Financial controls and automation software company BlackLine has appointed Claudia Pirko as its regional vice-president for Australia and New Zealand.

Financial professionals expect artificial intelligence will play a significant role in their profession over coming years as the software becomes more sophisticated and changes the type of work completed by humans, according to a new survey of corporate accountants.

Chief financial officers are constantly expected to do more with less, regardless of an organisation’s size. And if that is not enough they have to spread those thin resources to cope with increased regulatory scrutiny, rising business complexity, and heightened expectations for accurate and real-time financial intelligence.