{"id":19211,"date":"2026-04-01T21:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icv-controlling.com\/wissen\/finance-leaders-bet-on-ai-hackett-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:17:44","slug":"finance-leaders-bet-on-ai-hackett-2026","status":"publish","type":"wissen","link":"https:\/\/icv-controlling.com\/en\/wissen\/finance-leaders-bet-on-ai-hackett-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Leaders Bet on AI Hackett 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"module-spacer bg-bg-default dark:!bg-dark pt-7 md:pt-10 xl:pt-14 \">\n<\/section><section id=\"acf-block-69cd881338a42\" class=\"text-module bg-bg-default text-text-default  dark:!bg-dark dark:!text-white\">\n  <div class=\"max-w-screen-2xl spacing-px mx-auto spacing-py\">\n          <div class=\"lg:mb-lg mb-md\">\n        <div class=\"content-top max-w-3xl align-left \">\n          <h2 class='headline-element align-left typo-h2 font-bold'>Maximizing Performance with AI in Finance<\/h2><div class='text-element align-left typo-h4 mt-6'>Authors: Vince Griffin, Sherri Liao<\/div>        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"typo-body text-element max-w-3xl align-left \">\n        <p>The Hackett Group&#8217;s &#8216;Finance Key Issues Study 2026&#8217; provides in-depth insights into the role of AI in the finance industry and its transformative impact. Finance teams are facing challenges such as increasing workloads and decreasing budgets, which are to be offset by technological investments. This study sheds light on the priorities of finance leaders and how they are strategically integrating AI to drive profitability and digital transformation.  <\/p>\n<p>Key findings include the increasing importance of data analytics and the need for talent development to drive financial goals in a dynamic market. 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