CFOs face growing challenges from evolving work models, regulations, and disruption, pushing them to modernize finance through cloud technology. Cloud adoption improves data visibility, operational agility, and employee engagement with consumer-like interfaces, helping attract tech-savvy talent. CFOs prioritize upskilling teams, especially in AI, machine learning, and data storytelling, to close talent gaps and drive strategic insights. Finance outperformers invest heavily in technology and data capabilities, turning data into competitive advantage. They also focus on diversity, ESG, and emerging priorities like cybersecurity. Despite budget and talent shortages, CFOs see their teams as willing to learn, using technology and flexible models to future-proof finance functions.

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