Why this matters now
Your controls test a sample. The fraud runs every day.
Most AP controls test a sample, once a quarter. Duplicate payments, split invoices, and vendor bank-change fraud move through 100 percent of volume, every day. That is where the money leaks, where the audit findings come from, and where your controls team loses its week to false positives. This session shows the gap between sample-based controls and continuous, transaction-level control, and it does it live, not in a slideware demo.
No rip and replace
It runs on top of SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or your custom AP stack. No migration.
Audit-ready by default
Every flag explained in plain English, every step traceable, defensible in a SOX review. Not a confidence score.
You stay in control
The agent flags and recommends. Your team decides. Nothing is hidden, nothing acts outside policy.
AP is where this breaks today. Rules catch the exact-match duplicate and miss the one under a different vendor record. The auditor samples a few transactions and trusts the rest. This is continuous control on every transaction, with the lineage your auditor will ask for.
What you will see live
Three catches, live on a real ERP
Three catches, surfaced in front of you on a live ERP, each with the reasoning and the audit trail on screen.
- The duplicate it should have caught. The same invoice under a different vendor record, or one digit changed in the invoice number. The agent finds it before the payment run, not after.
- The bank change that is not your vendor. A vendor bank-detail update lands just before a payment. The agent flags the business-email-compromise pattern and holds it for review.
- The approval that broke policy. A split invoice slips under the approval limit, or an approver outside delegated authority signs off. The agent surfaces it with the exact policy it violated.
The Controls Dashboard
A live dashboard showing the measures that matter to a controls and audit leader:
- Exposure caught this cycle, the duplicate and fraud risk intercepted before disbursement.
- Coverage, the share of transactions reviewed versus the sample-based baseline.
- Open exceptions, what is waiting on a human decision and how long each has waited.
Speakers
Who you'll hear from
Two stories every attendee walks away with
One for the audit committee, one for the CFO
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The Control Story.
Every AP transaction reviewed, not sampled. Every flag explainable, every approval traceable. When the auditor asks how a payment was controlled, the lineage is already there, from invoice to review to release.
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The Economic Story.
Duplicate and erroneous payments intercepted before disbursement. Fraud attempts stopped before the cash leaves. Controls staff moved off false-positive chasing and onto real risk.
Inside the session
55 minutes, structured for finance leaders
0 to 5 min
Framing. Why sample-based, quarterly AP controls miss the leakage that runs daily.
5 to 28 min
Live on a real ERP. Duplicates, vendor and invoice fraud, split invoices, out-of-policy approvals, each flagged with a plain-English explanation and the audit trail on screen.
28 to 40 min
The Controls Dashboard. Exposure caught, coverage versus the sample-based baseline, and open exceptions, plus a Kognitos customer on what changed in their AP controls after going live.
40 to 55 min
Q&A. Size your own exposure across duplicate payment risk, vendor-master and bank-change risk, threshold circumvention, and audit-trail completeness.
Who this is for
Built for the leaders who own AP and the audit
- AP Directors and Heads of Accounts Payable
- Controllers and Assistant Controllers
- CFOs and VPs of Finance
- Internal Audit, Risk, and SOX leaders
- Heads of Procure-to-Pay and Shared Services
Companies: 500 to 5,000 employees. Strong fit: banking, insurance, and other regulated sectors where the audit question comes first.
“Working with Kognitos has helped us to automate extremely complex use cases that existing automation solutions on the market have been unable to handle. Our team is empowered to automate and even handle unforeseen edge cases without increasing the demand on IT.”
Jim McCullen, Chief Information Officer, Century Supply Chain
Get the AP Controls Maturity Framework
Self-assess where your AP function sits today
Every registrant gets a one-page framework showing the four levels of AP controls maturity:
- Level 1. Manual review, tested by sample once a quarter.
- Level 2. ERP rules and exact-match duplicate checks.
- Level 3. RPA or scripts with rigid rules.
- Level 4. AI agents reviewing 100 percent of transactions with full audit lineage.
Delivered within 24 hours of registration. See what Level 4 actually looks like in operation.
Want this run against your own AP ledger?
Skip the webinar queue and book a private working session. We will walk through your top exception and fraud-risk categories, your vendor-master hygiene, your approval policy, and your audit posture, so you see exactly what changes on day one.
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FAQ
Common questions before you register
What kinds of duplicate payments and fraud do the AI agents catch?
The agents review every AP transaction for the patterns that sample-based, quarterly controls tend to miss: duplicate payments, including the same invoice under a different vendor record or with one digit changed in the invoice number; vendor bank-detail changes that match a business-email-compromise pattern, held for review before payment; and out-of-policy approvals, such as a split invoice that slips under an approval limit or an approver acting outside delegated authority. Each is surfaced with the exact policy it violated and the reasoning behind the flag.
Does the AI block payments automatically, or does a human stay in control?
The agent flags and recommends for review; it does not block payments automatically or act outside policy. Continuous controls means every transaction is reviewed rather than a quarterly sample, but a human still decides on anything flagged. Nothing is hidden and nothing acts on its own, so your team keeps full control of every disposition.
Does this require replacing or migrating my ERP?
No. It runs on top of SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or a custom AP stack, with no rip and replace and no migration. The agents review the transactions flowing through the ERP you already operate.
How is the audit trail different from a confidence score?
Every flag is explained in plain English, and every step is traceable from invoice to review to release, so the lineage is defensible in a SOX review. That is different from a probabilistic confidence score: rather than being told a transaction is some percentage likely to be a problem, your auditor can follow exactly how a payment was controlled, which policy was evaluated, and why the agent reached its conclusion.
Who should attend this session?
AP Directors and Heads of Accounts Payable, Controllers and Assistant Controllers, CFOs and VPs of Finance, Internal Audit, Risk and SOX leaders, and Heads of Procure-to-Pay and Shared Services. It is built for companies with 500 to 5,000 employees, and is a strong fit for banking, insurance, and other regulated sectors where the audit question comes first.
What is the AP Controls Maturity Framework, and who gets it?
A one-page framework showing the four levels of AP controls maturity: Level 1 (manual review, tested by sample once a quarter), Level 2 (ERP rules and exact-match duplicate checks), Level 3 (RPA or scripts with rigid rules), Level 4 (AI agents reviewing 100 percent of transactions with full audit lineage). Every registrant receives it within 24 hours of registering.
How do I register, and does it cost anything?
Registration is free. Reserve your seat using the form in the sidebar, or open the Zoom registration link directly. Each registrant receives the calendar invite, the same-day recording, and the AP Controls Maturity Framework within 24 hours.
What if I cannot attend live on July 8?
Register anyway. Every registrant receives the recording on the same day as the session and the AP Controls Maturity Framework within 24 hours. You can also book a private working session to walk through your top exception and fraud-risk categories, your vendor-master hygiene, your approval policy, and your audit posture.
