Financial Director and Technology are ceasing to be two separate concepts. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining its traditional role, transforming routine operations into strategic processes that directly impact the vision and competitiveness of organizations. According to a KPMG study, in 2024 71% of companies already incorporated AI in their financial operations, and 41% did it in a moderate or advanced way. In addition, more than half of the companies explore autonomous agents capable of executing complex processes without human intervention.
The promise of these technologies is clear: greater precision, reduction of costs and decisions in real time that place the financial department in a much more strategic role than operational.
The financial director at the Center of Change
The advance of AI is not only modernizing the tools, but also redefining the figure of the financial director. As Eduardo Aramburu, leader of the practice of AI in the Arborntia technology consultant, “This context places financial directors in the center of a transformation that redefines processes, accelerates decisions and drives the strategic vision of organizations with the help of ICT” points out.
For the expert, the challenge is not to decide whether to adopt the AI, but to lead his deployment safely and efficiently: “The financial director not only cannot give up his prominence in this crucial evolution, but also is a key piece for the transformation to be completed successfully and generates a differential advantage.”
The advance of AI is not only modernizing the tools, but also redefining the figure of the financial director
Processes where AI contributes more value
Arbentia identifies several areas in which the application of generative AI and intelligent assistants already offer tangible benefits:
- IMPULSE TO THE STRATEGIC PAPER OF THE FINANCIAL AREA: Automate processes release time that can be reversed in tasks of greater value for management.
- Global vision and complexity reduction: The IA synthesizes dispersed data in clear and actionable reports.
- Attraction and retention of talent: By eliminating routine tasks, it improves the satisfaction of the equipment and facilitates the capture of qualified profiles.
- Security and confidentiality: The algorithms allow to extract insights of large volumes of data without compromising privacy.
- Customer and Markets Trends Analysis: Automatic reports that help anticipate movements and reduce costs.
- Conciliation and closure of periods: Errors reduction and acceleration of key processes for financial health.
- Review of contracts and acquisitions: Risk identification and greater agility in negotiations.
The practice is imposed
Applications such as Arbentia AI Financial Analysis show that AI is not a future promise, but a reality that already generates impact. Integrated with management systems, it allows you to ingest large volumes of data, automate conciliations, generate executive reports and detect critical clauses in contracts.
However, success depends on the leadership of the financial director himself, who must guarantee the privacy of the data, boost the management of cultural change and establish clear metrics to measure the return of investment.
