Your Fall Line-up: AP, GBS & CFO Trends for 2025
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This edition brings insights for finance, AP, and GBS leaders. From AI-driven CFO strategies and AP transformation to GBS orchestration and compliance trends, to help you stay ahead in 2025.
📈 What’s Next for Finance Leaders
With 74% of companies lowering 2025 growth projections, CFOs are under pressure to cut costs, mitigate risk, and deliver real-time insights - without adding headcount. The new report, “The Urgency of Autonomous Finance for CFOs Today,” reveals how AI-driven platforms are helping finance leaders move beyond legacy processes to achieve cost agility, predictive cash flow, and fraud detection at scale. Learn why autonomous finance is no longer optional, but the essential lever for resilience and growth. Read the full report here.
💰 Rethinking Accounts Payable
AP is no longer just a transactional back-office task, it’s fast becoming a driver of enterprise value. This SSON report, “The State of Accounts Payables 2025: Trends & Insights,” uncovers how leading finance and GBS teams are using AI, unified platforms, and compliance automation to fuel smarter decisions and agility. Backed by fresh data from the AP Automation Virtual Summit and sponsored by Papaya Global, the report highlights the top metrics defining AP success, strategies for fraud prevention, and practical steps for compliance readiness. Download your free copy now.
Last chance to find out how Danone North America reclaim $25.5M using AI? Gain all the insights in the webinar “How Danone America Added Back $25.5M in Working Capital from Big-Box Retailers” on 17 September. HighRadius will share the exact workflows and deduction strategies behind this win and how CFOs can turn AP into a growth engine. Sign up here.
Tackle integration and exception-handling challenges in “Breaking Down Roadblocks to AP Automation: Exceptions, ERP Integration & Hyperautomation” on 29 September. Learn how to handle complex exceptions, integrate with ERP systems, and deploy enterprise-wide hyperautomation to enhance efficiency, visibility, and collaboration. Register here.
Learn from Lutron’s SAP migration journey in “Lessons from Lutron: Aligning Automation with SAP Migration” on 9 October. Listen in as both speakers from Lutron and xSuite will share strategies for managing complex workflows, overcoming integration challenges, and modernizing AP processes effectively. Reserve your spot today.
🌍 Big Shifts in GBS & Automation
In “Why BPM Wasn’t Enough: IAG’s Journey to Universal Agentic Orchestration,” happening on 21 October, IAG and C TWO are revealing why orchestration is the connective tissue that unites bots, AI agents, and people. Attend to discover how IAG is running smarter, fully connected automations that evolve with innovation, and why UAO is quickly becoming the future-ready backbone for enterprise automation. Register now.
Join SSON's very own Heather King and Barbara Hodge next week, as they share research-backed strategies for staying ahead in SSON 's upcoming webinar “Middle East Shared Services Outlook: Trends, Benchmarks & Strategies for 2025”. You will learn why the region is becoming a hub for talent and automation. Secure your seat today.
✅ Staying Ahead on Compliance & Risk
With e-invoicing regulations tightening, don’t miss “5 Ways To Solve Your e-Invoicing Challenges” on 18 September. Thomson Reuters will share practical approaches to compliance and vendor management across jurisdictions. Sign up here.
Explore the future of document workflows at SSON’s “Intelligent Document Processing Digital Summit” on 7 October. Learn how Gen AI, agentic AI, and low-code tools are driving enterprise-wide automation while safeguarding data. Reserve your spot now.
Thanks for reading!
The SSON Digital Team