Accounting Data Fabrics Across the Office of the CFO: Implementation Pathways with and Without ERP as the Core Platform

This IDC Perspective discusses accounting data fabrics across the office of the CFO. As CFOs embrace AI and automation, data integrity becomes critical, driving the adoption of accounting-grade data fabrics to ensure financial truth and trust. Enterprises face three architectural paths - ERP-centric, overlay, and hybrid - each impacting governance, AI enablement, and strategic flexibility. The right approach depends on risk, growth, and innovation priorities, with hybrid models emerging as dominant. Ultimately, accounting data fabrics are a strategic imperative, underpinning control, compliance, and enterprise credibility in an AI-driven finance landscape."In the AI era, data integrity isn't just a technical detail, it's the economic backbone of enterprise trust and the CFO's new mandate. After all the CFO's reputation is on the line." - Heather Herbst, research director, CFO Buyer Insights