en.Wedoany.com Reported - OneStream unveiled "Forward Finance: A New Operating Model for the Intelligent Organization" at its Splash user conference in Orlando, Florida, on May 18, 2026. The blueprint defines how leading teams leverage artificial intelligence, trusted data, and tight collaboration between finance and IT to optimize decision-making, embed insights into daily operations, and build teams that propel the business forward.

Tim Minahan, Chief Strategy Officer at OneStream, said: "Finance teams are no longer just being asked to close the books faster—they are increasingly being called upon to help steer the business. This shift prompted us to develop 'Forward Finance,' an emerging operating model for high-performance, AI-ready finance organizations, shaped in collaboration with hundreds of finance teams, CFOs, industry experts, partners, and business leaders navigating these challenges in real time. By studying how leading teams are rethinking workforce strategy, decision-making, and operations around AI, this proven operating model serves as a daily playbook for CFOs to help finance translate AI potential into tangible business results."

Glenn Hopper, founder of RoboCFO.ai, noted: "The CFO's role has shifted from historical record-keeping to driving real-time enterprise strategy. This blueprint outlines the operating model needed to navigate ever-changing market dynamics. By leveraging real-time data and operational signals, CFOs can unlock the agility required to guide the business forward."

Gartner predicts that global AI spending is expected to surpass $2 trillion, with CFOs increasingly shaping corporate strategy and AI execution. Yet, many organizations remain hampered by fragmented systems, poor data, and operating models built for a pre-AI era. OneStream's data governance research shows that 96% of executives believe accurate, trusted data is critical to their organization's success, but nearly half (47%) admit to having made a significant business decision based on bad data in the past year. These errors have already cost 72% of organizations $500,000 or more. The blueprint provides tangible steps finance leaders can take to bridge the gap between AI ambition and execution.

Forward Finance is built on five core dimensions: Data Steward, responsible for ensuring data transparency and traceability; AI Strategist, elevating AI from experimentation to enterprise value; Chief Operating Officer, fusing financial data with real-time operational signals to support decision-making; IT Collaborator, driving strategic partnership between finance and IT; and Workforce Architect, building future teams for human-machine collaboration.

OneStream is the AI operating system for modern finance, unifying core financial close, planning, and operational processes and data with embedded governance and controls. The company serves over 1,800 customers, including 18% of the Fortune 500, and has approximately 1,600 employees.

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