Statutory Reporting: 5 Future Trends for 2026
How data, automation, AI and regulation are redefining statutory reporting
Statutory reporting is evolving faster than ever. As finance leaders navigate mounting compliance complexity and shrinking reporting cycles, 90% of organisations now view automation as essential to meet rising demands for accuracy, speed, and transparency.
Drawing on insights from Thomson Reuters’ "Unlocking Efficiency in Statutory Reporting Report", this session explores how leading organisations are transforming their reporting operations to balance control with agility — leveraging technology, data, and AI to unlock efficiency and mitigate risk.
With new ESG disclosures, evolving data mandates, and expectations for real-time insight, statutory reporting has become a critical enabler of broader finance transformation.
Join our expert panel to unpack:
- AI-Driven Reporting: Real-world use cases and how 68% of organisations expect AI to streamline reporting processes within two years.
- Overcoming Today’s Challenges: Addressing fragmented systems and manual bottlenecks, with nearly 40% citing data consolidation as their biggest barrier.
- Real-Time Insights: From historical to dynamic reporting, how to move towards connected, on-demand reporting.
- Regulatory Horizon: ESG disclosure requirements, data integrity mandates, and cross-border transparency frameworks shaping 2026.
- Centralisation and Automation: How organisations are reducing report preparation time by up to 25% through connected statutory reporting models.
Speakers
Freek Van Berlo
Partner | Global Compliance & Reporting - EMEIA
EY
Freek is a Global Compliance & Reporting Specialist at EY with a focus on International Coordination of Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) engagements. He has significant experience in the coordination and delivery of statutory reporting outsourcing engagements. With 15+ years of experience in the design and redesign of the financial statement preparation process for clients going through a finance transformation, centralizing and standardizing activities with a focus on transition, centralization, standardization, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Briony Kempton
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Statutory Reporting and Direct Tax
Thomson Reuters
Briony is the proposition lead for ONESOURCE Statutory Reporting and our Direct Tax suite of products, working closely with internal teams and our customers to define and deliver the future strategy and roadmap. Our internal customer champion, ensuring core functionality is developed in alignment to our clients’ changing needs. Before coming to Thomson Reuters, Briony was an Audit Director at EY.
Sally Fletcher
Global Managing Editor
SSON
Sally Fletcher is the Managing Editor for SSON Digital. She oversees all content on the SSON portal, including reports, online events, webinars, podcasts, articles, industry reports, and more. She is dedicated to creating innovative, well-researched, and valuable content for the SSON community that helps members think differently and achieve their goals. Previously, she spent 8 years producing large-scale summits and smaller conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America. Current areas of focus include: Agentic AI, AI, Business Process Outsourcing, Global Shared Services, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Record to Report, Autonomous Finance and IDP.
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