Finance Operations
Welcome to the podcast for finance leaders interested in using AI to make their finance operations autonomous. On this podcast, you’ll find actionable strategy, advice, and tactics to achieve self-driving Expense Audit, Accounts Payable, Treasury, and Revenue operations. This mix of podcast episodes, interviews, and fireside chats features finance AI experts, industry analysts, and finance professionals sharing their experiences and expertise on creating the ideal, AI-driven, finance back-office.
Episodes
18 episodes
18 - Future-proof your bottom line
Economic headwinds are strengthening. Supplies are short, inflation is increasing, and rates are rising. Gain a better understanding of our current economic climate and learn how you can use autonomous finance technology to reduce costs and dri...
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Episode 18
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18:39
17 - How AppZen enables an autonomous experience for finance teams
In this episode, AppZen's Andrew Foster sits down with the AP Association's Mike Pavely, to discuss how AppZen enables an autonomous experience for finance teams. They'll cover who AppZen is and some of the challenges organizations face ...
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Episode 17
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10:10
16 - 5 ways to make your expense auditing best in class
In this episode, Saman Khatami joins Jorge Perez from Cytric by Amadeus to uncover 5 best practices that will take your expense auditing process from good to best-in-class.
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Episode 16
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34:54
15 - You've been lied to about AP automation. Here's what to do about it.
Join Matt Wright, SVP of Customer Success at AppZen, as he demystifies OCR, RPA, automation, and AI, and explains why an AI-first approach is the only way to conquer today’s challenges and scale for a more productive and strategic ...
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Episode 15
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36:04
14 - Why successful GBS runs on technology
Matt Wright, SVP of Customer Success at AppZen, and Barbara Hodge from the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) dig into details on why it’s vital for global business services (GBS) to focus on institutional knowledge as it relates ...
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Episode 14
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30:16
13 - Why a large biotechnology company switched to AppZen Expense Audit
In this episode, Customer Success Manager, Colton Durham, uncovers the experiences of one leading biotechnology organization's move to AI-driven Expense Audit. They discuss:How auditors’ pain points were resolvedWhat the im...
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Episode 13
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11:04
12 - 5 ways AP process bottlenecks can kill your bottom line
The AP automation process has 5 inherent inefficiencies that every AP team faces. Solving these challenges requires constant human intervention, slowing you down and keeping you from achieving your tech stack’s intended ROI. Tune in to learn ho...
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Episode 12
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39:38
11 - How to uplevel your HR shared services game with AI-driven expense auditing
In this episode, we explore what an AI-driven approach truly is (and isn’t), why it’s the right solution more than ever, and how it can uplevel and scale your shared services operations. Get actionable insights into why and how thousan...
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Episode 11
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25:20
10 - How to detect expense fraud you don't even know is happening
What’s every business’ wish when it comes to expense fraud? Not having any. In this episode, we show you how to detect expense fraud, and keep your employees and company out of trouble–and the headlines. With an AI-driven approach, you can dete...
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Episode 10
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42:53
09 - Using AI to maintain compliance in a rapidly changing sanctions landscape
Compliance experts Neil Tyson & Andrew Foster sit down for a fireside chat to discuss why you need more than automation in your expense and AP processes when the regulations change rapidly. Specifically, how AI brings speed and accur...
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Episode 9
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38:14
08 - Perspectives on the role of finance in business transformations
Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and former CFO at Oracle, and Anant Kale, CEO and Co-Founder of AppZen, sit down for a fireside chat style interview where they discuss the role of the CFO and the finance team in the...
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Episode 8
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45:38
07 - How TruGreen Transformed Accounts Payable with Autonomous AP
As part of their digital transformation initiative, TruGreen saw the need for the next step in invoice processing through AI. A collaborative effort of their Finance and IT teams has resulted in an upgraded and more accurate approach to their i...
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Episode 7
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21:34
06 - How Takeda is transforming global expense auditing with AI
Join Takeda's Daniel Purdy, Global Program Lead, and Monika Moser, Head of Procurement Solutions, as they share their experiences using AppZen’s Expense Audit to enhance T&E audit processes.In this session you will learn about: ...
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Episode 6
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17:30
05 - How Owens Corning uses AI to achieve digital transformation in expense management
Join Owens Corning’s Global Travel Team Lead to hear about her journey in recognizing the power of AI to enhance finance operations to increase audit coverage, improve compliance, and reduce spend.In this episode, you'll learn:
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Episode 5
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13:19
04 - Trusting AI to automate finance operations
Rama Akkiraju, IBM Fellow and CTO of Watson AIOps for IBM, and Kunal Verma, CTO and Co-Founder of AppZen, discuss the state of AI in transforming both finance and AI operations.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:36
03 - Top 6 Expense Auditing Challenges Finance Auditors Face
T&E managers have gained expense control via expense management systems however, Finance Auditors still face significant challenges. In this episode of the Finance Operations podcast, Gary Malhotra & Saman Khatmani discuss the top 6 cha...
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Episode 3
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51:19
02 - Autonomous: The (Near) Future of Finance Operations
In this episode of the Finance Operations Podcast, Gary Malhotra and Imran Gohar discuss the opportunity presented by finance AI, the application of autonomous AI within finance operations, and why this is transformational for enterprise fin...
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Episode 2
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53:39
01 - A Radical Shift in Finance Operations
In the first episode of the Finance Operations podcast, Gary Malhotra discusses the relevance of Finance Operations to the modern enterprise, evolving Finance operations models, the radical shift from a workflow-driven to an AI-first back-offic...
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Episode 1
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28:55