Cutting Through the Noise: What AI Can Actually Do for Finance Today

Your board has made AI a directive, not a question — and somewhere between the pressure from above and the hype in every headline, it's genuinely hard to know what's real. Can AI actually help a finance team today, or is it all still promise?

This session cuts through the noise. Justin Merritt and Colin Sygrove walk through where AI delivers real value in finance right now — and, just as usefully, where it doesn't yet. You'll leave with more than reassurance:

• The finance tasks where AI already earns its keep - from forecasting support to turning a multi-hour variance hunt into something closer to thirty minutes
• How to use AI so you can always check its work, not just take its word
• A simple way to spot a good first use case, anything verifiable, low-stakes, and worth your time
• Where the real risks are, and where the fear is more hype than substance

Whether your team is already experimenting or hasn't started, you'll leave knowing what's worth trying and how to try it without getting burned.