NOT JUST A CONFERENCE. A COMMUNITY.

18 - 21 May 2026 | Estoril Congress Center, Estoril, Portugal

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Hugh O'Neill

Sales Engineering EMEA (Former Finance Director) FloQast

Hugh is a Chartered Accountant and Sales Engineering Manager, based in FloQast's London office. Prior to joining FloQast, Hugh served in several senior accounting and financial operations positions, including Senior Director of Financial Operations at a listed company.

Conference Day Two: May 20th, 2026

12:30 PM AUTONOMOUS ACCOUNTING: BALANCING AI INNOVATION WITH GLOBAL PROCESS CONTROL AND AUDITABILITY

"Autonomous accounting" is emerging as a defining narrative for the future of finance, but in practice, Global Business Services (GBS) organisations operate in a fragmented landscape of systems, including ERP systems, legacy SAAS automation tools, and spreadsheets that fail to resolve the complexity of financial control. In regulated GBS environments, the hardest challenges are not routine transactions, but the exceptions and reconciliations at the edge of the balance sheet where accuracy and accountability are critical. This session reframes autonomous accounting as a human-in-the-loop control model with AI at the heart of the solution.

We explore how GBS leaders can apply AI to streamline reconciliations and reduce the "cost of production" while ensuring finance professionals remain responsible for validating the final financial truth.

Led by Hugh O'Neill, a former CFO and finance transformation leader, this session provides a practical framework for adopting AI to move from being a cost center to a value driver.

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

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