Financial Management

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is integral to robust Financial Management within organizations. ERP systems seamlessly integrate financial modules, encompassing accounting, budgeting, and reporting. This consolidation ensures real-time visibility into financial data, streamlining processes and facilitating informed decision-making. By unifying financial information, ERP enhances accuracy, reduces errors, and improves compliance. Automation within ERP accelerates financial workflows, from invoicing to reconciliation, optimizing efficiency. Furthermore, ERP fosters collaboration between departments, aligning financial data with broader business operations. With its comprehensive financial capabilities, ERP empowers organizations to manage resources effectively, mitigate risks, and maintain financial transparency. The synergy between ERP and Financial Management contributes to strategic financial planning, cost control, and sustained fiscal health.

CPX: A Commercial Payment System
PAYABLES Turn your cost center into a profit center with B2B AP Automation Automate 100% of your accounts payables (AP) to reduce cost and generate cash back when paying your suppliers through our electronic payment system. Our end-to-end B2B payments...
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Add Payments to Your Platform, Without Building It
Add Payments to Your Platform. Without Building It. Priority Payables gives ERP and accounting software platforms a proven, embedded payments capability — consolidating all outgoing payments into a single workflow for fulfillment and reconciliation. Your customers get more payment rails...
How One Manufacturer Automated Its Accounts Payable and Reaped the Rewards
Pierce Pacific modernized its accounts payable process by implementing Priority’s CPX electronic payment system, significantly reducing payment times and improving supplier satisfaction while transforming AP into a more efficient, value-generating function.
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Your ERP Has a Strategy Problem, Not a Payments Problem.
Most ERP and accounting software platforms didn’t set out to be payments companies, and they shouldn’t have to become one. But as their customers demand more from the platforms they run their businesses on, payments have quietly moved from a...
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How a Misconfigured PeopleSoft Earnings Code can Create FLSA Overtime Risk
A single earnings code setting in PeopleSoft HCM can affect overtime calculations across thousands of employees. This article explains how the issue appears, why it is often missed in UAT, and what payroll, HR, and compliance teams should change to reduce FLSA risk.
Syspro, Nuvei Embed Integrated Payments Directly Into Manufacturing ERP
Syspro and Nuvei have partnered to integrate payment processing within Syspro's ERP platform, streamlining cash flow management and accounts receivable updates directly in the ERP environment, enhancing operational efficiency for manufacturers and distributors.
Sage Future 2026 Recap: AI Transparency and Smarter ERP Decisions
At Sage Future 2026, the focus on AI in ERP shifted from capability to the necessity of trust and transparency, with a strong emphasis on glass box AI that is traceable and auditable, reflecting the need for accountability in financial workflows to enhance operational efficiency across various industries.
Sage Future 2026: Julie Adams
Julie Adams, SVP of Construction at Sage, highlighting challenges and opportunities for ERP systems in the construction industry in a video interview at Sage Future 2026 in San Francisco.
Sage Future 2026: Jon Fasoli
Jon Fasoli, SVP of Sage Intacct, discusses how the cloud financial technology is helping improve operations and management for their customers in many industry in a video interview at Sage Future.
Finance AI
EY and Rillet Partner to Embed Risk and Controls Into AI-Native Finance Transformation
EY US and Rillet are partnering to embed risk and controls directly into AI-native finance workflows, signaling a shift in how enterprise finance transformation programs are designed and delivered.
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Tennant ERP Fallout Extends into Ongoing Securities Scrutiny as Investors Await Recovery Signals
Tennant Company's ERP-related disruption has moved beyond operational recovery into an active ERP securities investigation, as investors and legal teams scrutinize the company's pre-failure disclosures and question management's credibility going forward.
Document Automation Trends 2026 Report
Where are finance teams heading? 54.2% of finance teams are still working with partial automation. In 2026? Finance leaders must prove AI’s worth with measurable outcomes, governed processes, and global reach. Download here
Unlocking Dynamic, AI‑Enabled Finance: IBV Insights on Building a Value‑Based Operating Model
Most organizations are still making critical business decisions on top of rigid planning cycles, fragmented data, and limited AI adoption—slowing their response to disruption and constraining innovation before it starts. Drawing on new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) research, this session explores how finance leaders can break through those structural barriers by modernizing their operating model and establishing a connected, AI-enabled finance backbone. You will see how integrated data platforms and AI-powered forecasting can sharpen decision speed, strengthen governance, and position finance as the function guiding capital to its highest-value opportunities across the enterprise. We will walk through a practical roadmap for shifting to a dynamic, value-based finance operating model—one that aligns finance with enterprise decision bodies and elevates finance talent into true strategic partners. Using IBV findings alongside real-world practices, we will show how embedded AI, adaptive planning cadences, and agile budgeting models work together to deliver more accurate forecasts, more effective capital allocation, and faster transformation outcomes. You will leave with concrete steps to evaluate your organization's current maturity and build an execution plan that balances speed, trust, and control. Why Watch - IBV research findings reveal why traditional planning and finance structures are holding back decision speed, innovation, and AI adoption at scale - A practical blueprint for a dynamic, value-based finance operating model built on integrated data platforms and AI-enabled planning - How leading organizations are applying AI-powered forecasting and scenario modeling to improve forecast accuracy and accelerate capital deployment - Actionable guidance to assess your finance organization's maturity and prioritize near-term moves toward an AI-enabled finance backbone
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ERP Today 2025 Awards: Large Enterprise Transformation Sets New Benchmarks
Zalaris won the Large Enterprise Transformation Award for its successful payroll modernization project with Ryanair, while Onapsis was recognized as runner-up for its ERP security transformation that integrated risk management into enterprise processes.
Sage HCM Targets Cost Gaps Bleeding Product Manufacturers Dry
Manufacturers, facing tight margins, are turning to Sage HCM to unify HR, payroll, and financial data in real time, enabling better visibility and management of labor costs to prevent margin losses.
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AI in Finance Faces Its Real Test Inside Quote-to-Cash Workflows
Most finance teams are using AI, but measurable impact remains limited. A Zuora webinar shows how quote-to-cash workflows expose the real constraints: integration, auditability, and control.
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Addovation and Snowfox Bring AI-Driven Invoice Automation into IFS Finance Workflows
Addovation's partnership with Snowfox enables IFS customers to automate over 90% of invoice processing within existing finance workflows using embedded AI, addressing rising invoice volumes and enhancing operational efficiency without requiring system redesigns.
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ERP Overspending Is Being Driven by Governance Gaps, Not Just Software Pricing
ERP cost overruns stem more from post-purchase management and governance issues, like underutilized licenses and ongoing subscription growth, rather than the initial license pricing itself.
Sage CTO Aaron Harris outlining how the role of AI is changing and how transparency is critical for acceptance during Sage Future 2026.
Finance AI Trust Gap Critical as Explainability Becomes Non-Negotiable
The focus of the AI debate in finance has shifted from capability to trust and explainability, as finance leaders now demand transparent AI systems that can be trusted and understood, marking a crucial evolution in ERP platform requirements.
Sage Targets Agentic Future With Expanded Developer Platform
Sage is enhancing its developer platform with new AI tools and flexible commercial models to streamline partner-led innovation, aiming to accelerate solution delivery for its customers and strengthen ecosystem collaboration.
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Sage Future Keynote Highlights Discipline, Transparency for AI Finance
Sage Future 2026 in San Francisco highlighted the integration of AI in finance that enhances decision-making while maintaining human accountability as experts demonstrated the shift towards empowered, data-driven finance operations leveraging modern ERP systems.
Sage AI Agents Target Everyday Finance And HR Friction
Sage is advancing from AI copilots to integrated task-focused agents within finance, HR, and operations workflows, launching AI agents that automate processes in Sage Intacct, Sage HCM and Sage X3 with a focus on accuracy, auditability, and human oversight to enhance decision-making while reducing manual tasks.
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Sage Acquires Doyen AI to Improve SMB AI Migration
Sage's acquisition of Doyen AI aims to enhance ERP and financial system implementations by embedding AI in migration workflows, promising faster, more efficient deployments for SMBs while ensuring transparency and governance in data handling.
Dynamic Finance Emerges as a Competitive Differentiator in the AI Era
Research from the IBM Institute for Business Value reveals finance functions are evolving from retrospective roles to proactive decision-makers in enterprise performance, highlighting a stark performance gap where only 12% of organizations exhibit advanced maturity in strategic influence and digital agility.
Sage Intacct Tightens Grip On Connected Finance Workflows
Sage enhances its Sage Intacct platform by integrating planning, spend management, cash flow, and industry-specific workflows to provide finance leaders with a comprehensive mid-market solution, ensuring quicker insights while maintaining control over core processes.
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Workday Advances ‘Lights-Out Finance’ Vision with Autonomous Financial Testing Tool
Workday is advancing its “lights-out finance” vision with an AI-driven Financial Test Suite that continuously detects fraud and anomalies before transactions are completed.
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Companies Are Acting on AI Value They Haven’t Realized Yet
Most organizations say AI delivers value, but few can measure it consistently. New research shows that measurement maturity and operating models determine whether AI produces repeatable enterprise ROI.
Sage HCM Aims To Close HR Finance Data Gaps
Sage has launched Sage HCM, a new cloud solution for mid-market organizations that integrates HR, payroll and financial data, featuring AI-powered workflows and construction-specific capabilities to enhance labor cost visibility and payroll accuracy.
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Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027
Clorox’s $580M SAP S/4HANA transformation highlights how design, benchmarking, and execution decisions shape outcomes beyond go-live.
Professionals analyzing data on computer screens in an office, representing AI in quote-to-cash workflows and finance operations.
Zuora Adds AI Agents for Quote-to-Cash Workflows and Auditability
Zuora introduces AI agents for quote-to-cash workflows, focusing on how outputs are integrated, explained, and executed within financial controls, audit frameworks, and operational processes.