AI Finance Club: What Three Members Learned from the Experience with Eve, Jurgen & Bukie

AI Finance Club: What Three Members Learned from the Experience with Eve, Jurgen & Bukie6 Aug1 h 11 min

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In this episode of FP&A Unlocked, host Paul Barnhurst is joined by AI Finance Club members Eve Reiter, Jurgen Lang, and Bukie Faforiji for a discussion on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of FP&A. The panel shares how AI has changed the way they approach financial modeling, forecasting, automation, business partnering, and software development. From replacing repetitive Excel work with AI-powered workflows to building production-ready finance applications, they explore the practical skills finance professionals need to stay relevant in an AI-first world.

Eve Reiter is a global procurement leader and AI advocate with experience at Amazon, American Express, and State Street. Jurgen Lang is a Hamburg-based fractional CFO specializing in SaaS, sports, hospitality, and technology, with more than 15 years of finance experience. Bukie Faforiji is an FP&A professional and creator of CFO Intel, an AI-powered platform that delivers transparent and auditable financial insights.

Expect to Learn:

How AI is changing the day-to-day work of FP&A professionals.Why critical thinking and domain expertise matter more than ever in an AI-driven world.How finance leaders are using AI to automate workflows and build custom finance tools.What the AI Finance Club offers finance professionals looking to upskill.The opportunities,and risks, that AI creates for the future of finance careers.

Here are a few relevant quotes from the episode:

“If nobody can act on the information, then the work has failed.” - Jurgen Lang“The best way to learn is to share.” - BukieFaforiji“You are not just consuming in a community. You are also contributing.” - BukieFaforiji

AI is reshaping FP&A by reducing manual work, accelerating analysis, and helping finance professionals build more powerful workflows and tools. However, domain expertise, critical thinking, governance, and human judgement remain essential for producing reliable, defensible results. Finance professionals who actively develop these skills will be better prepared for an AI-driven future.