CFO THOUGHT LEADER Special Episode: Rethinking the ERP Upgrade Path
Mar 6, 2026
Ashley Still, EVP and GM of Intuit’s mid-market business, leads the push to bring AI-enabled finance solutions to growing companies. She discusses Intuit Enterprise Suite as a faster, lower-cost ERP alternative. She highlights AI agents that cut manual work, speed month-end insights, and enable CFOs to shift toward risk management, data connection, and strategic growth.
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Choose ERP That Preserves QuickBooks Usability
- Do consider Intuit Enterprise Suite as an alternative to traditional ERP when scaling beyond QuickBooks to avoid long implementations.
- Ashley Still explains it keeps QuickBooks-like usability, adds multi-entity, role-based access, advanced reporting, and lower TCO with faster implementation.
AI Turns CFOs Into Growth Drivers
- AI is shifting the CFO role from back-office scorekeeper to forward-looking growth driver.
- Ashley Still argues AI frees finance from manual close tasks so teams can spend time connecting data, reducing risk, and driving growth.
AI Agents Deliver Immediate Finance Productivity
- AI agents are already delivering measurable time savings for finance teams such as month-end summaries and project setup.
- Ashley Still cites >75% of customers reporting efficiency gains from finance, accounting, and project-management agents.