Finance leaders are under constant pressure to deliver faster insights, support strategic decisions, and increasingly define their organisation’s AI strategy. Yet the reality inside many finance teams is very different: analysts still spend 60–70% of their time gathering, cleaning and reconciling data across disconnected systems. In this episode, the discussion focuses on the root causes behind this persistent operational bottleneck. Rather than treating the problem as a talent or tooling issue, the conversation explores the deeper architectural reasons finance teams remain trapped in manu...