<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Pedro Alizo — Finance × AI Strategist</title><description>Writing and projects on AI, finance, and how teams can work smarter—with clear, practical takeaways.</description><link>https://pedroalizo.com/</link><language>en-US</language><item><title>AI Agents in Finance: From Experiments to Transformation Priorities</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/ai-agents-finance-transformation-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/ai-agents-finance-transformation-2026</guid><description>Why CFOs are prioritizing AI agents, how agentic workflows differ from chat-only GenAI, and what enterprise research says about scaling safely in 2026.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI Governance for Finance Teams: Model Audits, Controls, and Trust</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/ai-governance-model-audits-finance-teams</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/ai-governance-model-audits-finance-teams</guid><description>A practical overview of governance, model, and functionality audits for AI in finance—based on AICPA &amp; CIMA professional insights on strengthening controls and compliance.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What CFOs Are Prioritizing in 2026: AI, Digital Finance, and AI Agents</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/cfos-ai-priorities-2026-deloitte-cfo-signals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/cfos-ai-priorities-2026-deloitte-cfo-signals</guid><description>Key findings from Deloitte’s Q4 2025 CFO Signals survey—why technology transformation, automation, and AI agents top the agenda for North American finance leaders.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Embedded AI vs. Point Solutions: What CFO Surveys Say About the Finance Stack</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/embedded-ai-vs-point-solutions-cfo-survey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/embedded-ai-vs-point-solutions-cfo-survey</guid><description>L.E.K.’s 2025 Office of the CFO survey on adoption gaps, AP/AR wins, and why most CFOs lean toward embedded AI in finance platforms—with attribution and sources.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI in Finance 2026: Scaling Where the Productivity Gap Hurts Most</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/finance-productivity-gap-ai-hackett-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/finance-productivity-gap-ai-hackett-2026</guid><description>The Hackett Group’s 2026 Finance Key Issues research on workloads, tech spend, AP and FP&amp;A adoption—and why people and change management matter as much as models.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of Finance and AI: Agentic Systems, Efficiency, and Augmented Analysis</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/future-of-finance-ai-agentic-efficiency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/future-of-finance-ai-agentic-efficiency</guid><description>How agentic AI, automation, and smarter tooling are reshaping corporate finance, FP&amp;A, and accounting—and what practitioners should prioritize next.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Future of Accounting: What AI Means for the Profession</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/future-of-accounting-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/future-of-accounting-ai</guid><description>Analysis and predictions on how AI will reshape accounting—from compliance and audit to advisory and the skills that will matter most.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building My First AI-Powered Financial Dashboard with Python</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/building-ai-financial-dashboard-python</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/building-ai-financial-dashboard-python</guid><description>A step-by-step walkthrough of building a simple financial dashboard using Python, with code snippets and design decisions explained.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 AI Tools That Are Transforming Financial Analysis</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/5-ai-tools-financial-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/5-ai-tools-financial-analysis</guid><description>Practical tool recommendations with use cases for financial analysis, reporting, and decision support. From spreadsheets to BI and LLMs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Every Finance Professional Needs to Learn AI — Now</title><link>https://pedroalizo.com/blog/why-every-finance-professional-needs-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pedroalizo.com/blog/why-every-finance-professional-needs-ai</guid><description>The urgency and opportunity of AI adoption in finance. Why waiting is no longer an option for finance teams who want to stay relevant and deliver more value.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>