ERP transformation. AI pressure. Compliance mandates. Rising cost expectations. For GBS and shared services leaders, these can appear to be separate challenges. In practice, they converge in one place: accounts payable.

Leading organisations are responding by turning AP into a unifying layer across finance operations - one that supports measurable AI outcomes, embeds compliance and lowers the cost of invoice processing. This eBook explores the structural choices behind that shift and explains why the ERP design phase creates a valuable window to modernise AP.

What you will learn:

• Why four pressures converge in AP: See how ERP transformation, AI, compliance and cost pressures connect - and why addressing them separately limits progress
• Why AP is a practical starting point for AI: Learn why 72% of finance leaders identify AP as the most obvious starting point for agentic AI
• Where the real cost gap sits: Compare manual AP costs of $10-$20 per invoice with AI-enabled processing at $2.36, while considering the wider impact of trapped working capital and compliance exposure
• How to prepare for the next wave of mandates: Understand why compliance coverage needs to be built into the operating model as 44+ mandate go-live events approach before 2030
• What separates best-in-class AP: Explore the architectural decisions behind 95% touchless processing and sub-day cycle times, compared with 32% touchless processing and 10.1-day cycle times

Designed for Heads of GBS, Global Process Owners, shared services leaders and finance transformation teams navigating ERP migration, AI investment and global compliance requirements - download the eBook now.