Background, objectives & methodology

**Objectives ** ^{Unit4 would like to understand objections to and enablers of AI, understand perceptions around skills requirements and the potential for upskilling, who is using AI and the benefits they’re seeing, and the degree to which AI is understood as a term.} **Methodology** ^{**1,760** online survey interviews with...
• Decision makers within finance departments across a range of sectors – all respondents were screened to ensure they were decision-makers.
• 100 to 9,999 employee companies; a mid-market focus.
• United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Belgium, Australia, Singapore and Norway.
• A range of decision makers – from C-Suite executives to those deciding on and using finance department tools and software day to day.} **Definition of AI** ^{Within the survey, respondents were provided with the following definition of AI:
“Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition and data-driven decision-making. Machine learning, predictive analytics and robotic process automation (RPA) are all included within AI.”}