Smarter Processes, Better Results: Your Shared Services Update
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In this edition, we are providing you with practical insights for finance, AP, and GBS leaders to drive efficiency and control in 2025. From AI-powered strategies for CFOs to smarter AP automation, VAT compliance, agentic AI in O2C, and workplace innovation, you’ll find actionable takeaways to optimize processes, reduce risk, and deliver measurable results.
Rethinking the Workplace
Don’t miss SSON’s newest webinar ‘Redefining the Workplace Through AI-Driven Data Integration and Human-Centric Design’ on 22 October. Join Kolar Design to discover how leading organizations are boosting engagement and productivity by combining human-centered design, change management, and AI-driven insights. You will learn practical strategies to create connected, resilient work environments, balance financial goals with employee well-being, and drive measurable ROI through thoughtful workplace innovation. Reserve your spot here.
Insights and strategies for today’s CFOs
As growth forecasts dip, CFOs are being asked to do more with less. ‘The Urgency of Autonomous Finance for CFOs Today’ reveals how AI-powered platforms enable cost agility, real-time insights, and fraud detection at scale – turning finance into a lever for resilience and growth. Get your free copy here!
Smarter processes, better results for finance teams
Join Springtime Technologies in their brand-new webinar ‘AI-Powered AP: Compliance and Efficiency: Hitting the KPIs That Matter Most’ to see how leading organizations are using AI to not only stay compliant but also turn AP operations into strategic drivers of value. By combining automation, real-time intelligence, and smarter matching, finance leaders can build processes that scale, adapt quickly to regulatory changes, and consistently deliver on the KPIs that matter most. Reserve your spot here and discover how to make compliance and efficiency work hand in hand.
‘The State of Accounts Payables 2025: Trends & Insights’ reveals how AP is moving beyond back-office tasks to become a strategic driver of value. Learn how AI, automation, and unified payment platforms are boosting efficiency, ensuring compliance, and improving decision-making. Download the report here.
On 29 September, join experts for ‘Breaking Down Roadblocks to AP Automation: Exceptions, ERP Integration & Hyperautomation’. Learn how to overcome complex AP exceptions, achieve seamless ERP integration, and leverage unified hyperautomation platforms to unlock straight-through processing, enterprise-wide efficiency, and stronger Finance–IT collaboration. Register here.
On 9 October, join xSuite upcoming webinar ‘Lessons from Lutron: Aligning Automation with SAP Migration’ to hear how Lutron navigated the shift from a legacy ERP to SAP while simultaneously automating AP. Discover strategies for managing complex workflows, overcoming integration challenges, and modernizing AP processes with agility and confidence. Reserve your spot.
42% of finance teams are prioritizing automation in tax workflows. In Fintua's webinar ‘Driving VAT ROI: Inside Autodesk's Tech-Enabled Compliance Strategy’, learn how Autodesk streamlined VAT processes, reduced errors, and strengthened audit readiness – freeing tax managers to focus on strategy. Reserve your spot here and gain practical insights for building a scalable, digital VAT function.
AP automation promises lower costs and faster cycle times, but over 40% of organizations are stalled at 31–50% automation, leaving cycle times, invoice costs, and ROI stagnant. In onPhase’s webinar ‘The Truth About AP Automation: 3 Challenges Holding Back Your ROI’, learn what’s really holding AP teams back and discover practical steps to move beyond partial automation, improve straight-through processing, and unlock measurable results. Reserve your spot here.
Last chance to join Hypatos’ upcoming webinar ‘Accelerating O2C Transformation: The Strategic Role of Agentic AI in Sales Order Management’. You will learn how agentic AI is helping global shared services organizations fix their most broken O2C processes. Reserve your spot here and gain practical insights on identifying order bottlenecks, applying AI-powered document understanding, and much more.
Join onPhase’s Tech Demo ‘Making Payables Make Cents with Complete AP Automation’ on 23 October and learn how modern finance teams use full AP automation to reduce errors, speed approvals, capture every discount, and strengthen cash flow. Secure your place here and you will discover how AI-powered data capture, integrated payments, and real-time reporting turn payables from a cost center into a controlled process that drives measurable savings.
Staying audit-ready in a fast-changing world
AI is transforming financial close, but can auditors really trust AI-validated entries? Join Aico: AI-Powered Financial Close Automation in their upcoming webinar ‘AI in Audit & Compliance: Will Auditors Trust Your AI?’ on 2 October, and learn how finance teams can harness AI for journal validation, reconciliations, and anomaly detection while staying fully audit-ready. Attend here to gain practical steps for building auditor confidence in AI-enabled close.
Statutory reporting is more complex and risky than ever, stretching finance and tax teams thin. Attend Thomson Reuters’ webinar ‘Centralising Statutory Reporting: Solving Compliance Complexity and Unlocking Efficiency’ on 14 October, and learn how organisations are using centralisation and technology to improve accuracy, reduce risk, and cut costs. Reserve your spot here to learn practical approaches for simplifying statutory reporting and improving compliance.
Finally, on 7 October explore the future of document workflows at SSON’s ‘Intelligent Document Processing Digital Summit’. Learn how Gen AI, agentic AI, and low-code solutions are enabling enterprise-wide automation, smarter exception handling, and secure, end-to-end workflows. Reserve your spot today.
Thanks for reading!
The SSON Digital Team
