Gartner Finance Survey Reveals the Top 10 Technologies for Future Investment in Finance
“CFOs are increasingly playing a strategic role in shaping technology roadmaps that support enterprise-wide innovation,” said Mike Helsel, Senior Director Analyst in the Gartner Finance practice. “Over 70% of CFOs have expanded responsibilities beyond finance to include enterprise data and analytics, AI, and corporate strategy, driving a focus towards finance technologies that support such enterprise initiatives.”
A Gartner survey of 383 finance leaders was taken in October 2024 and showed that generative AI (GenAI), machine learning (ML) and cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) are the top technologies expected to receive future investment in the finance function (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Top 10 Finance Technologies Expected to Receive the Highest Future Investment
Source: Gartner (March 2025)
GenAI and ML
Metrics, analytics, and reporting, along with planning, budgeting, and forecasting are among the top priorities for finance functions in 2025. This is driving the push toward AI and advanced analytics tools that transform finance operations by providing real-time insights and enhancing enterprise decision-making processes.
Cloud ERP
Eighty-seven percent of respondents from organizations that have already implemented ERP solutions say they have plans to replace or upgrade them in the next three years.
“The substantial adoption levels and value of cloud ERP make it the top overall technology for finance functions,” said Helsel. “New self-service AI and data analytics capabilities being rolled out by cloud ERP vendors are providing an incentive for finance functions to upgrade, so they can better provide insights to the business in real time and at scale.”
