CIO and CFO Partnership Can Accelerate Company Growth
SAP Concur's 2025 CFO Insights report reveals that IT leaders want more collaboration with CFOs, with 58% seeking more regular cross-functional meetings. The report is based on surveys of 350 finance leaders, 115 IT leaders, and 115 HR leaders across eight countries. IT leaders emphasize cybersecurity investment needs, while CFOs focus on AI investment returns.
Impact and considerations
For corporate finance and IT decision-makers, understanding key areas of CIO-CFO collaboration helps optimize technology investments, strengthen cybersecurity, and drive AI adoption. The report provides specific data to guide cross-functional collaboration for growth.
Key points
- 58% of IT leaders want more regular cross-functional meetings with C-level colleagues.
- 57% of finance leaders say general finance tasks are already highly automated by AI.
- 43% of IT leaders rank phishing and social engineering attacks among top three vulnerabilities.
- 59% of finance leaders plan to increase cybersecurity budget.
- Only 21% of IT leaders believe AI has been effective in increasing revenue generation.
- IT leaders cite conflicting departmental priorities (57%) and lack of clear roles (49%) as 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