Finance Trends 2026
Unlocking an expanded scope of finance
In our inaugural Finance Trends report, we surveyed more than 1,300 global finance leaders across industries to help explore why today’s leading CFOs are often thinking differently, operating differently, and hiring differently— and how some are doing it within a complex growth environment.
This report was originally published by Deloitte Insights and has been adapted with their permission.
What are finance leaders’ top priorities for 2026?
Our CFO survey identified five trends likely to have the most direct impact on finance leaders, the finance function, and, by extension, the rest of the organisation over the next year. Collectively, these trends illustrate the integral—and increasingly more prominent—role finance leaders are often playing in helping their organisations optimise costs, catalyse innovation, and orchestrate a strategic agenda that fuels enterprise-wide growth and value.
Top 5 trends from our research impacting finance and CFOs
Summarising the key findings from our Deloitte Insights report
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