Smart Finance in Uncertain Times: The AI Advantage
Disruptive events from the last couple of years have brought in a paradigm shift in the global finance space.
Uncertainties like the great resignation, recession, supply chain shortage highlighted the importance of moving towards a digital first strategy for the finance sectors.
While finance executives were tasked with implementing digital transformation,
94% of them still don’t know what it means, and how it could help their daily operations!
Read this blog to first understand why finance leaders should move to a digital-first strategy and its impact on business transformation in today’s economic uncertainties.
Chapter 01: Road to a Better 2023 with Increased Digitization
Before you start your journey towards a digital-first strategy, start by understanding two critical concepts:
Digital Transformation:
It could be defined as the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business. It fundamentally changes how you operate and deliver value to customers.
If your company currently maintains manual processes, or there is minimal cooperation between departments, digital transformation is likely to require fundamental cultural changes in how your company’s order to cash processes operate.
With that said, there are compelling arguments in favor of digital transformation, such as:
Autonomous Finance
Simply put autonomous finance is AI driven data driven software that automates previously labor-intensive manual processes.
Some benefits of autonomous finance are as following:
Chapter 02: Why Finance Leaders Should Switch to Digital First Strategy
Following a digital first strategy aims to provide finance leaders with real-time visibility across the entire finance process of the organization and boost the productivity levels of their teams.
Here are some reasons why finance leaders should shift to a digital-first
strategy:
Many companies today still rely on time-consuming legacy systems and disconnected processes for all their operations. These manual methods are often error-prone, and could cause customer dissatisfaction and financial loss.
Without collaborative tools, there is often a misalignment of goals among finance teams.
Information scattered across files, and manual systems make it difficult for finance teams to access data in real-time. This increases the chance of data inaccuracy and inaccurate tracking of critical business metrics.
Use of legacy systems makes it difficult for finance teams to tackle business critical and complex scenarios due to unavailability of the right set of tools and features.
Complex and repetitive finance processes lead to a decrease in team productivity, since most finance professionals spend the majority of their time in low-value work.
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Chapter 03: Why Choose Automation to Transform the Finance Landscape
Chapter 04: Examples of Automation in Action
Ensure Faster Customer Onboarding with Online Credit Application
Leverage Analytics to Make Well-Informed Credit Decisions
Automated Collections for Faster Payment Recovery
Track and Analyze Critical Metrics with Intelligent Reporting
Gain Real-Time Visibility with a Centralized Repository
Forecast Cash Accurately with Automation to take Better Finance Decisions
Achieve Faster Month-End Financial Close with the Power of Automation
Conclusion
Following a digital-first strategy will help solve the common challenges faced by finance teams and enhance efficiency and boost company growth. It vastly improves finance management and offers the flexibility to scale with the business.
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Robert Shultz
Founder, Quote to Cash Solution
Robert Shultz has had a thirty-year career as a global credit and financial executive for large multinational companies. As a Founding Partner of Quote to Cash Solutions (Q2C) LLC, he provides consulting services in all aspects of the credit and collections process for companies of all sizes in a variety of industries.
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