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Survey: CFOs Prioritize Optimizing Costs and Efficiency to Drive Growth in 2025

SAP Concur released its third CFO Insights report, surveying 350 CFOs and senior finance leaders, along with 115 HR and IT leaders. The report finds that finance leaders' top priority is optimizing costs and efficiency to drive growth (69%), with top external challenges including worsening economic conditions (41%), geopolitical tensions (37%), and supply chain constraints (32%). 94% of finance leaders say AI has already helped improve decision-making, and 73% say it has positively impacted cost and risk reduction. The report also notes that finance leaders are hesitant to collaborate with IT, with only 20% of finance leaders aligned on enhancing cybersecurity collaboration, compared to 42%…

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Impact and considerations

For business travel managers, the report provides data on finance leaders' priorities and challenges, helping understand corporate spending decisions and highlighting AI's potential in expense management.

Key points

  • 69% of finance leaders prioritize optimizing costs and efficiency to drive growth.
  • Top external challenges: worsening economic conditions (41%), geopolitical tensions (37%), supply chain constraints (32%).
  • 94% of finance leaders say AI has improved decision-making, and 73% say it positively impacted cost and risk reduction.
  • Only 20% of finance leaders are aligned on enhancing cybersecurity collaboration, compared to 42% of IT leaders.
  • 58% of finance leaders are turning to automation and AI to drive performance.

Sources and time

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First source publication
24 Mar 2025, 21:57
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13 Aug 2026, 08:34
Last updated
24 Mar 2025, 21:57
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