Chief Financial Officers
Machines can already do 42% of this job's tasks. By 2035 that rises to 64%. The job changes before it disappears.
Share of the work machines can do
Worldwide baseline, 2026 to 2050
Chief Financial Officers in 2026: the short answer
- Today: machines can do 42% of this job's tasks.
- Forecast: machines can do half of its tasks by 2030, and 64% by 2035, according to the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit.
- Contact with people: it scores 71% for contact with people.
- Also called: CFO (Chief Financial Officer), Group Finance Director, Finance Director (FD), Chief Accounting Officer.
Updated by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit. These are worldwide baseline figures; the Workforce Starburst shows them for your country. Go deeper: How ready am I? or an executive briefing.
How the work changes, task by task
The tasks that take up most of the day, with the share of each that machines can do in 2026 (dark) and 2035 (pink). Worldwide baseline.
| Task | Share of the day | Machines can do | 2026 to 2035 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set financial strategy, capital structure, funding and investment priorities | 6% | 35% to 61% | |
| Confer with board members, organization officials, or staff members to discuss issues, coordinate activities, or resolve problems | 5% | 30% to 54% | |
| Communicate with stockholders or other investors to provide information or to raise capital | 5% | 40% to 68% | |
| Lead relationships with investors, lenders, auditors and the board on financial performance | 5% | 33% to 58% | |
| Direct, plan, or implement policies, objectives, or activities of organizations or businesses to ensure continuing operations, to maximize returns on investments, or to increase productivity | 5% | 18% to 40% | |
| Develop or analyze information to assess the current or future financial status of firms | 5% | 81% to 97% | |
| Implement corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems | 5% | 10% to 27% | |
| Analyze operations to evaluate performance of a company or its staff in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change | 5% | 77% to 97% |
The skills this job runs on
The skills chief financial officers use most, most used first.
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When will machines do half of the tasks of Chief Financial Officers?
Machines can do half of its tasks by 2030. That is the worldwide baseline from the 311 Workforce Starburst, before adjusting for country.
Will AI take the job of chief financial officers?
Machines can do 42% of the tasks of chief financial officers today and 64% by 2035. The job changes before it disappears: the routine tasks move first.
Sources and citing
Tasks and their share of the day: O*NET 31.0, occupation 311-C925 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0). Pay and jobs: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. AI use today: Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Scoring and forecast: the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit; after 2035 the figures extend each trend, with lower confidence. Foresight, not advice.
Cite as: 311 Institute (2026). Chief Financial Officers: the outlook to 2050. 311 Workforce Starburst. https://www.311institute.com/jobs/chief-financial-officers/