Mastering Tax Compliance with AI Agents: Lessons from E.ON's Implementation
Discover E.ON's fast-track implementation blueprint for deploying Agentic AI in Tax and Compliance
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Organizations worldwide struggle with complex compliance validation; from VAT and sales tax to fraud detection. With 73% of enterprise AI projects failing to deliver measurable business value, the "build vs. buy" decision has never been more critical for compliance operations.
This webinar reveals why leading enterprises choose proven AI Agent solutions over costly in-house development. In contrast to traditional automation or experimental AI projects, AI Agents provide transparent reasoning that enables two critical compliance benefits: full explainability for regulatory requirements and complete auditability for compliance officers. This reasoning capability allows agents to act autonomously in validated scenarios while maintaining human oversight where needed.
E.ON will share their strategic decision to partner rather than build, implementing AI Agents for VAT compliance across Europe. Learn their vendor selection criteria and their risk-mitigated approach that delivers immediate, measurable value while avoiding the pitfalls of self-developed AI initiatives.
PwC also will reveal their proven methodology for de-risking AI Agent implementations, drawing from successful transformations across DAX and MDAX companies.
In short, this webinar will delve into:
- Fail-safe frameworks that ensure rapid time-to-value, minimize implementation risk, and guarantee sustainable business outcome
- How AI Agent Coworkers achieve compliance autonomy: Understand multi-agent orchestration, when AI augments vs. replaces human work, and how digital coworkers handle end-to-end compliance validation.
- E.ON's fast-track implementation blueprint: Learn their vendor selection criteria, Hypatos integration strategy, and 4-6 week deployment methodology for immediate business value.
- Measure real business impact: Learn how to track success through cycle time reduction, resource reallocation, and risk mitigation—not just automation rates.
- Human-AI Team Management: Discover how to structure human-AI teams and govern autonomous systems.
CPE Credits
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This webinar is eligible for 1.0 CPE credits in the NASBA field of study, Information Technology - Technical. Speakers
Hendrik Hagedorn
Head of Program & Product Innovation
E.ON
Hendrik Hagedorn serves as Head of Program & Product Innovation at S/4 United, E.ON's S/4HANA Transformation Program, leading one of the energy industry's largest digital transformation initiatives. Based in Düsseldorf, he oversees E.ON's ambitious project to migrate over 550 E.ON companies in Germany and Europe to the new S/4 platform by the beginning of 2027.
Hagedorn holds a Master's degree from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and previously served as a Digital Program Manager at E.ON. Under his leadership, the S/4 United transformation has successfully migrated more than 150 companies in the first completed waves over three years. The comprehensive modernization effort combines SAP S/4HANA migration with a simultaneous move to Azure cloud infrastructure, positioning E.ON for enhanced operational efficiency across its European operations.
As part of his commitment to leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, Hagedorn led the implementation of the Hypatos AI Agent workflow system for intelligent invoice processing, including coding prediction, purchase order matching, tax coding, and complex EU-VAT tax compliance validation, demonstrating his vision for streamlining financial operations through automation.
Katrin Hamann
Director, Finance Transformation
PWC
Katrin Hamann is a partner in the Finance Transformation practice at PwC Deutschland GmbH and has 18 years of experience in the transformation of accounting processes. Based in the Greater Hamburg Area, she serves as a Partner driving Technology enabled Finance Transformation with a people-centric approach.
Hamann holds a Diplom-Kauffrau degree from Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel. Her focus is on technological transformation in combination with scalable processes and the right employee skillset, specializing in Hyperautomation and leading PwC's Robotic Process Automation Community. Beyond client work, she plays a strategic role in PwC's digital transformation, being responsible for digital strategy within German PwC Advisory and the European EMEA Consulting Leadership Team. As a partner of Hypatos from day one, Hamann has been instrumental in establishing the AI Agent platform in the German market, leading multiple DAX and MDAX Hypatos implementations and helping enterprise clients transform their operations through intelligent automation.
Uli Erxleben
Founder & CEO
Hypatos
Dr. Uli Erxleben serves as the Founder and CEO of Hypatos, a company based in Berlin and New York that specializes in developing machine learning software for document processing automation. Uli holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, as well as a Ph.D. in Finance from TU Darmstadt. Following his academic achievements, he gained professional experience at McKinsey & Company in Berlin and Palo Alto. Subsequently, Uli served as the Managing Director of Rocket Internet SE in the US and played a key role in overseeing early-stage investments at ProSiebenSat1 SE. Since 2014, he has been an entrepreneur focused on process automation within the finance sector.
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