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2027 CFO Benchmarks Report

How modern finance leaders scale globally

Where does your finance function stand? Benchmark your growth, cost, global expansion, and AI adoption.

Set your growth target.
Benchmark growth against North American businesses that moved 112% more volume.
Take control of margin.
Hold currencies instead of converting, as nearly 6 in 10 earn 25% of revenue abroad.
Get ahead on AI.
Join the 37% of finance teams that already have AI running across core workflows.

Airwallex report titled 2027 CFO Benchmarks Report

Set your growth target.
Benchmark growth against North American businesses that moved 112% more volume.
Take control of margin.
Hold currencies instead of converting, as nearly 6 in 10 earn 25% of revenue abroad.
Get ahead on AI.
Join the 37% of finance teams that already have AI running across core workflows.

growth

Global starts earlier than you think

Nearly 6 in 10 companies generate more than 25% of revenue outside their home country, based on our survey of 1,600 global finance leaders. For 15%, more than half of revenue comes from outside their HQ country.

spend

Spend is shifting with the business

Airwallex corporate card spend gives a real-money picture of where businesses are investing. Marketing remains a priority, but momentum’s building behind software, AI, and travel – a pattern that may suggest companies are pairing growth spend with modernization.

tech stack

Connected finance beats crowded finance

Finance teams use five tools on average. And while 79% actively use AI, only 37% have embedded it into core workflows with measurable impact to gain a competitive edge.

“We’re seeing a new generation of companies invert the old model: technology is global from day one, and finance is ready to grow with the business.”

– Pranav Sood, CFO, Airwallex

Trusted by global teams

See how finance leaders scale global growth with Airwallex

“Airwallex is a fantastically simple yet sophisticated platform that maximises the finance team’s time. It has solved our immediate pain points and we keep uncovering more functionality designed for a large organisation operating at a global scale.”

Tori McIntyre

Director, Financial Control & Analysis, McLaren Racing

“As we scaled the product and expanded to new territories, we quickly found our financial operations were becoming fragmented, inefficient, and limiting our ability to move quickly. The finance team was also having to manage an ever-growing AP and AR function with ‌significant manual overhead. We needed to find a global payments partner that could offer all the services and coverage of our existing banking infrastructure combined. They’d need to have great APIs and strong technical capabilities. Airwallex was the perfect match.”

Robert Vis

Founder and CEO at Bird

"We designed PartnerStack from the ground up as the complete partnerships platform, connecting brands and affiliates across the B2B SaaS ecosystem. A key aspect of our offering is helping creators and publishers to simplify their payouts and seamlessly manage and grow their partnerships, all on one platform. With Airwallex, we can centralize tax reporting and global payouts – creating a smoother experience for our users, and allowing us to focus on supporting the growth of our network."

Geoff Seeman

Senior Product Manager at PartnerStack

“The financial impact is very real. No one in the market is doing what Airwallex enables us to do: take what was previously a very time-consuming, multi-step workflow and completely remove that burden from both parties.”

Nicholas Rudder

Founder & CEO of Sphere.

“In the payments world, most providers push everything toward tech automation, which is fine – until you need actual support. Airwallex combines cutting-edge technology with real human relationships, and that’s something we truly value.”