AI strategy for finance

Your board is asking about AI. Here’s a concrete answer for finance.

57% of CFOs face board pressure on AI and 92% are willing to shift labor budget toward it. The most concrete AI for CFO teams to start with is AR: measurable, contained, and built to pay back inside 90 days. The guide shows why.

Get the guide: Why AR Is the Right Place to Start with AI
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The pressure

The question isn’t whether to use AI. It’s where to start.

67% of CFOs say purpose-built finance AI tools are necessary for production workflows, as opposed to general AI platforms. 57% face board pressure to move, and 92% are willing to shift labor budget to AI.

The risk is starting somewhere broad and abstract, where results are hard to measure. Generic finance automation software promises a lot across the board; the board wants one concrete result a quarter from now.

Open A/R 16.4% MoM
$2,418,930
312 open invoices · 38 customers
Aging breakdown
As of today · auto-refreshed
54% Current
22% 1–30
13% 31–60
Suppli is working LIVE
  • Matched $48,201 · check #2041 → Westbrook Concrete now
  • Sent reminder · 7 accounts past 30 days 2m
  • Credit approved · Atlas Roofing · $75k limit 8m
  • Flagged for review · split payment, Cobalt Industrial 14m
Posted to ERP ACH · Pinehurst Materials
INV-48201$12,480.00
INV-48217$8,940.00
INV-48224$2,781.00
The answer

Why AR is the right place to start.

AR is measurable: DSO, past-due balances, and touchless match rate are numbers the board already understands. It is contained: a defined process with a clear before and after. And it pays back fast: Suppli customers see results in 90 days, with cash freed that funds the rest of the AI roadmap.

That is the case the guide makes in full, with the framework to take to your board.

−15%
Average DSO reduction
Collections intelligence
50%
Inbound call reduction
Agentic collections
~80%
Touchless match rate
Cash application AI
90 days
Time to value
Minimal IT lift
About Suppli

Purpose-built finance AI for AR.

Suppli is the AI-native AR platform for the physical economy. It executes collections, cash application, and credit monitoring, and shows measurable results in a single quarter. $7B+ in open AR under management. AD Preferred Service Provider.

Customer stories

Finance teams are seeing the working-capital impact in month one.

“I thought the DSO benefits would not show up until maybe a year plus. They ended up materializing in month two.”

“I’ve used most ERP and AR platforms including Billtrust and VersaPay but Suppli is on another level. The platform is so easy to use and feels custom made for credit. Our customers absolutely love how effortless it is to manage their account with Suppli.”

“Suppli just made it so we can do our job better. We can spend more time where time is needed.”

Download the guide

Get the board-ready case.

The guide gives you the concrete AI-in-finance strategy and the math behind it.

  • Why AR is measurable, contained, and fast to pay back.
  • The CFO survey data behind the case.
  • The framework to take to your board.
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Why AR Is the Right Place to Start with AI