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“A stronger foundation gives finance teams the time and visibility to move beyond keeping score to helping put points on the board.”

Sandeep Aujla — CFO, Intuit

About this research

The 2026 Future of Finance report is based on an Intuit-commissioned online survey conducted in May 2026 that gathered insights from 2,000 CFOs, controllers, and VPs of Finance at US businesses with over $2.5 million in annual revenue. The survey explored how finance leaders are managing data fragmentation, manual work, visibility gaps, confidence in financial insights, strategic capacity, and AI adoption in finance workflows.
The robust sample included 1,200 respondents from multi-entity businesses, enabling comparison between hyper-performers and steady operators. Hyper-performers are multi-entity respondents reporting strong year-over-year revenue growth, while steady operators are all other multi-entity respondents.

See how finance teams at hyper-performing businesses manage data, visibility, and finance workflows differently.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of finance leaders lack one trusted view of their financial data?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, 70% of CFOs, controllers, and VPs of Finance at US businesses say their critical business data is scattered across systems, spreadsheets, dashboards, and static reports, with no single source of truth.
How much of the finance week goes to manual work?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, half (51%) of weekly finance time goes to manual work including reconciliation, exports, error-fixing, and report stitching, leaving half the week for strategic planning, analysis, and decision support.
How many finance leaders missed a strategic action because of delayed visibility?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, 57% of CFOs, controllers, and VPs of Finance missed a time-sensitive strategic action in the last six months because financial visibility arrived too late.
What percentage of finance leaders are using AI in their daily workflows?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, 77% of finance leaders report no current AI usage in their finance workflows or are only in the testing phase.
How confident are finance leaders in their financial insights?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, only half of finance leaders are highly confident their current financial insights can support their business's strategic plan.
How current is the data behind major business decisions?
According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, only 14% of finance leaders had same-day data available for their most recent major business decision. Nearly half were working from data that was already one to three days old before it reached the table.
Who was surveyed for the 2026 Future of Finance Report?
The report is based on an Intuit-commissioned online survey fielded by CatalystMR in May 2026. It gathered insights from 2,000 CFOs, controllers, and VPs of Finance at US businesses with $2.5 million or more in annual revenue, all of whom hold primary or shared responsibility for financial technology and operational decisions at their organizations.
What are the top findings from the 2026 Future of Finance Report?

According to the 2026 Future of Finance Report, the defining pressures on finance teams today are:

  • Fragmented data: 70% of finance leaders lack one reliable view of critical business data
  • Manual work: 51% of the finance week goes to reconciliation, exports, and report stitching before strategic work can begin
  • Late visibility: 57% missed a time-sensitive strategic action because financial visibility arrived too late
  • Confidence pressure: Only half are highly confident their insights can support the current strategic plan
  • Early AI adoption: 77% report no current AI usage in finance workflows or are only testing it