Asli Monahan

Asli Monahan

Sr. Manager, Disbursements CDM Smith
Asli Monahan

Asli Monahan is Senior Manager of Disbursements at CDM Smith, where she focuses on transforming Finance operations through technology, automation, and AI. With more than 20 years of experience across Procurement and Finance, Asli has been closely involved in CDM Smith's Concur and AppZen journey, including the implementation of Expense Audit, Autonomous AP, and the Corporate P-Card program.

Today, she is focused on what comes next—exploring how agentic AI can move Finance beyond automation toward intelligent, autonomous processes that can make decisions, take action, strengthen controls, and improve the employee experience. Asli is passionate about turning emerging technology into practical solutions that deliver measurable business value.

Agenda Day 1

10:30 AM From Manual AP to Intelligent Automation: Lessons from CDM Smith

Finance teams are under increasing pressure to reduce manual work, improve control, and create more scalable processes without disrupting the systems and workflows already in place. In this session, Asli Monahan of CDM Smith joins Asad Malik of AppZen for a practical conversation on applying AI and automation across finance operations. They'll discuss the realities of introducing intelligent automation into established processes, lessons learned along the way, and how organizations can approach transformation in a way that balances efficiency, accuracy, governance, and user adoption.