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Date: August 5, 2026 at 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
Forecasts often lag reality. Budgets rely on spreadsheets. Assumptions vary by team. By the time forecasts are complete, market conditions have shifted and leaders react instead of plan. Finance teams need better signals, earlier insight, and clearer decision support.
This webinar explains how AI supports forecasting, FP&A, and audit without replacing judgment. Through real scenarios, you will see how AI detects patterns, supports scenarios, improves budgeting, and surfaces risks using explainable models and dashboards.
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Wed, Aug 12 at 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
Adopting AI is the easy part. Using it well is where most finance teams get stuck. Many struggle to see where AI truly fits, which tools to trust, and how to apply it without adding risk to financial processes.
This session shares how finance leaders apply AI to automate work, improve forecasting, and gain clearer visibility into data. You'll learn practical steps to adopt AI, build trust, and expand use with confidence.
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Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 2 pm ET (11 am PT)
Accounting teams face pressure to work faster while protecting accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness. GenAI promises speed, but unclear use cases and hidden risks leave many teams unsure what to trust or how to apply it safely.
This webinar shows where generative AI supports real accounting work and where it should stop. You'll see practical examples, risk checkpoints, and guardrails that help teams apply GenAI to daily tasks with control and confidence.
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Wed, Aug 26 at 2 pm ET (1 am PT)
Finance teams face growing pressure to use AI, but many still question the accuracy, risk, and control behind it. When outputs affect reporting, compliance, and cash flow, even small errors create real business impact and risk.
This webinar explains how to build trust into AI use in finance. Learn how to apply controls, understand limitations, and design workflows that keep teams in control while improving insight, confidence, and decision-making.
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Managing multiple entities creates real friction, from slow closes to inconsistent reporting. This on-demand session shows how finance teams move faster, reduce manual steps, and stay compliant across currencies, regions, and ownership structures.
When finance teams manage more entities, manual workflows slow the close, create intercompany confusion, and limit visibility. This webinar covers practical ways to handle consolidations, reporting, and compliance as the business grows.
Finance teams face real pressure: rising data volumes, manual workloads, and the constant need to guide growth while staying compliant. This on-demand webinar covers four habits that help finance teams move faster and make more confident decisions.
Finance teams are under constant pressure to explain results, defend forecasts, and answer questions fast. This webinar shows how to build dashboards that give stakeholders context, clear trends, and the signals they need to act.
Manual AP quietly drains time, money, and control from your business. Disconnected systems, missed discounts, and slow closes hold your team back. Watch this on-demand session to see how AI-powered AP automation with embedded vendor payments helps.
Sage and SourceForge explore how AI helps finance teams automate manual work, close faster, and shift from reactive reporting to proactive decision-making.
Ed Kless and Bill Fuesz at Sage walk through 10 specific reasons QuickBooks holds growing businesses back. They cover integration gaps, tracking limitations, and the financial reporting shortfalls that get in the way when it's time to scale.
Aaron Harris, CTO at Sage, and Piers Tomlinson from FT Longitude break down what authentic AI means for finance. They cover continuous accounting, continuous assurance, and continuous insights, and how each one cuts cycles and speeds up decisions.
Blake Oliver, Stephan Kramer, and Jeremiah Edwards dig into where AI is actually landing in accounting and finance. They cover real-world applications, the challenges that come with them, and how the technology is reshaping roles and decisions.
Aaron Harris and Michael Smith share a practical, hype-free finance AI game plan for 2026. They break down where to start, what to trust, real use cases with clear guardrails, and the concrete next steps that actually deliver value this year.
