All partner ecosystems ultimately exist to support and co-create GBS evolution with their GBS clients. In this session, GBS clients and senior leaders share what they truly need from their partner networks, including:

• What GBS clients actually want: direct insights from GBS leaders

• Partner capabilities that accelerate transformation

• Advisory/technology partnership strengths that materially move the needle

• Expectations around transparency, accountability, and co‑innovation

AI agents are making financial decisions across your organization right now - approving invoices, flagging exceptions, routing payments - and in most finance functions, nobody can fully explain why. And now CFOs and GBS leaders face a dangerous gap: the speed of automation without the accountability frameworks to back it up. Accounts Payable is where this tension is most palpable, and where the compliance stakes are highest. This session draws on deep AP expertise to examine what accountable AI in finance actually looks like, what your auditors will demand, and how to move fast without breaking things.