I think AI can definitely have a meaningful role within

finance. There are efficiencies for

repetitive tasks, absolutely. I think ultimately, though, if you

start to think about business impact, as I talked about before, how can I get

faster insights?

Our business is changing, our world's changing.

There's external factors that are changing.

Can I use AI to give me faster insights?

Can I use AI to do more continuous planning?

So my ability to run scenarios more quickly, take in

the latest factor that has changed,

is really going to help ultimately in decision-making.

So I think there's a great opportunity.

I think FP&A teams, finance teams, have a seat at the table, which is really

important. Now we've got this tool that, if used correctly and used

properly, can really go help accelerate the scenario

planning, the future-looking

outcomes, and help us make better decisions.

If we think about using AI at scale and confidently using it

at scale, I would say it's still a bit of a work in process,

honestly, in terms of a confidence level for me.

I'm confident that we have good oversight right now in terms of how we

manage it, but that needs to continue.

How do we continue to have transparency on what the models are

doing? Can I trace it back? That concept of

auditability. Do I really know where those answers are coming from?

If it's an analyst, I can sit down with that analyst and I can have the

conversation, and I can test those assumptions. How can I do that?

I need to make sure I can do that within the models.

And then I also need to make sure that there's governance around it, as I talked

about.

So some combination of the models with humans

is going to continue, I think, in my mind, to be the model for a while.

But that's not enough. Just like any good finance organization,

I think you have to test your assumptions.

You have to make sure that you're thinking about all of the downside

risks of using it, and make sure that you're not ignoring those.

I think if you continue to do that, and if you're diligent, then

I have confidence that we can go use it in a way that can be a real scalable

tool that will really help the organization.