How SMB Finance Leaders Can Drive Growth, Control Costs, and Improve AI ROI
SAP Concur report reveals a gap between SMB CEOs' expectations and finance performance. Cost management and operational efficiency are top challenges. AI adoption drives revenue growth and better decisions, but measuring ROI is difficult.
Impact and considerations
SMB finance leaders can leverage AI and automation to improve cost control, but must focus on data quality and ROI measurement.
Key points
- 88% of SMB CEOs expect finance to lead cost efficiency, but only 52% say it's happening.
- Cost management and operational efficiency are top challenges for 2026.
- AI adoption drives revenue growth (87%) and better decision-making (86%), but 61% of finance leaders find ROI hard to measure.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 15 May 2026, 17:32
- Page published
- 13 Aug 2026, 08:16
- Last updated
- 15 May 2026, 17:32
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：How SMB Finance Leaders Can Drive Growth, Control Costs, and Improve AI ROI (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 15 May 2026, 17:32