Payables orchestration modules

Establish a single supplier control layer across all entities and ERPs, with structured onboarding, identity verification, and unified vendor master management. 

Key capabilities:

• Supplier onboarding through a secure self service portal  
• Unified supplier master across multiple ERPs  
• Identity verification and compliance validation  
• Centralised banking, tax, and compliance records  
• Multi-entity supplier consolidation  
• Controlled supplier lifecycle management  

A workflow driven supplier onboarding and data control layer that enhances Connect by embedding structured governance and integrating third party due diligence through the Spend Intelligence Network across onboarding and supplier change management. 

Includes:

• Central Connect Workbench to manage onboarding and supplier change requests  
• Structured workflows across AP, procurement, risk, compliance, finance and business stakeholders  
• Integration with the Spend Intelligence Network to validate supplier identity, bank accounts, sanctions exposure, financial viability and ESG indicators at onboarding  
• Risk tiered due diligence across regulatory, financial, compliance and sustainability domains  
• Configurable questionnaires to capture requirements across cyber security, ESG and regulatory compliance  
• Full audit trail and control over supplier master data creation and changes  
• Improved data quality at the source of all downstream processes  

Where supplier data integrity and onboarding control are established 

Capture invoices across all intake channels with AI driven extraction, validation, duplicate detection and fraud prevention at the point of receipt. 

Key capabilities:

• Capture across 8 channels including email, portal, eInvoicing, EDI, API, file upload, scan and mobile  
• AI extraction across PDFs, scans and structured formats  
• Multi language invoice capture and data extraction  
• Duplicate detection and fraud prevention  
• Automated validation of tax, supplier and invoice data  
• Line level data extraction including invoice detail  
• Multi-currency and multi jurisdiction support 

A compliant, structured invoice exchange layer that ensures invoices are validated before they enter your workflow.

Includes:

• Native PEPPOL network integration 
• Structured data validation at source 
• Real time schema validation and transformation 
• Compliance with global eInvoicing mandates 
• Reduced processing cost and improved data accuracy 

Automate coding, matching and exception handling with AI driven workflows aligned to governance and Delegation of Authority.

Key capabilities:

• Automated GL coding 
• Two-way and three-way matching 
• Tax validation and compliance checks 
• AI driven exception identification and resolution 
• Policy driven approval workflows 
• Delegation of Authority enforcement 
• In workflow collaboration on exceptions 

Validate invoices against agreed contract pricing, charges and commercial conditions, identifying discrepancies such as incorrect rates and unauthorised fees during processing.

• Surface contract validation exceptions at line item level during invoice review
• Detect charges not aligned to agreed contract terms including freight, fuel and accessorial fees
• Identify incorrect rate application where invoice pricing differs from contract or rate card pricing
• Validate application of contract pricing structures including tiers, thresholds and agreed charge rules
• Provide a clear audit trail linking invoices, approvals and validated contract conditions

A continuous risk and integrity control layer embedded across all supplier, invoice and payment activity, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory obligations before, during and after transactions.

• Continuous monitoring of supplier risk using the Spend Intelligence Network to orchestrate external intelligence such as financial distress signals, sanctions and watchlists, entity verification, adverse media, ESG indicators and behavioural risk patterns
• Transaction level anomaly detection identifying fraud, policy circumvention and behavioural outliers 
• Detection of potential Code of Conduct violations including conflicts of interest and inappropriate supplier relationships 
• Payment level controls including real time revalidation and payment holds prior to execution 
• Case management workflows with structured escalation, investigation, resolution and full audit tracking 
• Cross lifecycle control spanning purchasing, transaction processing, approval and payment execution 

Where financial control is enforced before money leaves the business

Move from approved invoice to payment execution with full reconciliation, auditability, and multi entity support.

Key capabilities:

• Payment file generation and execution 
• Multi entity and multi currency settlement 
• Full reconciliation back to ERP 
• Approval gated payment controls 
• End to end audit trail from invoice to payment 
• Supplier payment tracking and status visibility 

A multi rail payment orchestration engine that determines how every invoice is paid, optimising cost, speed and working capital.

Includes:

• Intelligent payment routing across bank transfer, real time A2A, virtual cards and cross border rails 
• Invoice level decisioning to select optimal payment method 
• Execution without supplier behaviour change 
• Full invoice to payment traceability and reconciliation 
• Embedded approval workflows and payment governance 

An AI driven working capital optimisation layer that converts approved invoices into a financial return.

Includes:

• Dynamic discounting based on supplier behaviour and liquidity needs 
• AI driven negotiation to maximise acceptance and yield 
• Treasury controlled funding envelopes 
• Supplier segmentation and personalised offers 
• Continuous optimisation of working capital deployment 

Deliver real time visibility across invoices, cash flow and liabilities with AI powered analytics across suppliers, invoices and line level spend.

Key capabilities:

• Real time AP dashboards and reporting 
• Cash flow and liability visibility 
• AI powered spend classification 
• Supplier and invoice line item analytics 
• Performance monitoring across entities and ERPs 
• Exception and cycle time tracking 
• Audit ready reporting on demand 

A natural language AI agent embedded across the platform, enabling users to query, analyse and act on payables data in real time.

Includes:

• Natural language querying across invoices, suppliers and payments 
• AI driven insights and recommendations 
• Workflow interaction through conversational AI 
• Continuous learning across platform activity 

Continuously analyse invoice and line level data to detect pricing discrepancies, benchmark gaps against market pricing, and missed value opportunities, enabling procurement teams to take action and improve commercial outcomes.

• Cross-invoice price comparison across suppliers, entities and locations
• Detection of repeated pricing discrepancies against contract rates approved during invoice processing
• Benchmark validation using external data from the Spend Intelligence Network
• AI driven identification of pricing anomalies and optimisation opportunities
• Case creation and workflow routing to procurement for investigation and action

A governed sustainability and ESG reporting layer built directly on transaction level spend data.

Includes:

• Scope 3 emissions modelling based on actual spend 
• Supplier level ESG, diversity and responsible sourcing tracking 
• Continuous monitoring of sustainability performance 
• Workflow driven validation of supplier data and disclosures 
• Audit ready reporting for regulatory and investor requirements

Extend payables control to employee expenses with integrated corporate card management, receipt capture and automated reconciliation.

Key capabilities:

• Corporate card issuance and management 
• Mobile receipt capture 
• Policy enforcement at submission 
• Automated reconciliation 
• Real time visibility of employee spend 
• Integration into the broader payables workflow