Accounts Payable has moved from a transactional back-office role to a frontline business function. In this kickoff panel, AP leaders explore how growing fraud risk, faster payment expectations, and tighter cash management have reshaped AP’s responsibilities—and visibility. Learn what this shift means for daily work, required skills, and how AP teams can protect cash, reduce risk, and build trust across the organization.

This discussion will explore how leading organizations are modernizing workflows, strengthening controls to address emerging fraud trends, and setting responsible guardrails around AI and automation. Panelists will also share how leadership expectations of AP teams has shifted, and what skills, structures, and strategies are now critical for success at scale. Attendees will walk away with insight into the top priorities AP leaders are focusing on over the next 12-24 months, as well as a clearer understanding of how high-performing AP organizations are positioning themselves for the future.