| metric,value,statement,scope,year,source_org,source_url |
| Finance functions using AI,59%,Share of finance functions reporting AI use in 2025 (up from 37% in 2023),Survey of 183 CFOs and senior finance leaders (May-June 2025),2025,Gartner,https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-11-18-gartner-survey-shows-finance-ai-adoption-remains-steady-in-2025 |
| CFOs rating AI important for 2026,87%,CFOs saying AI will be very or extremely important to finance in 2026 (2% said not important),Q4 2025 CFO Signals survey,2025,Deloitte,https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/about/press-room/deloitte-q4-2025-cfo-signals-survey.html |
| Finance leaders using AI,93%,Finance leaders who use AI in their work,Self-selected survey of 516 senior finance leaders (skews CFO/senior),2026,CFO Connect,https://www.cfoconnect.eu/landing/salary-benchmark-report-2026/ |
| CFOs prioritizing AI agents,54%,CFOs saying integrating AI agents into finance is a transformation priority,Q4 2025 CFO Signals survey,2025,Deloitte,https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/about/press-room/deloitte-q4-2025-cfo-signals-survey.html |
| Enterprise genAI pilots with no P&L impact,95%,Enterprise generative AI pilots that delivered no measurable P&L impact (gap attributed to workflow integration not model capability),150 leader interviews + 350-employee survey + 300 public deployments,2025,MIT (via Fortune),https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/ |
| Audited spreadsheets containing errors,94%,Weighted-average share of audited operational business spreadsheets found to contain errors,Field audits from 1995 onward with sound audit methodology,2008,Panko (University of Hawaii),http://panko.shidler.hawaii.edu/SSR/Mypapers/whatknow.htm |
| Average spreadsheet cell error rate,5%,Average cell error rate across audited operational spreadsheets,Field audits compiled by Panko,2008,Panko (University of Hawaii),http://panko.shidler.hawaii.edu/SSR/Mypapers/whatknow.htm |
| FP&A professionals using spreadsheets weekly,96%,FP&A professionals using spreadsheets for planning at least weekly,2025 FP&A Benchmarking Survey,2025,Association for Financial Professionals,https://www.financialprofessionals.org/training-resources/resources/survey-research-economic-data/Details/FPAbenchmarking |
