KPMG’s 2025 “Is your finance function AI-ready?” shows finance rapidly adopting AI: globally, 73% are piloting/using AI in reporting and 66% see ROI (UAE: 37%). Leaders (24% global; 8% UAE) invest ~13% of IT budgets in AI (UAE ~10%), embed AI in ERP/EPM, and scale use cases across reporting, planning, treasury, risk, and tax. Reported gains: better decisions, higher data accuracy, trend prediction, fraud/risk insight, and lower costs. Biggest hurdles: data quality, security/privacy, funding, and explainability. Playbook: set a business-aligned roadmap, build cross-functional skills, establish centralized governance/CoE, start with finance, define KPIs, and scale proven use cases.

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