I’m curious to know how emerging technologies (e.g., AI, blockchain) are being leveraged within the finance department?

Hi there!! Emerging technologies, especially AI, has become a key topic across Kingfisher over the last few years...we even have our own internal team to develop our tools! I would say AI is still in its infancy in finance but we currently use it to support in a wide range of topics, from supporting our accounting processes (invoicing, vendor payments etc) to sales forecasting!

Awesome, thank you for the insight. As someone studying Fintech as a degree, I am interested to know how Kingfisher incorporates data-driven decision-making into its financial analysis?

The list is endless! We use our internal data to understand our customer behaviours on our website, how efficiently our stores are running, how the weather impacts sales trends etc etc

Nice, thank you for the info.