Finance leaders are under increasing pressure to modernize accounts payable operations, reduce costs, ensure compliance, and deliver insights that drive efficiency. AI agents built for AP teams are making that possible, with the ability to make autonomous decisions, adapt in real time, and continuously learn from outcomes. With this evolution in technology, AP professionals are shifting from manually completing heavy loads of repetitive tasks to managers of AI agents, that do the work.

Ultimately, it falls to finance leaders to address the development needed to affect this change. This paper examines why doing so with best-of-breed agentic technology provides a tangible competitive advantage that cannot be ignored.

What you’ll learn when you download this paper:

• How agentic AI is transforming AP workflows and why this is a structural shift, not a passing trend
• The five levels of AI agent capabilities, from rules-based automation to strategic autonomy
• Why best-of-breed vendor platforms deliver faster ROI with lower risk than in-house builds
• The competitive advantages of adopting a collaborative, hybrid workforce of people and AI agents
• The key role of human oversight in ensuring trust, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Why finance leaders should invest in talent optimization to smooth the transition to AI-driven processes