Gartner for CFOs

Tackle your mission-critical priorities with trusted insights, tailored guidance and execution tools, backed by 2,400+ annual CFO conversations, 40+ finance experts and dozens of quantitative studies. 

Guided by a former CFO, our flexible partnership evolves with your changing needs to help you move faster, make smarter decisions and deliver measurable impact.

How we support your priorities

Harness AI to revolutionize finance

Deliver new finance AI solutions that accelerate workforce productivity while meeting cost targets.

Manage costs to achieve growth

Build a cost optimization strategy with clear objectives that protects value drivers while reducing spend.

Mobilize leaders amid perpetual uncertainty

Prepare leaders and managers to drive organization transformations as AI reshapes strategy.

Strengthen your enterprise influence

Lead your enterprise on strategic workforce planning, organizational design and redefining your culture.

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What’s included in a Gartner for CFO membership?

CFO Executive Partners

Trusted by 290+ CFOs globally, Executive Partners are former CFOs with decades of experience who provide personalized, strategic guidance. They help you accelerate impact, lead transformation and navigate complex challenges with:

  • A safe sounding board for ideas and challenges

  • Pressure tests for your priorities and plans to challenge your thinking

  • Facilitated strategy meetings with your finance leadership team

  • Support for board-level communications and executive alignment

  • Peer connections to benchmark and learn from other CFOs

Instant finance insights

Backed by over 2,400 annual client interactions and rigorous analysis, Gartner delivers 4,400+ content pieces and 1,800+ tools shaped by real-world challenges and proven solutions. With AskGartner, our AI-powered tool, you can surface contextual insights, summaries and visuals instantly — helping CFOs make faster, smarter decisions with confidence and clarity.

  • AskGartner AI tool for instant, contextual answers and summaries

  • Case studies showcasing peer-tested strategies and measurable outcomes

  • Magic Quadrants and Market Guides for smarter tech decisions

  • Enterprise leadership insights to enhance CEO and CIO partnerships

Expert guidance

Access 40+ finance experts and 2,500+ cross-functional experts across business, technology and leadership domains. Our experts bring real-world experience and deep insight to help you refine strategy, evaluate vendors and solve complex challenges — so you can make confident, data-driven decisions.

  • Expert inquiry calls to diagnose issues and define next steps

  • Document reviews for board presentations, strategic plans and initiative outlines

  • Proposal reviews to identify cost savings and mitigate long-term risks

  • Diagnostics consultations to interpret benchmarking results and prioritize action

  • Team discussions to align executive teams around Gartner proven frameworks

Must-attend events

From webinars and local briefings to immersive conferences, Gartner events help CFOs stay ahead of the curve, connect with peers and gain actionable insights to drive strategic impact. Our premier CFO conference, Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo, draws 3,500+ finance leaders annually for exclusive programming, world-class speakers and networking.

Gartner Finance Symposium/Xpo™ conference

Peer connections

Gartner’s peer platforms offer always-on access to senior finance leaders. These platforms complement Gartner’s expert guidance by giving you direct access to the lived experiences of your peers — helping you validate decisions, uncover new approaches and stay ahead of the curve.

  • Gartner Peer Community: Connect with 100K+ executives through live discussions, polls and Q&A.

  • Gartner Peer Insights: Explore 575K+ verified technology reviews across 570+ markets and 22K+ products to make smarter finance tech decisions.

Workflow and benchmark tools

Assess your current finance performance and benchmark against peers to uncover opportunities, then accelerate execution with workflow tools like Gartner Score and Accelerators — giving you guided plans, vendor support and proven frameworks and templates to move faster.

How CFOs benefit:

Strengthen enterprise influence

Elevate your role with board-ready communications, strategic alignment and personalized guidance that increase finance’s visibility and impact across the business.

Mitigate strategic and operational risk

Get real-time visibility into evolving finance practices, lessons learned and peer-tested approaches to avoid missteps and strengthen execution.

Extend your strategic capacity

Partner year-round with a dedicated Executive Partner and access 40+ finance experts to support your priorities.

Reduce decision time

Tap into expert inquiry and curated insights to make faster, more confident decisions on finance strategy, technology and transformation.

Find cost savings

Uncover risks and cost savings in your finance technology contracts and rationalize your finance technology stack.

Secure budget and resources

Use Gartner benchmarks and diagnostics to justify investment in key finance initiatives, staffing and technology with data tailored to your organization.

Prioritize and allocate resources

Leverage diagnostics like Finance Score and access relevant benchmarks in DataHub to evaluate your current state, identify gaps and plan for improvement.

Accelerate execution on priorities

Use workflow tools like Accelerators or BuySmart to move faster from strategy to execution with guided plans, templates and vendor support.

How Gartner clients have achieved success

Client

Colibri Group
Education
2,000+ employees
Christa Chancellor
Interim CFO

  • Achieved significant cost savings: Gartner’s contract review delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings, maximizing the client’s ROI. 

  • Enhanced project readiness: The team developed a clear process and readiness plan, positioning the organization for a successful 12-month ERP implementation.

  • Developed leadership: Ongoing Gartner coaching and resources strengthened the client’s leadership and succession planning.

Client

VGM Group
Healthcare
1,500+ employees
Barbara Anderson
CFO

  • Acquired strategic talent: VGM Group recruited a finance leader who improved pricing, cost efficiency and cash management.

  • Achieved significant cost savings: With improved processes to maximize cost efficiencies, VGM Group was able to save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Developed leadership: Ongoing Gartner coaching empowered VGM Group’s CFO to focus on strategic priorities and develop her team.

Client

Medmix
Manufacturing
~3,000 employees
Jennifer Dean
Group CFO

  • Transformed the finance organization: Ensured finance is strategically aligned to support and accelerate Medmix’s growth trajectory

  • Boosted operational efficiency: Achieved rapid progress in key finance initiatives

  • Evolved data and analytics: Updated D&A processes to align with evolving organizational structure for long-term growth

Drive stronger performance on your mission-critical priorities.