--- title: blog | Finance Automation description: Finance Automation | --- [Skip to content](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/tag/finance-automation#main-content) [![positive8\_blue](https://blog.positive8.com/hs-fs/hubfs/positive8_blue.png?width=150&height=34&name=positive8_blue.png)](https://www.positive8.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://www.positive8.com/ContactUs) [Contact us](https://www.positive8.com/ContactUs) # Insights and Advice from Positive8 Explore industry trends, tips, and solutions for Finance and IT teams. 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[Read more](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/automate-finance-reconciliation-without-ai) [![](https://blog.positive8.com/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Finance%20Team%20Brainstorming%20Session%20With%20City%20Skyline.png)](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/finance-automation-without-ai) [Finance Automation](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/tag/finance-automation), [Finance Process Optimisation](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/tag/finance-process-optimisation), [Financial Reporting Tools](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/tag/financial-reporting-tools), [BI systems](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/tag/bi-systems) ## [Finance automation when your organisation is not ready for AI](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/finance-automation-without-ai) ![Picture of Chris Phillips](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e) [Chris Phillips](https://blog.positive8.com/en-gb/blog/author/chris-phillips) 21 Oct 2026, 11:50:58 Your organisation may have good reasons for waiting before using AI in Finance. Perhaps the cost is ... 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Whether teams are... 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Yet for many CFOs... 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One of the mo... 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