What keeps chief financial officers (CFOs) and CFOs-to-be up at night? According to a new survey,;Finance Trends 2026: Navigating The Expanded Scope Of Finance, five key issues top their list of concerns.

Two of these priorities are typical financial concerns—the need for better management of day-to-day cash flow and for reducing current costs. But three top-of-mind concerns in the finance department are outside of the typical CFO purview—new external market factors (like tariffs and changing policy); the effect of new technology; and the need for diversification through new services.

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