The Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference is focused this year. It’s all about practical ways to cut costs, move faster, and modernize finance. For CFOs and IT leaders working together, it’s a chance to see what’s possible.
We’ve picked five sessions that stand out. These are the ones that show where finance is going. Less manual work. Better data. Smarter decisions. Here’s what we’ll be attending.
1. Measuring and quantifying cost, risk and value of GenAI initiatives
Speaker: Nate Suda, Gartner
Time: May 21, 12:00 p.m.
AI investments are growing, but few companies can explain what they are actually getting from them. This session covers how to measure cost, risk, and real business value. It offers a way to forecast and plan with confidence.
Why it matters: Finance leaders need more than momentum. They need to make the numbers work. This session helps them do that.
2. Transforming accounts payable: from complexity to efficiency
Speaker: Miles Onafowora, Gartner
Time: May 21, 4:30 p.m.
Accounts payable is still slow, manual, and often misaligned with procurement. This session explains how to fix that. It covers roles, metrics, and the structure needed to improve performance.
Why it matters: AP errors and delays waste time and money. This session offers a way forward that finance teams can actually use.
3. The present and future reality of finance AI
Speaker: Marco Steecker, Gartner
Time: May 20, 4:00 p.m.
AI adoption in finance is increasing, but maturity is uneven. This session shows where most teams are today. It also offers steps to help them catch up and move faster.
Why it matters: You can’t improve what you don’t measure. This talk helps teams benchmark progress and decide what to do next.
4. Beyond the pilot: Scaling AI from a small success to a big impact
Speaker: Ash Mehta, Gartner
Time: May 21, 2:00 p.m.
Many AI pilots work. Few of them scale. This session shows how to go beyond early success and roll out real change across the business.
Why it matters: Pilots are only the beginning. This session focuses on what it takes to make AI stick and deliver long-term value.
5. OpenEnvoy: finance and IT partner to transform AP and AR with autonomous finance
Speakers: Matthew Tillman (OpenEnvoy), Sri Kantamneni (Schreiber Foods), Matthew Besselman (Best Egg)
Time: May 20, 11:45 a.m.
Yes, this one is ours. This session features three experienced leaders. They will share how their finance and IT teams partnered to automate AP and AR. You will learn how they improved working capital, reduced manual work, and created space for strategic finance.
Why it matters: Finance cannot do this alone. IT cannot either. This is about what happens when they partner. It is a roadmap for transformation that actually works.
Closing thoughts
This year’s agenda makes one thing clear. Manual work is on the way out. AI and automation are no longer experiments. They are core to how high-performing companies run.
At OpenEnvoy, we help finance teams eliminate manual work, reduce costs, and scale automation in under 60 days. We’ll be at the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference and would love to connect in person.
Want to see how AI is working now in finance? Visit our Gartner CFO page to see what we are up to and schedule a 1:1 with us.
