Protiviti’s 2025 CFO brief (1,215 global execs) flags “forever risks” dominating both 2–3 year and 10-year horizons. Top near-term concerns for CFOs: economic conditions/inflation, cyber threats, and rising labor costs—alongside talent attraction/retention, resistance to change, third-party risk, regulatory uncertainty, legacy IT/technical debt, and weak analytics. Long-term, the same macro risks persist, with added focus on AI adoption amid skills shortages, sustaining customer loyalty, and supply-chain ecosystem uncertainty. CFOs are leaning on automation/AI, cloud ERP, and stronger FP&A to navigate volatility and disclosure demands.

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