Insights and Actions for Building Future-Ready Finance Teams
Finance teams are facing rapid change, growing workloads and increasing demands for digital capability. Yet many organizations face a finance skills gap and struggle to provide the training, development and support their teams need to keep pace.
The Finance Skills Gap Report 2026 explores the current state of skills, confidence and capability across finance operations. It offers advice to finance leaders looking to strengthen team performance and build a future-ready workforce.
What the Report Covers
- Finance Skills Confidence: Insights into how confident professionals feel in meeting current role demands and preparing for future changes.
- Critical Skills Gaps: The skills that are hardest to find in candidates today.
- Technology and Emerging Skills: Which digital, AI, and finance technology skills teams feel least confident with.
- Professional Development and Learning Barriers: Common barriers to learning, and the types of development professionals prefer.
- Future Skills Priorities: Which capabilities finance professionals see as most important to succeed in next-generation finance..
- Practical Guidance for Finance Teams: Actionable insights and approaches to support continuous learning and career development.
Why Download It
The findings highlight a clear and growing challenge. Finance teams want to develop and progress, but many lack access to the training, tools and structured pathways required.
Organizations that invest in continuous learning and development now will be better equipped to improve performance, strengthen team confidence, increase retention and support long-term success.
How IFOL’s Enterprise Academy Helps Close Skills Gaps
Our Enterprise Academy provides a structured certification and training pathway for finance teams with:
- Expert-led learning programs aligned with critical finance skills
- Recognition through industry-relevant certifications
- Flexible learning options for teams at all levels
With programs designed for accounts payable, purchase to pay, accounts receivable and finance operations managers, our Enterprise Academy helps teams build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need for current and future demands of finance operations.
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