Finance Unlocked: Powering Hospitality Performance

We’re pleased to invite you to The Finance Behind Hospitality, a one‑day, invitation‑only forum designed for finance leaders across the hospitality sector.

Bringing together industry specialists, technology partners and peers, the event will explore how hospitality finance teams are responding to today’s challenges through USALI 12, cloud finance, analytics, AI, budgeting and forecasting, and system integration.

Through expert‑led sessions and real‑world case studies, the day will focus on how connected finance platforms and trusted data can improve visibility, control and decision‑making across hospitality organisations.

You can register your place here.

Along with our co-hosts Infor, PAS, LLP and Yooz, we look forward to the opportunity of meeting you.

AGENDA

09:00 - 09:30 Registration & Networking Breakfast

09:30 - 10:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks - Unlocking the Day

10:00 - 10:45 From Invoice to Insight: Automating AP in Hospitality

10:45 - 11:00 Product Roadmap & AI Innovation for Infor SunSystems

11:00 - 11:30 Networking & Coffee

11:30 - 11:45 Customer Case Study: Moving Finance Operations to the Cloud

11:45 - 12:30 Extending Financial & Operational Intelligence Across the Hospitality Enterprise

12:30 - 13:30 Networking & Lunch

13:30 - 14:15 From Roadmap to Reality: AI in SunSystems & EPM

14:15 - 15:00 Turning Data into Insight: Hospitality Analytics & Benchmarking

15:00 - 15:30 Leadership Session - Influence Without Authority

15:30 - 16:00 Panel Discussion - Finance Unlocked in Action

16:00 - 16:30 Close & Afternoon Tea

Session Details

Unlocking the Day (PAS & Infor)
• Why hospitality finance must evolve – Key pressures Hospitality Leaders face today
• The shift from back office to business partner – managing margins and labour
• What “performance” really means today – analytics, why they are so important

An overview of the key pressures facing hospitality finance leaders today — from margin control and labour costs to evolving standards and increasing data complexity — and how finance teams are responding.

From Invoice to Insight: Automating AP in Hospitality (Yooz)

• Invoice Processing
• Integration to the General Ledger
• Reporting, visibility, and fraud detection
• Improving control, visibility, and efficiency

A look at automating high volume invoice processing in hospitality environments, integrating accounts payable with finance systems and PMS to improve efficiency, control and visibility.

Product Roadmap & AI Innovation for Infor SunSystems (Professional Advantage)

• Product roadmap update, including upcoming innovations and the continued expansion of solutions available on PA Cloud
• How AI is transforming financial reporting, analysis and decision-making for Infor SunSystems users through Advanced Inquiry AI
• Delivering greater visibility, automation and insight across finance operations through a connected ecosystem of solutions

The session will provide an overview of new features, upcoming enhancements, and our strategic direction across automation, reporting, banking, and finance operations. Attendees will gain insight into how Professional Advantage is investing in cloud-based innovation to help finance teams improve efficiency, scalability, and business visibility.
A key focus will be Advanced Inquiry AI, our next-generation financial reporting and analysis solution for Infor SunSystems.

Customer Case Study: Moving Finance Operations to the Cloud

Craig Boughton, VP Asset Management, Amante Capital shares his perspective on migrating to SunSystems Cloud — the rationale, lessons learned, and benefits realised for finance teams and wider operations.

Extending Financial & Operational Intelligence Across the Hospitality Enterprise (LLP)

• Unifying asset, maintenance, and financial data for stronger capex planning and lifecycle management
• Utilising EAM to enhance visibility, operational intelligence, and automation
• Connecting finance, PMS, and operational systems to improve data quality, resilience, and real time reporting.

This session explores how hospitality organisations can extend financial visibility far beyond the ledger by combining asset and maintenance data with modern integration and automation technologies. We’ll look at how linking EAM with finance improves capex control, lifecycle planning, and long term asset management.

From Roadmap to Reality: AI in SunSystems & EPM (Infor)

• The expectations of today’s operators – AI at their fingertips to handle the mundane
• How Infor is leveraging and deploying AI
• The changing landscape of AI and what it may look like in 6 months or a year – don’t get stuck in the past, or even stuck in today

Exploring Infor’s roadmap for hospitality finance and demonstrating practical, real world examples of how AI is being applied today within Hospitality, SunSystems and EPM to support forecasting, analysis, and decision making.

Turning Data into Insight: Hospitality Analytics & Benchmarking (Infor)

• What true partnership looks like on the ground
• Building trust between finance and ops
• Speaking a common language
• Aligning incentives, KPIs, and accountability
• KPIs that drive behavior, not confusion
• Eliminating “multiple versions of the truth”
• Turning reports into conversations and action

Exploring the role of asset and maintenance data in hospitality finance — and how integrating operational systems with finance supports better capex planning, cost control, and long term asset management.

Leadership Session - Influence Without Authority (PAS & Infor)

How finance leaders drive change across the organisation
• Shifting mindset from control to collaboration
• Communicating insight with impact
• Developing high-confidence finance teams

Panel Q&A: Finance Unlocked in Action

• Audience questions
• Audience questions
• Linking USALI, analytics, AI, automation, and integration
• What “good” looks like for hospitality finance in practice

An open discussion on linking standards, systems, analytics and automation to create a more connected, insight driven hospitality finance function.