Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence

AI in Finance

From AI Ambition
to Governed Execution

AI in Finance, run with the discipline Finance demands
Diagnose · Design · Deploy · Defend

CFGI helps Finance, Risk, and Tax leaders turn AI into measurable outcomes — faster close, cleaner data, stronger controls, and a finance function that scales without scaling headcount.

1-3days Faster Close with AI
20-40% Finance Capacity Unlocked
180+ AI Builds Active
78% CFOs Investing in AI (up from 47%)
80% Integrating AI by 2026

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Why Now

The race has moved underneath.

AI in Finance isn't judged in a lab. It's judged in five places — your close, your journals, your audit, your regulator, and the person who signs the number.

Waiting Is No Longer Free

78% of CFOs are investing in AI. Only 47% believe their teams are ready. The gap is where risk lives — competitors using AI pull ahead on speed, top talent leaves for firms that have it, and boards now ask AI-maturity questions at the deal table. Immature answers cost valuation.

Without Expertise, AI Is a Risk Multiplier

AI amplifies whatever it touches — including broken processes, dirty data, and undocumented controls. A pilot launched on an unreliable GL produces narrative no CFO can defend. The biggest AI mistakes in Finance aren't model mistakes. They're operating-model mistakes.

AI Reshapes Finance Roles. It Doesn't Replace Them.

The work moves up the value chain. Preparers become reviewers. Reviewers become interpreters. Controllers become data product owners. The team you have is the team that runs the AI — if you give them the tools, the training, and the human-in-the-loop protocols to do it.

The Journey

A practical path from AI interest to governed execution.

Stage 01

Align

Shared ambition, success measures, sponsorship, and decision rights.

  • Executive alignment session
  • AI point of view aligned to business strategy
  • Sponsor identification & decision rights
  • Success metrics & investment thesis

Stage 02

Diagnose

Maturity across data, tech, people, controls, and governance.

  • AI readiness & maturity diagnostic
  • Source-to-report architecture review
  • Data lineage & GL attribute assessment
  • People, process, and controls baseline

Stage 03

Prioritize

Use cases scored by value, feasibility, risk, and readiness.

  • Use-case heatmap & prioritization matrix
  • Value-at-stake quantification
  • Feasibility, risk, and time-to-value scoring
  • Quick-win pilot candidate selection

Stage 04

Roadmap

Sequenced plan, business case, operating model, and governance.

  • 12-Month phased AI roadmap
  • Business case & case for change
  • Target-state operating model
  • Responsible AI governance plan

Stage 05

Activate

Design, test, and implement AI workflows with human-in-the-loop oversight.

  • Workflow redesign & solution architecture
  • Use-case design & control specification
  • Vendor selection & implementation oversight
  • Human-in-the-loop protocols & change management

Stage 06

Measure & Scale

Track value, monitor adoption and risk, and expand what works.

  • KPI framework & value realization tracking
  • Continuous monitoring & exception management
  • Managed services & digital workforce deployment
  • Quarterly business reviews & optimization roadmap

Who We Serve

Built for the office of the CFO — Finance, Risk, and Tax.

We meet leaders where they are on the AI maturity curve. From first workshop to running the function.

CFO / VP Finance

Translate AI ambition into measurable financial outcomes; defend AI-touched numbers to the board, audit committee, and regulators.

Controller / CAO

Compress the close, automate reconciliations, eliminate exception-heavy work; own data quality as a Finance discipline.

FP&A Leadership

Faster reforecasts, AI-generated variance commentary, continuous scenario modeling without rebuilding the model every cycle.

Tax Leadership

Reduce manual provision and compliance prep; scale tax execution across jurisdictions without proportional headcount.

Treasury Leadership

Continuous liquidity visibility, AI-driven cash forecasting, fraud and payment anomaly detection across banks and entities.

Risk, Audit & Compliance

Continuous controls monitoring, AI-output validation, audit defensibility for every AI-touched output.

Solutions & Capabilities

Four service pillars. One AI-native platform.

AI Readiness, Scan & Opportunity Identification

Assess Finance, Risk, and Tax AI readiness. Pinpoint high-impact use cases aligned to value, feasibility, and risk.

Signature deliverable 12-Month AI Roadmap & Readiness Scorecard

Responsible AI Governance & Controls

Establish Finance, Risk, and Tax-grade AI governance and controls. Ensure explainability, auditability, and compliance with SOX, IFRS, tax-authority and model-risk frameworks.

Signature deliverable: Responsible AI Governance Framework

AI & Automation Use Case Implementation

Design and implement prioritized AI use cases. Redesign workflows end-to-end and build the KPI/value model.

Signature deliverable: Solution Architecture & Control Design

Digital Workforce & Managed Services

Operate and scale AI-enabled Finance, Risk, and Tax processes. Deliver governed automation, real-time visibility, and exception management.

Signature deliverable: Digital Worker Catalog & Control Package

The Platform

PRISM — The AI-Native Finance Command Center.

Where your systems end, PRISM begins. Every integration, every process. One source of financial truth.

PRISM sits as a command center over your ERP, HCM, tax, treasury, and banking stack — orchestrating AI-enabled finance work with built-in controls, real-time dashboards, and SLA-grade accountability on every transaction.

P

Process Visibility

Real-time visibility into finance workflows; monitor transaction status and surface bottlenecks across the close cycle.

Close cycle up to 40% faster

R

Risk Mitigation & Control Strategy

Embeds proactive controls and continuous risk monitoring; automated exception detection and audit-ready documentation.

Fewer audit findings, always audit-ready

I

Intelligent Capacity Throughput

Best-in-class technology reduces demand on team capacity; higher throughput without sacrificing accuracy.

More output, no headcount increase

S

Service Performance Metrics

Click-by-click monitoring of cycle times and quality KPIs through role-based dashboards.

SLA accountability on every task, always

M

Model-Driven Insights

Predictive analytics and scenario modeling that surface forward-looking intelligence aligned to the business.

Finance stays aligned with the business, always

20–40% faster close Always audit-ready No headcount increase SLA on every task

Accelerators

Ready-to-deploy tools that compress time-to-value

AI Strategy Workshop Playbooks & Questionnaires

Facilitation guides, workshop agendas, and structured questionnaires to engage stakeholders and uncover AI ambition, pain points, and readiness.

AI Use-Case Library & Prioritization Toolkit

Pre-built catalog of cross-industry AI use cases with definition templates, value hypothesis guides, and prioritization matrices scored by value, risk, and feasibility.

AI Readiness & Maturity Assessment Framework

Diagnostic framework to baseline AI readiness across data, technology, people, process, and governance — with scoring rubric and heat-map outputs.

Roadmap & Business Case Templates

Roadmap templates and financial value models that translate prioritized use cases into a phased, board-ready plan with quantified ROI and milestone gates.

Responsible AI & Governance Starter Kit

Sample policies, risk taxonomy, control checklists, model oversight roles, and workflow templates aligned to privacy, security, and compliance frameworks.

Trusted By

Trusted across the office of the CFO.

Case Studies

What the work
looks like

Financial district glass towers at night
Global Financial Services Firm

Close cycle reduced from 10 to 3 days · 60% fewer manual entries · 75% faster reconciliations

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Publicly Traded PE Firm ($135B AUM)

300+ hours/month manual effort eliminated · Real-time GL discrepancy visibility · Audit-ready trail

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Fast-Growing SaaS Portfolio

30–40% forecast accuracy improvement · 15% churn reduction · Real-time portfolio insight

Finance-First Workflows

We start with Finance, Risk, and Tax workflows — not generic AI capabilities. Every solution is engineered from the inside out by people who have run the close, signed the provision, and defended the numbers.

Make AI real in your Finance function.

Whether you're scoping a first workshop, building the business case, or ready to operate at scale — we'll meet you where you are. Contact us for a 30-minute scoping conversation.

David Shebay dshebay@cfgi.com
Carina Hira chira@cfgi.com