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A practitioner’s guide for the CFO adopting AI in finance. Where AI earns its place, why the ledger comes first, and how to govern it so it survives an audit.
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What you'll learn
From fluent answers to defensible ones
Every CFO has an AI question waiting on the calendar. Here is how to answer it with control, evidence, and speed.
01
Start with the decision, not the tool
Name the decision AI should improve before you buy anything. Four questions to settle first, plus a map of where AI earns its place in finance today.
02
Fix the ledger first
AI is only as reliable as the numbers it reads. See what decision-ready data looks like, and run a readiness check before you point a model at your financials.
03
Govern it so it survives an audit
A risk framework, five principles for finance-grade AI, and the vendor questions to ask. AI output gets the same scrutiny as any other work that reaches your board.
04
Prove it, then scale it
Build the business case, run a 90-day pilot with baselines, and follow a 180-day plan that ends with evidence you can show the board.
INSIDE THE E-BOOK
Six chapters, from the first question to the boardroom
AI Is a Balance Sheet Decision
Why AI belongs on the CFO’s agenda, and the four questions to settle first.
Where AI Earns Its Place in Finance
The hierarchy of value, use cases ready today, and how to sequence them.
The Ledger Comes First
Why AI quality is capped by data quality, and what decision-ready data looks like.
Governance, Controls, and Trust
A risk framework, control principles, and vendor questions for audit-ready AI.
The Business Case and the Operating Model
Framing the investment, build vs. buy vs. partner, and designing a pilot.
Your First 180 Days
A sequenced plan, the board conversation, and habits that last.
Adopt with conviction. Verify with discipline.
Cube · Finance-grade AI starts with the CFO
Who's behind it
Written by a three-time CFO
Christina Ross has been CFO three times, at companies from high-growth startups to global enterprises. This e-book comes out of a conversation she has had dozens of times, with controllers who were excellent at their jobs and still not ready for hers.
It ends where Cube starts. When 60 to 80 percent of a finance team's capacity goes to reconciliation, the strategic work never gets a calendar slot. Cube's four FP&Agents work on a single governed data layer, so the hours the close used to take go to the judgment only you can supply.
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