SAP Concur Report: CIO-CFO Partnership Can Accelerate Company Growth
SAP Concur released its 2025 CFO Insights report, surveying 350 finance leaders, 115 IT leaders, and 115 HR leaders across eight countries. It found 58% of IT leaders want more regular cross-functional meetings with C-level colleagues; 43% rank phishing and social engineering among their top three vulnerabilities; 57% want finance to prioritize cybersecurity in planning and 51% want higher security budgets; 59% of finance leaders plan to increase cybersecurity budgets. IT leaders also seek CFO support on digital transformation (54%) and IT ROI metrics (43%), and cite conflicting departmental priorities (57%) and unclear roles (49%) as collaboration barriers.
Impact and considerations
The report gives finance and IT leaders quantitative evidence on cross-functional collaboration, especially cybersecurity budgets, AI ROI, and expense management, helping companies assess internal coordination and investment priorities.
Key points
- The 2025 SAP Concur CFO Insights report surveyed 350 finance leaders, 115 IT leaders, and 115 HR leaders across eight countries.
- 58% of IT leaders want to establish more regular cross-functional meetings with C-level colleagues.
- 43% of IT leaders rank phishing and social engineering among their top three vulnerabilities; 57% want finance to prioritize cybersecurity in planning and 51% want higher security budgets.
- 59% of finance leaders plan to increase their cybersecurity budget to respond to growing threats.
- IT leaders seek CFO support on digital transformation (54%) and IT ROI metrics (43%), and cite conflicting departmental priorities (57%) and unclear roles (49%) as collaboration barriers.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
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- First source publication
- 3 Jun 2025, 19:01
- Page published
- 13 Aug 2026, 08:34
- Last updated
- 3 Jun 2025, 19:01
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog:CIO and CFO Partnership Can Accelerate Company Growth (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 3 Jun 2025, 19:01