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Zero-Based Budgeting in the Age of AI
Ready to refine budgeting season with AI?
As finance teams tighten spending and chase greater accountability, Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) is re-emerging as a powerful strategy. But it’s not the same ZBB of decades past. AI tools and real-time payment controls are reshaping how leading organizations deploy and sustain ZBB—turning it from a theoretical exercise into a dynamic, continuous practice.
In this session, you'll learn what ZBB really is (and isn’t), when it beats incremental budgeting, and how to implement it without disrupting operations. We'll walk through a practical roadmap to stand up your first ZBB cycle, explore common pitfalls to avoid, and show how AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot can pressure-test assumptions, identify outliers, and accelerate analysis.
We’ll also show how modern workflows—from smart approvals to virtual cards and automated AP—help bring ZBB discipline into everyday decision-making, not just annual planning.
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Learning Objectives:
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand what Zero-Based Budgeting really is—and when it beats traditional incremental budgeting.
- Learn a practical, step-by-step path to launch ZBB in your organization, from baseline to first cycle.
- Anticipate and address common pitfalls (data quality, stakeholder resistance, governance) before they slow you down.
- See how AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot) accelerate analysis, challenge spend rationales, and surface anomalies.
- Discover how modern spend controls and payment workflows (e.g., pre-approvals, virtual cards, automated AP) reinforce ZBB discipline without adding friction.
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