Automation is sweeping across the corporate landscape, with many companies expecting to use RPA in most or all of their functions within two years.
Research shows that finance departments are deploying the latest cutting-edge tools at a startlingly increasing pace.
The new finance chief at RPA firm UiPath, Marie Myers, was an enthusiastic user of robotic software in her previous job as global controller at HP.
More finance organizations are finding that it’s better to have a smaller, highly strategic team than an army of workers focused on transactional activity.
Heading into the new year, technology is starting to wipe out lower-level number crunchers in favor of mid-level team members focused on strategy.
Machine learning and AI solutions are difficult to deploy, often overhyped, and may have little bottom-line impact: Gartner.
Robotic process automation emerges from the back office to take on core finance tasks.
Principal Financial finds early success piloting RPA in treasury and tax.
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs shot up this year, underscoring the need for companies to automate more of their compliance activities.
While artificial intelligence is commanding great attention, finance departments should aim to maximize their use of earlier technologies.
Companies don't need to spend a lot of money to address the issues brought on by tax reform. All they need is a bit of automation in the finance function.
More than 4 in 10 companies have an enterprise-wide automation strategy in place, with finance leading the way, a survey shows.
