6 Ways Top Finance Leaders Are Staying Ahead of Spend in 2026
This SAP Concur article outlines six ways finance leaders stay ahead of spend in 2026: shifting from reactive to proactive spend management, connecting travel, expense, and AP, using automation, treating business travel as strategic, leveraging AI, and prioritizing predictability. It cites research, such as 35% of CFOs citing poor cost management as a top internal threat.
Impact and considerations
Provides strategies for finance and travel managers to address cost pressures and improve spend visibility.
Key points
- 35% of CFOs cite poor cost management as a top internal threat.
- 61% cite inaccurate forecasting as a cost control challenge.
- 82% believe complex manual processes limit finance effectiveness.
- Automation reduces travel and expense costs by 23% and increases policy compliance by 28%.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 9 Feb 2026, 17:09
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:30
- Last updated
- 9 Feb 2026, 17:09
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：6 Ways Top Finance Leaders Are Staying Ahead of Spend in 2026 (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 9 Feb 2026, 17:09