Oracle adds agent-driven finance to Fusion Cloud ERP and EPM
At Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, Oracle introduced new agentic AI features across its Fusion Cloud Applications. Built in Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion, these agents embed directly into finance processes to reduce manual work, support compliance, and improve decision speed.
Oracle executives framed the shift in practical terms. Accounting is rules-based, documentation-heavy, and typically back-end loaded at month and quarter close. The goal: turn end-of-period fire drills into continuous, auditable workflows that run throughout the quarter.
What's shipping now
- Prebuilt and native: Agents integrate with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and Fusion Cloud EPM at no extra cost.
- Payables Agent: Helps manage inbound invoices to reduce cycle times and exceptions.
- Ledger Agent: Improves financial management and visibility across entities and periods.
- Planning Agent: Assists finance teams in ongoing planning and scenario work.
- Payments Agent: Optimizes outbound payments to improve working capital.
Why finance leaders care
- Continuous close: Spread reconciliations and adjustments across the quarter, not the last week.
- Stronger compliance: Automated documentation and clear audit trails for adjustments and approvals.
- Efficiency: Less manual intake, coding, and follow-up; teams focus on judgment and controls.
- Real-time insight: Faster variance detection and clearer visibility for quicker decisions.
- Cash impact: Tighter invoice and payment cycles, healthier working capital.
Customer insight: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation, a sovereign tribal government with broad operations spanning government services and commercial businesses, is scaling Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications with embedded AI features. The IT team reports more than 40 generative AI capabilities already adopted and plans to expand further with Oracle's agents.
On the HR side, the organization uses Fusion Cloud HCM with agentic features for goal-setting, performance reviews, and career and skills guidance. This lets leaders scale career growth conversations across 13,000+ employees while reducing manual work.
On the finance side, the Choctaw Nation is using Fusion Cloud ERP to streamline invoice processing and improve financial controls, with plans to add predictive cash forecasting and narrative reporting. Beyond back-office processes, the team is also exploring OCI Generative AI to support translation between English and Choctaw to help preserve a language with fewer than 300 living speakers.
How to apply this in your finance org
- Start where the friction is highest: Payables intake, exceptions, and outbound payments are quick wins.
- Map controls upfront: Define which steps the agent suggests vs. auto-executes; require approvals where policy demands it.
- Instrument your baseline: Track close duration, invoice cycle time, exception rates, payment timing, and working capital.
- Tight loop with audit: Ensure every adjustment, reconciliation, and override is logged and traceable.
- Upskill the team: Train analysts and accountants to review agent output and focus on exceptions and insights.
Key takeaways
- Oracle's agents are embedded, prebuilt, and included with Fusion Cloud ERP and EPM.
- Expect fewer manual steps, clearer documentation, and shorter close cycles.
- Case study signals real gains in invoice processing now, with forecasting and narrative reporting next.
Resources
- Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
- Oracle Generative AI on OCI
- Practical AI tools for finance (Complete AI Training)
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