CFO THOUGHT LEADER AI, Trust, and the Expanding Role of Finance: A Sage Future Special
May 1, 2026
Julie Adams, SVP overseeing construction strategy, links operations, finance, and HR for project visibility. Jon Fasoli, SVP focused on automation and AI in finance workflows, talks speed with control. Aaron Harris, CTO who built cloud accounting platforms, outlines AI’s move toward autonomy and the need for trust and governance. They discuss AI adoption, connected data, and protecting margins in construction.
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Governance Needs AI Thinking Trails
- Existing permission and control systems for humans still apply to AI agents, but must capture extra traceability.
- Aaron Harris recommends auditing prompts, agent identities, and whether actions were autonomous to capture 'thinking'.
Let AI Inform But Not Decide Big Bets
- Use risk, consequence, and accountability to decide when AI should recommend versus act automatically.
- For consequential business decisions, Aaron Harris advises AI should empower decision makers with data, not decide for them.
CFO CTO Partnership Will Drive Digital Strategy
- The CFO–CTO partnership will be pivotal as finance becomes technology-led and the business becomes software.
- Aaron Harris predicts CTOs will be highly in-demand to align financial strategy with technology execution.