Why AI ROI Has Become a CFO Problem, Not a Tech Problem

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Mike DePrisco, President and CEO of IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), joins Megan Weese to explore why AI cost and ROI are increasingly becoming CFO problems, not just technology problems, and how finance leaders can evaluate AI investments, manage pricing uncertainty, and tie adoption to measurable business value. Mike brings more than thirty years of executive leadership experience across professional associations, certification, and higher education, including a decade of leadership roles at the Project Management Institute (PMI), before joining IMA in 2023. Drawing on IMA's own research into AI adoption among finance professionals, Mike shares why so many CFOs still don't trust their own data, how AI amplifies a broken process instead of fixing it, and why starting small and proving value beats waiting for a perfect deployment. He also unpacks the governance structures forward-thinking finance teams are building around AI and explains how the CFO role is expanding well beyond the traditional scorekeeper function. What You'll Learn: Why evaluating AI cost and ROI is uniquely challenging compared to other technology investments How finance's AI adoption has accelerated from early skepticism to mainstream deployment Why 37% of CFOs say they don't trust their own data, and what that means for AI readiness How to measure the real business value of AI beyond productivity and vendor promises Why AI governance belongs in the boardroom and in a dedicated AI center of excellence How the CFO role is evolving into a broader enterprise leadership function over the next three to five years Learn More About Mike: Mike DePrisco on LinkedIn IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) Website Episode resources: Personiv's Website Personiv on LinkedIn Personiv on Facebook Personiv on Twitter If you enjoyed this episode, then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Instructions on following, rating, and reviewing CFO Weekly are here. Previous guests include: Tom McDermott, CFO at Career Certified, Claire Bramley, CFO at Teradata, Chris Miles, Founder of Money Ripples, Ranil DeSilva, CFO & COO at CARE, Jordan Grumet, Financial Independence Expert & Host of Earn & Invest & William Washington, Global CFO at Baker McKenzie Check out some of our most recent episodes: Driving Value Beyond Finance with Tom McDermott Why CFOs Are the Chief Everything Officers with Claire Bramley Why Traditional Financial Advice Fails and What To Do Instead with Chris Miles NGO Finance Secrets: CARE’s $900M Strategy with Ranil DeSilva What Lights You Up? with Jordan Grumet Become a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with William Washington If you are interested in joining CFO Weekly as a guest, please complete this form: fame.so/cfo-guest CFO Weekly is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so