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The CFO’s Guide to Autonomous Accounting

Dec 12, 2024

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A WNS Perspective

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A Roadmap to Minimizing Effort and Maximizing Returns

With the spotlight on the finance function to lead digital change, CFOs are prioritizing autonomous accounting to garner the efficiencies they need to fuel enterprise-wide transformation. By building an autonomous accounting function, CFOs can drive operational excellence, enhance accuracy and deliver more substantial outcomes.

WNS, in partnership with Jiffy.ai, presents an eBook - The CFO’s Guide to autonomous accounting . The eBook is a strategic blueprint for leaders to forge a thriving and independent finance function. We explore the trends shaping the sector and share the critical factors, with real-world examples, that CFOs must focus on.

Download the eBook for a deeper understanding of these key priorities:

Leading transformation to enable long-term sustainable growth

Strengthening metrics, insights and storytelling

Optimizing costs and maintaining a healthy ROI

Improving the finance function’s strategy and design

Sivaram Vallampati
Corporate Senior Vice President,
Finance & Accounting Capability, WNS

Kris Subramanian
Co-Founder & COO,
JIFFY.ai

How Can CFOs Drive Excellence in a Hypercompetitive Era?

Sivaram Vallampati, Corporate Senior Vice President - Finance & Accounting Capability, WNS and Kris Subramanian Co-Founder & COO, JIFFY.ai offer CFOs actionable insights and strategic guidance to refine their financial strategies, propelling their businesses forward.

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FAQs

1. What is autonomous finance, and why is it important for CFOs today?

Autonomous finance uses AI, analytics, and hyperautomation to run finance operations with minimal manual effort. It helps CFOs improve speed, accuracy, decision-making, and resilience in volatile markets while enabling scalable, insight-driven financial leadership across the enterprise.

2. How does autonomous finance differ from traditional finance automation?

Traditional automation fixes individual tasks, while autonomous finance connects data, processes, and intelligence across the finance function to enable predictive insights, self-learning workflows, and proactive decision-making that continuously adapts to changing business conditions.

3. What business outcomes can organizations expect from autonomous finance?

Organizations can expect faster closes, lower operating costs, improved forecasting accuracy, better risk management, and real-time insights that support strategic growth and performance management across complex, multi-entity finance environments.

4. How can CFOs begin their autonomous finance & accounting transformation journey?

CFOs should start by assessing process maturity, data readiness, and technology gaps, then prioritize high-impact finance processes and partner with experts to scale automation sustainably while aligning transformation goals with business strategy.

5. How does WNS help organizations build an autonomous finance & accounting function?

WNS enables autonomous finance through a combination of deep finance domain expertise, AI, GenAI, analytics, and hyperautomation, helping CFOs modernize processes, improve decision intelligence, and achieve measurable efficiency and ROI at scale.

6. What makes WNS’s autonomous finance approach different from other providers?

WNS differentiates its autonomous finance approach by combining consulting-led transformation, industry-specific operating models, and scalable digital platforms to deliver outcome-driven finance transformation tailored to each client’s maturity and business goals.