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Australian finance leaders have moved beyond asking whether they should adopt AI.
According to Acquire Intelligence’s latest survey of Australian finance leaders, 57% believe that combining AI with outsourcing is the most effective long-term strategy for finance operations.
The finding highlights a significant shift in thinking. While AI continues to dominate conversations around finance transformation, many organisations are recognising that technology alone is not enough. Success depends on having the right people, processes, and operational expertise to support it.
For finance leaders facing growing pressure to improve efficiency, strengthen compliance, and deliver strategic insights, the answer increasingly lies in combining intelligent automation with specialist talent.
Why Finance Leaders Are Rethinking AI Adoption
AI has rapidly become a priority across finance functions.
Organizations that have successfully piloted AI often struggle to deploy it across finance operations. According to Deloitte’s State of Generative AI in the Enterprise report, talent shortages, governance requirements, and risk management concerns remain among the biggest barriers to enterprise AI adoption.
For finance leaders, these challenges are particularly significant.
• Finance functions operate in highly regulated environments where accuracy, compliance, and oversight are non-negotiable.
• Implementing AI requires more than technology investment
• It requires people who understand how to manage risk, redesign processes, and ensure governance frameworks keep pace with innovation.
The Rise of AI-Enabled Outsourcing
The concept is gaining significant momentum globally.
Gartner has highlighted AI-enabled outsourcing as a key enabler of digital finance transformation, noting that organizations are increasingly turning to outsourcing partners to operationalise AI and accelerate the digitalisation of finance operations.
Most finance teams are under pressure to achieve multiple objectives simultaneously:
• Reduce operating costs
• Improve reporting accuracy
• Strengthen compliance and governance
• Increase forecasting capability
• Support strategic decision-making
• Scale without increasing headcount
Achieving all of these goals requires the right processes, talent, governance frameworks, and execution capability.
An AI-enabled outsourcing model helps organizations access all four.
Instead of hiring scarce AI specialists internally, finance teams can leverage external expertise. Instead of spending months redesigning workflows, they can adopt proven operating models already optimized for automation and scale.
The result is faster transformation with lower implementation risk.
The Future of Finance Is Hybrid
The survey result proves that Australian finance leaders are not betting solely on AI. Nor are they relying exclusively on traditional outsourcing models.
They’re embracing a hybrid future where technology and human expertise work together.
Organizations that successfully combine AI-powered automation with scalable outsourcing models can reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, accelerate reporting cycles, and free internal teams to focus on higher-value activities.
That’s why 57% of finance leaders see AI combined with outsourcing as the most effective long-term strategy.
It’s not about replacing people with technology but building a finance function that is more agile, more intelligent, and better equipped to support growth.
How Acquire Intelligence Helps
At Acquire Intelligence, we help organizations transform finance operations through our Eliminate, Automate, Reallocate approach.
We identify inefficient processes, implement practical AI solutions, and provide access to skilled finance professionals who can scale alongside your business.
The result is a finance function that doesn’t just operate more efficiently and it becomes a strategic driver of growth.
Because the future of finance isn’t AI alone. It’s AI and people, working together.
Transform your business, intelligently
See how we transform businesses, intelligently. While others procrastinate, we deliver. Real outcomes. No fluff.
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According to Acquire Intelligence’s latest survey of Australian finance leaders, 57% believe that combining AI with outsourcing is the most effective long-term strategy for finance operations.
The finding highlights a significant shift in thinking. While AI continues to dominate conversations around finance transformation, many organisations are recognising that technology alone is not enough. Success depends on having the right people, processes, and operational expertise to support it.
For finance leaders facing growing pressure to improve efficiency, strengthen compliance, and deliver strategic insights, the answer increasingly lies in combining intelligent automation with specialist talent.
Why Finance Leaders Are Rethinking AI Adoption
AI has rapidly become a priority across finance functions.
Organizations that have successfully piloted AI often struggle to deploy it across finance operations. According to Deloitte’s State of Generative AI in the Enterprise report, talent shortages, governance requirements, and risk management concerns remain among the biggest barriers to enterprise AI adoption.
For finance leaders, these challenges are particularly significant.
• Finance functions operate in highly regulated environments where accuracy, compliance, and oversight are non-negotiable.
• Implementing AI requires more than technology investment
• It requires people who understand how to manage risk, redesign processes, and ensure governance frameworks keep pace with innovation.
The Rise of AI-Enabled Outsourcing
The concept is gaining significant momentum globally.
Gartner has highlighted AI-enabled outsourcing as a key enabler of digital finance transformation, noting that organizations are increasingly turning to outsourcing partners to operationalise AI and accelerate the digitalisation of finance operations.
Most finance teams are under pressure to achieve multiple objectives simultaneously:
• Reduce operating costs
• Improve reporting accuracy
• Strengthen compliance and governance
• Increase forecasting capability
• Support strategic decision-making
• Scale without increasing headcount
Achieving all of these goals requires the right processes, talent, governance frameworks, and execution capability.
An AI-enabled outsourcing model helps organizations access all four.
Instead of hiring scarce AI specialists internally, finance teams can leverage external expertise. Instead of spending months redesigning workflows, they can adopt proven operating models already optimized for automation and scale.
The result is faster transformation with lower implementation risk.
The Future of Finance Is Hybrid
The survey result proves that Australian finance leaders are not betting solely on AI. Nor are they relying exclusively on traditional outsourcing models.
They’re embracing a hybrid future where technology and human expertise work together.
Organizations that successfully combine AI-powered automation with scalable outsourcing models can reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, accelerate reporting cycles, and free internal teams to focus on higher-value activities.
That’s why 57% of finance leaders see AI combined with outsourcing as the most effective long-term strategy.
It’s not about replacing people with technology but building a finance function that is more agile, more intelligent, and better equipped to support growth.
How Acquire Intelligence Helps
At Acquire Intelligence, we help organizations transform finance operations through our Eliminate, Automate, Reallocate approach.
We identify inefficient processes, implement practical AI solutions, and provide access to skilled finance professionals who can scale alongside your business.
The result is a finance function that doesn’t just operate more efficiently and it becomes a strategic driver of growth.
Because the future of finance isn’t AI alone. It’s AI and people, working together.
Transform your business, intelligently
See how we transform businesses, intelligently. While others procrastinate, we deliver. Real outcomes. No fluff.
Get started at acquire.ai