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The AI-Powered Finance Team: Breaking Down the Q3 2025 SAP Business AI Updates

The AI-Powered Finance Team: Breaking Down the Q3 2025 SAP Business AI Updates

AI is no longer a buzzword for finance teams — SAP’s Q3 2025 Business AI updates finally make it real.
From conversational invoice inquiries in AP, to natural-language explanations for asset values and costing variances, to smart, policy-aware travel booking in Concur — this release is a turning point.
We break down the most practical, high-impact AI features finance teams can use right now, what they mean for AP, Controlling, Asset Accounting, and T&E, and the actions finance leaders should take next.

MR11 – Maintaining the GR/IR Clearing Account

Right after a new implementation, everybody is concentrating on getting the invoicing right, and paying suppliers etc. and they tend to assume that the GR/IR is taking care of itself. Generally, if everything matches, it does, the problem is that not everybody understands that the quantity must match exactly to clear the GR/IR account. A typical problem where the invoices are posted manually, could be users struggling to post fractions correctly, for example where using the standard goods receipt process for a service. Another problem, where invoices and credit notes are posted via an interface, is not being able to distinguish between a price and quantity difference and using e.g. a credit memo to post all corrections.