# Survey Results: How finance leaders are rethinking global spend

Guest speaker Elizabeth Herbert, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester, joins us to examine the top spend management needs of more than 300 finance leaders.

**URL Source:** https://www.brex.com/resources/rethinking-global-spend-register

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Survey Results:  
How finance leaders are rethinking global spend.

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How effectively you manage spend can make or break your business. So why are so many businesses struggling to do it in the new reality of global, distributed work? Because evolving workstyles require an evolution in how finance leaders think and plan.



Brex commissioned a Forrester Consulting survey to understand how more than 300 global finance leaders are thinking about spend going forward. Join our experts as they dive into some surprising data and learn:

- Why so many execs struggle to manage spend for global workforces
- Where CFOs are investing to accelerate growth (hint: they’re going big on global and AI capabilities)
- How to improve operational efficiency everywhere you have employees

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