Webinar timing and focus
CPO Rising highlights an upcoming session from Ardent Partners and SAP on how artificial intelligence is changing Source-to-Pay. The webinar, The Future of Source-to-Pay: How AI Is Reshaping Roles, Skills, and Collaboration, runs Thursday, November 19, from 11:00 to 11:45 AM ET.
The organizers frame AI’s impact as broader than routine automation. As systems handle more transactional and analytical work, procurement and accounts payable leaders are encouraged to rethink how their teams create value and work with finance and the rest of the business.
What changes for AP and procurement
For accounts payable, automation is described as creating room to move past traditional invoice processing and exception handling. With more capacity, AP staff can take on compliance, supplier management, fraud prevention, and cash management.
Procurement teams may refocus from sourcing and transactional tasks toward supplier strategy, risk management, spend optimization, and participation in strategic decisions. The discussion also stresses that transformation is not only about individual job definitions.
Breaking silos across finance functions
Procurement, AP, finance, and treasury have long managed linked parts of the supplier and financial lifecycle while running separate processes, data, objectives, and systems. The webinar will explore how AI can improve collaboration and support a more integrated Source-to-Pay operating model.
Themes for attendees
According to the CPO Rising notice, the session will cover how leaders can capture AI’s productivity gains for strategic value, what skills Source-to-Pay professionals will need, how to improve connectivity across functions, and how to balance automation with human oversight, governance, and resilience.
Andrew Bartolini, founder and chief research officer at Ardent Partners, and Johan Holm, senior director of product marketing at SAP, are scheduled to speak. Registration details are provided through the original CPO Rising post.
- Translate AI-driven efficiency into greater strategic value for AP and procurement.
- Build skills and business acumen as AI absorbs more transactional work.
- Strengthen collaboration across procurement, AP, finance, and treasury.
- Embrace automation while keeping human oversight and governance in place.
