How the Office of the CFO Must Redesign Controls for Autonomous Workflows and What It Means for Technology Selection

This IDC Perspective explores how the office of the CFO must redesign segregation of duties (SoD) controls for autonomous, agent-driven finance workflows. As AI agents collapse traditional control boundaries, SoD must shift from static, role-based models to dynamic, workflow-based enforcement across agent decision states. Technology selection now hinges on platforms' ability to embed multi-layered, auditable controls, ensuring independent verification, traceability, and risk-calibrated autonomy - foundational for trustworthy, compliant, and scalable autonomous finance operations."In the era of autonomous finance, true power lies not in automation, but in how rigorously we architect trust, independence, and accountability into every workflow." - Research Director Heather Herbst, CFO Buyer Insights, IDC.