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    Controllers Council ResearchSeptember 30

    The Controller of 2030: Strategy and AI Oversight Move Up the Agenda

    Respondents expect AI oversight and strategic responsibilities to occupy more of the controller's role. Koko application (inference): Compare controller archetypes through approval authority, exception ownership and control design. Speci…

    Controllers Council Research
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    IBM ThinkSeptember 30

    IBM 2026 CFO Study: the CFO's expanding AI mandate

    The CFO mandate is expanding into enterprise AI investment, yet finance transformation readiness remains uneven. Koko application (inference): Define the CFO, controller and technology leaders' investment decision rights. Require benefit…

    IBM Think
    2 minRead
    BCG PublicationsSeptember 25

    What Sets the Best CFOs Apart

    Finance design should distinguish work to retain, eliminate, automate or outsource and connect the retained work to enterprise value. Koko application (inference): Use L3 activity analysis to test those alternatives. Retain accountabilit…

    BCG Publications
    3 minRead
    Zinnov ResearchSeptember 23

    India GCC 2030: Agentic Transformation

    Agentic delivery changes GCC talent and operating-model choices, with reskilling and workflow ownership becoming central. Koko application (inference): Test GCC scenarios against residual exception work, oversight skills, resilience and …

    Zinnov Research
    2 minRead
    Preprints.org Finance ResearchSeptember 16

    The CFO in the Age of AI

    CFO-role change can be examined through responsibilities, decision authority, executive relationships, capabilities and accountability. Koko application (inference): Use those dimensions in interview guides and role charters. Treat arche…

    Preprints.org Finance Research
    2 minRead
    Express Computer ResearchSeptember 16

    Equiniti India: AI changes the GCC scale equation

    The CEO estimates 20–30% more work with roughly unchanged headcount. Koko application (inference): Test growth absorption alongside cost reduction. Validate output mix, service levels, exceptions and total effort before using this case i…

    Express Computer Research
    2 minRead
    CFO.comSeptember 8

    How CFOs Can Get More Value From Finance Process Automation

    Automation value should be measured across returns, processing time and redeployed effort, with each denominator kept distinct. Koko application (inference): Request baseline costs, completed volumes, exception and rework rates, and empl…

    CFO.com
    2 minRead
    Deloitte InsightsSeptember 8

    Deloitte Finance Trends 2027: Shaping the Next Era of Stakeholder Value

    Finance leaders are considering restructuring and outside partners while facing control, autonomy and cost pressures. Koko application (inference): Evaluate retained, shared and outsourced work together with control ownership. Stress-tes…

    Deloitte Insights
    3 minRead
    Discovery — CFOApril 28

    CFOs are becoming co-strategists — and boards are noticing, with CFO-to-CEO promotions at a decade high.

    Geopolitical turbulence and AI disruption are expanding the CFO role well beyond financial stewardship. A NYSE/Oliver Wyman Forum survey of nearly 500 CFOs — whose public companies represent roughly 12% of global market cap — finds execution discipline emerging as the defining co

    Discovery — CFO
    27 minRead
    Deloitte Insights

    CFO Playbook: AI and Workforce Planning

    AI capacity can support growth, redeployment or workforce optimization; each path has different economic and transition requirements. Koko application (inference): Build separate capacity-released, hiring-avoided, redeployment and expens…

    Deloitte Insights
    2 minRead
    ScottMadden Research

    AI-Enabled Shared Services: New Service Offerings and Emerging Roles

    AI-enabled services require knowledge curation, data stewardship, digital workforce management, architecture and value-realization responsibilities. Koko application (inference): Assign those responsibilities in CoE charters. Distinguish…

    ScottMadden Research
    2 minRead
    ScottMadden Research

    Evolving Financial Operations: 2024 Financial Shared Services Benchmarking Study

    Shared-services performance varies materially with scale, maturity and how the finance scope is defined. Koko application (inference): Obtain measure definitions and matching peer cohorts before setting staffing ranges. Keep activity vol…

    ScottMadden Research
    2 minRead
    Zinnov Research

    The GCC Value Orbit: India GCC Landscape 2026

    India GCCs increasingly combine enterprise capabilities, talent and operating-model responsibilities beyond traditional delivery. Koko application (inference): Segment potential CoEs by capability and accountability before location selec…

    Zinnov Research
    2 minRead