Discover a comprehensive roadmap for transforming your accounts payable function through artificial intelligence.
You’ll gain the confidence to evaluate AI vendors using real-world metrics like 70% processing time reduction and 95% accuracy rates. You’ll identify which capabilities fit your organization while understanding the literacy, ethical, policy, and security considerations for each. The course teaches practical thresholds like needing six months of data for machine learning or 200+ documents monthly for OCR value. Most importantly, you’ll understand how the four pillars work together to create sustainable AI implementation. Literacy prevents dependency on black-box systems, ethics ensures fair vendor treatment, policy maintains regulatory compliance, and security protects sensitive financial data. You’ll leave knowing not just what AI can do, but how to implement it responsibly with appropriate human oversight and organizational safeguards
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to define the four core AI technologies transforming accounts payable.
- You will be able to identify the key predictive modeling capabilities used for cash flow forecasting and payment optimization.
- You will be able to recognize the warning signs of AI implementation challenges in accounts payable.
- You will be able to describe how machine learning algorithms detect invoice anomalies and fraud patterns through pattern recognition and behavioral analysis.
Agenda
Overview
- Setting the Stage
- Journey Roadmap
Machine Learning Fundamentals: Teaching Systems to Think About Invoices
- The Learning Engine Demystified
- Anomaly Detection: Your Digital Sherlock Holmes
- The Self-Improving System
Computer Vision and OCR Evolution: From Pixels to Understanding
- The Modern OCR Pipeline
- Document Intelligence Systems
- Integration Architecture
Predictive Models: The Crystal Ball of Cash Flow
- The Mathematics of Prediction
- Optimization Algorithms
- Scenario Planning
Decision Trees and Rules Engines: The Automated Decision Maker
- Intelligent Routing Architecture
- Approval Workflows
- Continuous Adaptation
Integration and Governance: Making It All Work Together
- The Orchestrated Ecosystem
- Essential Guardrails
The Road Ahead
- Emerging Horizons
- The Human-AI Partnership
Speakers
David Hatami, Ed.D,
EduPolicy.ai/ScholarBar Education LLC- Managing Director of EduPolicy.ai/ScholarBar Education LLC
- Educational Consultant and expert in online education
- Expansive 23 year career traverses the realms of artificial intelligence, teaching, advising, student management, higher education administration, online education, pedagogy, and curriculum development
- Extensive experience engaging with key players in both academic and corporate circles
- M.A Degree, English Literature; M.Ed. degree, Higher Education Administration and Leadership; Ed.D degree, (anticipated late 2024) also in Higher Education Administration and Leadership
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for This live webinar is designed for accountants, CPAs, controllers, CFOs, tax managers, tax preparers, presidents, vice presidents, finance directors, accounts payable professionals, and bookkeepers.
