Cristiano Ferreira

Cristiano Ferreira

Head of Global Business Services Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Cristiano Ferreira

Cristiano Ferreira is Head of Global Business Services (GBS) at Ferring Pharmaceuticals and General Manager of the Ferring Services Center. Cristiano is a GBS thought leader focused on shaping and advancing end to end, value driven operating models that enable scale, resilience, and measurable business impact. In this role, Cristiano drives and influences the GBS agenda across Finance and other enabling functions, with a strong emphasis on process ownership, governance, and outcome based performance.

Cristiano actively sponsors and steers enterprise transformation initiatives centered on standardization, intelligent automation, and next generation GBS capabilities. Multilingual and experienced in operating across diverse geographies and cultures, Cristiano is known for influencing senior stakeholders, bridging global and local perspectives, and enabling teams and partners to successfully deliver tangible results and sustainable transformation at scale in direct support of Ferring's strategic priorities.

Conference Day 1: Wednesday 21st October

11:25 AM AI-POWERED PURCHASE TO PAY AUTOMATION - ACCELERATING END-TO-END GBS TRANSFORMATION

GBS organisations are under pressure to modernise Accounts Payable while improving accuracy, efficiency, and financial control at scale. Manual invoice capture, exposure to duplicate invoices and payments, and the absence of systematic supplier statement reconciliation create risk, limit visibility, and drive reactive decision making.

This case study shows how an AI enabled, Agentic Accounts Payable approach combines intelligent invoice data capture, real time duplicate payment prevention, and automated vendor statement reconciliation to strengthen controls, improve data quality, and deliver real time insights that support GBS and Finance leaders in driving value and confident global expansion.
Key takeaways:
• Improve accuracy through GenAI powered invoice data capture and intelligent exception handling
• Prevent financial leakage with AI driven duplicate invoice and payment detection
• Increase efficiency via automated supplier statement reconciliation and proactive balance validation
• Strengthen governance and compliance through embedded, real time AP controls

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Cristiano.

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