As finance leaders face rising expectations for speed, accuracy and strategic insight, the architecture supporting the office of the chief financial officer is undergoing a fundamental shift.
The future of finance is not defined by systems alone—but by how those systems connect, communicate and evolve. Organisations must adapt to elevate insight and efficiency to transform key processes and support ongoing growth.
Join us as we consider the evolving role of finance, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and how transformation is being driven by:
- The need for real-time decision making across increasingly complex environments
- The imperative to automate and standardise core finance processes
- The opportunity to unlock enterprise value through clean, connected data
- How data analytics and artificial intelligence are being used to support better decision making, improve operational insight and enable scalable, practical innovation across organisations.
This session is relevant for every business, regardless of size or industry, because the need for faster decisions, tighter controls and scalable efficiency is universal. By combining automation, connected data and practical AI, you’ll learn approaches that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy and create insight you can act on right away.
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Date:
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 |
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Time: 12:00pm for a 12:30pm start
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Venue: Federation University Australia
Seminar Theatre, Building T, Technology Park Central, 106-110 Lydiard Street South |
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Maria is a Partner in the Sydney Audit & Assurance division providing CFO Advisory Services to clients....
She has extensive expertise in finance transformation, corporate reporting, accounting advisory, project management, and audit. Her focus is on digital controllership and close-to-report processes, including data collection, automation, reporting tools, and enhancing analytics and insights. With experience in professional services and corporate roles in ASX-listed companies, combined with her in-depth accounting knowledge, Maria is well-equipped to understand the challenges CFOs and finance functions face during transformation.
Gerard Sayers is a Senior Manager in RSM Australia’s Data Analytics practice. He specialises in helping organisations use data analytics, automation and AI to improve decision making and transform finance and operational functions. ...
Gerard works closely with finance and executive teams to design and deliver analytics led transformation initiatives, with a focus on practical application, automation of core finance processes and building sustainable data capability within organisations. His experience spans data, analytics and AI strategy and governance, finance transformation and the implementation of scalable, insight driven solutions.
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