Finance Technology Correspondent
Sophie covers finance technology and the systems behind accounting and reporting.
Finance Technology · ERP · Accounting Systems
Also writes on AI & Automation
The useful lesson is a decision every finance team can make: where will the capacity released by automation go—and what evidence will justify changing the plan?
SAP Domain Models are trained on SAP code, data, metadata and process knowledge — and are being used to generate clean-core-compliant extensions. Clean core is no longer only about easier upgrades; it is becoming the foundation for governable enterprise AI.
Finance Agent answers AP and AR questions and takes selected ERP actions from inside Copilot, with MCP as the plumbing. The ERP stays the system of record — but may stop being the system of engagement.
A vendor-sponsored survey of more than 1,500 finance leaders finds 92% under pressure to prove agentic-AI ROI, only 7% prioritizing governance over speed and 30% who have not updated controls in the past year.
PwC-reported results from its own SAP Cloud ERP program — 100,000+ professionals, 19 countries, 22 systems retired, 10x faster upgrades — make an architectural point: AI multiplies the value of a simpler core.
Adoption has outrun organization design: most finance functions have deployed AI without redesigning roles, controls, service models or performance measures — and that is where transformation value is being lost.
Replacing a general ledger is never casual. Rillet's 2026 funding and customer growth make AI-native accounting infrastructure a serious product question for finance leaders.
