Technology
Say Goodbye to Spreadsheet Chaos: Reshaping Financial Leadership with Cloud ERP
In recent years, the finance function has faced unprecedented pressure: AI has moved from concept to system implementation, traditional ERP systems are increasingly outdated, and regulatory, cybersecurity, and supply chain challenges continue to escalate. The CFO's role is shifting from "reporting the past" to "shaping the future." However, many finance teams still rely on "spreadsheet glue" to stitch together data from multiple systems, hindering real-time insights and strategic decision-making. Through the perspectives of Acumatica CFO Jordan Weitzen and NexTec Group CFO Brian Howell, this article examines how connected cloud ERP becomes central to the modern finance agenda and clarifies the most realistic path for AI adoption in finance—provided there is a clean, connected data foundation.
Nike restructures technology team, cuts 1,400 jobs in global operations
Nike announced on Thursday that it will cut approximately 1,400 positions across its global operations team, with most involving technology functions. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Venkatesh Alagirisamy said the move aims to streamline operational structure, improve synergy between the technology team and the business, and accelerate technology deployment. Nike will concentrate its technology work at the Philip H. Knight campus in Beaverton, Oregon, and the Nike Technology Center in India. The layoffs come at the final stage of the company's "Win Now" transformation strategy, which was launched by CEO Elliott Hill in December 2025.
AI Adoption Is Not a 'Sprint': Trintech CFO on the CFO's AI Journey
Trintech CFO Omar Choucair says AI adoption has shifted from optional to imperative for CFOs and the finance function. He emphasizes that finance leaders need to accelerate integrating AI into their operations while keeping in mind the 'non-negotiable' core responsibility within the CFO's office—financial information must be 100% accurate, with a tolerance for error approaching zero. Choucair shared Trintech's practices in embedding AI into both products and internal teams, and advised CFOs to view the AI journey as a 'marathon' rather than a 'sprint.'
Avalara November 2025 Partner Webinar Highlights: Empowering Partner Success with Innovation and AI
At its November 2025 partner webinar, Avalara highlighted how its agentic AI strategy is reshaping compliance processes and previewed upcoming standardized onboarding experiences, a partner success playbook, and gamified learning tools. The session also recognized 2025 partner achievements, including tier advancements, the MVP contest, and annual award previews, while reaffirming the three core program goals of growth, peace of mind, and ease of use.
NBER Study: CFOs Expect AI to Have Limited Impact on Workforce This Year, but Skill Structure Will Change
The latest working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows that surveyed CFOs expect AI to have a limited impact on overall headcount this year, but routine clerical positions will decrease by 2% and the share of technical roles will rise over the next three years. The survey also found that the primary motivation for corporate investment in AI is not cost reduction, but rather improving productivity.
AWS officially launches new generation general-purpose EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances
AWS announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 general-purpose M8i and M8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available exclusively on AWS, with an all-core sustained frequency of 3.9 GHz. Compared to the previous M7i series, the new instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, up to 20% higher performance, 2.5x memory bandwidth, and support up to 384 vCPUs and 1.5 TB of memory.
Say Goodbye to Repeatedly Requesting Payment Information from Suppliers: A Guide to Native NetSuite Supplier Onboarding
Inefficiencies in the supplier onboarding process often become a hidden bottleneck for accounts payable (AP) teams. For mid-market NetSuite users processing more than 200 invoices per month, traditional supplier setup is often delayed for weeks due to repeated communication through fragmented tools such as email, spreadsheets, and PDFs. This article analyzes the three main causes of onboarding delays and proposes three core capabilities that modern supplier onboarding should possess: frictionless activation, one-time accurate capture of payment and invoicing information, and scalable audit-level controls. The article highlights Charted's advanced supplier onboarding and supplier payment onboarding solutions, which achieve a complete closed loop from invitation, collection, to approval and activation within NetSuite through one-click email invitations, secure self-service forms, and license-free approval workflows, thereby significantly reducing payment risk and improving operational efficiency.
From Transactional to Strategic: Four Pillars of Building a True Payment Partnership
In the payment services field, there is a key difference between a transactional supplier and a strategic partner. After recent discussions with clients across various industries, Adyen has distilled four recurring themes: transparency, speed, strategic thinking, and continuous communication. Through real feedback from clients such as ServiceTitan, Under Armour, Oracle, and Roku, this article explains how these four foundations shape strong payment partnerships and how Adyen puts them into practice.
Sysdig CFO: CFOs Must Set AI and Cybersecurity Literacy 'Baselines' for Employees
In an interview with CFO Dive, Sysdig CFO Karen Walker pointed out that the continuous evolution of AI will create numerous new positions, each requiring a baseline of AI and cybersecurity literacy. She stressed that CFOs should pay attention to operational changes from AI integration, prudently select investment tools, and ensure employees have the fundamental skills to use AI securely. She also shared views on AI M&A trends, investor preferences, and AI companies' business models.
AI-Driven Efficiency Gains and New Risk Exposure Challenges from the CFO Perspective
AI in the finance function is moving from pilots to the core, accelerating close processes, automating reconciliations, and enabling real-time dashboards, yet governance remains stuck at monthly or quarterly reviews. This mismatch between speed and oversight allows small issues to snowball into major consequences before intervention. Leading organizations are building continuous oversight layers that analyze full transaction populations rather than samples, enabling intervention during decision formation rather than after outcomes are locked in. CFOs need to focus on whether systems can provide defensible insights, consistent governance across the enterprise, and whether issues can be identified before outcomes are locked.