Navigating Economic Headwinds: How Financial Decision-Makers Are Reshaping Strategy in 2025

What happens when inflation, trade volatility, and market uncertainty converge? Welcome to 2025.

Of course, none of these economic pressures are new. Their current intensity, however, has left even veteran financial strategists searching for new approaches – ones that will allow them to adapt quickly as the economy swings wildly from week to week.

With this in mind, Billtrust captured the unfiltered perspectives of 550 finance professionals who are steering their organizations through these choppy waters. The sample includes C-suite leaders and decision makers who control capital and financial strategy across their organizations. Their responses reveal the concrete actions and strategic pivots that distinguish today’s most successful leaders from their peers. Our findings offer a blueprint for financial resilience in an economy that shows few signs of stabilizing anytime soon.