OracleVoice: 3 Emerging Technologies CFOs Should Learn To Love

Most financial teams would like to keep up--and experiment with--emerging finance technologies, from artificial intelligence to blockchain to chatbots. The reality is they can't, because they're too busy applying technical Band-Aids to their old systems so they can complete the next period close on schedule. "You want to get your employees away from working on the equivalent of the finance production line to give them time to become the innovation engine of the business," says Steve Cox, an Oracle group vice president and evangelist for cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and enterprise performance management (EPM) products. Steve Cox, an Oracle group vice president, speaks with customers during Oracle Modern Finance Experience. Cox spends his time traveling the world, meeting with C-level business executives to discuss their challenges.