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Where Automation Works and Human Judgment Still Matters

· 25 min · Episode 306

Episode Where Automation Works and Human Judgment Still Matters

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In this episode of CFO Weekly, Amy Wang, Chief Financial Officer at Procurify, joins Megan Weis to explore what AI in finance actually looks like inside mid-market companies, where automation genuinely adds value, and where human judgment still matters most. Amy brings a career that spans PwC, Solium, Morgan Stanley, Userful, and now Procurify, an AI-enhanced spend management platform built for mid-market organizations.

With firsthand experience across audit, high-growth SaaS, fintech, and capital markets, Amy has seen finance from the auditor's chair, the scale-up, the enterprise, and now the CFO seat, where she oversees finance, people operations, legal, IT, and procurement. She shares why mid-market teams are moving faster on AI than their enterprise counterparts, how to separate real solutions from flashy demos, and why the CFO of the next two to three years will look less like a record keeper and more like a value architect.

What You'll Learn:

• Why mid-market companies are adopting AI faster than the enterprise • How to separate genuinely useful AI applications from vendor hype • Where humans must stay in the loop, and where AI earns its place • How AI is changing entry-level finance roles and how learning must adapt • A simple three-question test for evaluating any new AI tool • How AI is shifting finance from gatekeeper to strategic partner • What the CFO role will look like over the next two to three years

Learn More About Amy:

• Amy Wang on LinkedIn • Procurify Website

Episode resources:

• Personiv's Website • Personiv on LinkedIn • Personiv on Facebook • Personiv on Twitter

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