Procurement Magazine W1 May 2026 | Page 16

of UK finance leaders say difficulty quantifying ROI is significantly or moderately hindering further AI investment
say a lack of full visibility into spend data is their biggest challenge
report being unable to make informed decisions due to data limitation
of organisations say it will play a key role in their financial strategy in 2026
of UK organisations are using AI in at least some finance and procurement processes
have fully integrated it across these functions

STATISTICS

80 %

of UK finance leaders say difficulty quantifying ROI is significantly or moderately hindering further AI investment

17 %

say a lack of full visibility into spend data is their biggest challenge

45 %

report being unable to make informed decisions due to data limitation

AI IS NOW FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN UK BUSINESS STRATEGY

88 %

of organisations say it will play a key role in their financial strategy in 2026

70 %

of UK organisations are using AI in at least some finance and procurement processes

9 %

have fully integrated it across these functions