Mihaela Grigore CPA, CTA, CFA

Mihaela Grigore CPA, CTA, CFA

Senior Director Core Finance Operations and GBS Snoonu
Mihaela Grigore CPA, CTA, CFA

Mihaela Grigore is Senior Director, Core Finance Operations and GBS at Snoonu, with over 20 years of senior finance and Global Business Services leadership across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. She was previously Head of GBS Finance at Qatar Airways Group. There she helped lead Project WAHED, a large-scale enterprise transformation, and founded a nearshore GBS center in Ahmedabad that grew to more than 300 FTE while she also managed finance operations across all Qatar Airways businesses. Her work centers on GBS operating model design, end-to-end finance process transformation, and building connected, automation-led finance through ERP, RPA, and AI. She holds CPA, CFA, CTA, and CertGBS credentials, speaks multiple languages and is a returning SSON speaker.

Agenda Day 1

9:00 AM Opening Panel: Why Autonomous AP Is the Foundation of Connected Finance

Senior finance leaders explore what changes once AP runs itself, and why payables is becoming the launch point for enterprise finance strategy. The panel examines how the AP leader's remit expands from process owner to strategic partner, and where the real value sits once the invoice is no longer the bottleneck.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • How the AP leader's role shifts from managing process to shaping strategy
  • Where connected finance creates value beyond cost and headcount savings
  • The capabilities and mindset finance teams should build first