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NEW YORK, May 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services, has released compelling survey findings on the current levels of adoption, future plans and key drivers related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the office of the CFO.
The survey shows that while 6% of finance leaders are currently employing agentic AI, a further 38% intend to adopt agentic AI in the next 12 months. With 44% of finance teams set to be using agentic AI in 2026, this represents an increase of over 600%.
Karen Abramson, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG, said: "At Wolters Kluwer, we are committed to continuous innovation for the office of the CFO. Last year, we launched the market's first AI-powered corporate performance management platform - the CCH Tagetik Intelligent Platform with Ask AI. We have evolved Ask AI to an embedded super agent; it now mobilizes cutting-edge agentic technology across multiple use cases, including responding to voice commands in multiple languages, drilling into data without the need for IT skills, and testing assumptions and running analysis. Agentic AI represents an evolutionary leap in how finance leaders operate."
Additional survey findings and announcements from CCH Tagetik inTouch 25:
Finance leaders turn to AI and new hires to manage economic volatility
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As a result of economic volatility, 67% of finance leaders reported that they would be using AI for the first time for Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). A further 14% of respondents plan to increase their AI adoption due to current economic volatility, and 8% plan to continue their AI usage.
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When looking at team resources and structure, 33% of respondents said they will consider hiring new team members to manage economic volatility, with 24% considering restructuring. Notably, 22% of finance leaders shared that they did not have the optimum team resources and structure but were unable to make changes.
Unlocking the potential of AI through hiring and data readiness
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The survey showed that 85% of finance leaders would consider AI skills as important when recruiting for their finance function, with 11% considering AI skills to be of essential importance.
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44% of respondents identified data readiness as the key driver for increasing AI adoption. 25% highlighted the need for AI-powered corporate performance management (CPM) technologies and 23% cited the need for AI training.
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To support this shift, Wolters Kluwer has launched a dedicated Learning Hub designed to help finance professionals build skills including greater AI fluency and data proficiency – empowering them to optimise our innovative technology and drive productivity.