"I call it "informed execution." We've seen such a rapid acceleration, given AI and technology advancements, converge with a year of volatility and uncertainty. Imagine you're sitting in the seat of a CFO, where you're at the intersection of that, and you've had a 2025 that's caused you and your enterprises to hit a pause button. You had months, if not a whole year of pause."
"What we did was convene about an hour-and-a-half's time and openly debated until we got to a point where we agreed on the most material and critical areas of risk. You can imagine we started with a laundry list, because the CFO Alliance population of almost 10,000 or more is very diverse...At the end of the day, we identified four execution risks that most often stall plans, or stall action."
The CFO Alliance expects 2026 to be the most pivotal year for the finance function in a decade. CFOs face supply-chain risks, pressure to make significant AI investments, and perils from stakeholder misalignment on strategy. Finance leaders must move from paused debate into "informed execution," replacing debate with data. The group convened to identify four execution risks—geopolitical and regulatory disruption; technology and data issues; supply-chain vulnerabilities; and stakeholder misalignment—and emphasized the need for clear execution roadmaps in 2026.
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