at least for now — be automated. Session 4 How nonprofit CFOs lead mission-driven finance Nonprofit CFOs must navigate tight budgets, regulatory uncertainty and changing stakeholder demands without the resources of large private enterprises. Here, we’ll highlight CFO strategies for managing mission-driven goals alongside financial performance, with insights on leadership, transparency and long-term planning. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how finance leaders in these sectors drive impact, resilience and accountability with creativity and precision.

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