REPORT

What’s Slowing Finance Automation Down?

New ERP-centered research reveals the biggest gaps in modern finance operations

Finance teams have invested heavily in modern ERPs, AI, and digital workflows. Yet many of the processes that actually move cash through the business still depend on manual reconciliation, collections follow-up, payment matching, and legacy payment methods.

Paystand’s proprietary Automation Gap Finance Report reveals where that disconnect is most visible, and where CFOs, Controllers, and finance leaders see the greatest opportunity to improve performance over the next 12 months.

The report examines the payment methods companies still rely on, the finance processes consuming the most manual effort, the causes of payment delays, and leadership’s priorities for automation and financial operations.

The findings point to a clear challenge: finance technology is modernizing faster than many underlying payment workflows.

And that gap is costing teams time, visibility, and operational efficiency.