How Finance Leaders Are Building Smarter, Stronger Teams for 2026

Across the middle market, finance leaders are facing an all-too-familiar challenge heading into 2026: smaller teams, larger workloads, and high expectations for faster insights. According to our 2026 Trends Survey, over 80% of finance professionals say they’re being asked to “do more with less” to a moderate or great extent, a 22-point jump from our April 2025 findings. Instead of resisting that reality, many finance teams are using it as a catalyst …