BP finance runtime PRD surface

Tower Autonomy Atlas

A tower-wise progression from prevention and standardization to governed autonomy.

Signal

Context

Policy

Agent

Evidence

Human Gate

Control

Value

Replay

Learning

Autonomy progression

Level	Meaning	Demo proof
L0 Prevent	Eliminate avoidable work before an agent needs to run.	Tolerance simulation, proactive GR prompt, structured remittance.
L0.5 Standardize	Normalize policies, taxonomies, master data, and exception types.	Payment terms, deduction reason codes, customer/vendor master gates.
AL1 Assistant	Agent drafts, explains, and assembles evidence; human decides.	Analyst workspace recommendation and evidence drawer.
AL2 In the loop	Agent prepares governed action; human approves material steps.	Payment hold, dispute creation, journal draft.
AL3 On the loop	Agent acts inside approved envelope; humans handle exceptions.	Auto cash match after data readiness is green.
AL4 Policy only	Humans define policy envelope; runtime executes within controls.	Low-risk, evidence-complete, replayable decisions only.

Tower autonomy atlas

Tower	Process	Preventable	Automatable	Decision focus	Systems
P2P	Invoice to pay	38%	30%	Duplicate, GR/SES, tolerance, supplier master	SAP ECC, Ariba, VIM, MDG, ServiceNow
O2C	Cash and credit	32%	33%	Remittance, cash match, deductions, collections	SAP FSCM, ECC, BlackLine, ServiceNow, UDP
R2R	Continuous close	28%	36%	Journal anomaly, accruals, reconciliation, intercompany	ECC, CFIN, BlackLine, Workiva
FP&A	Scenario intelligence	20%	35%	Variance bridge, forecast narrative, scenario simulation	IBP, BPC, SAC, CFIN, Power BI
Treasury	Liquidity and payments	18%	32%	Cash visibility, FX, payment risk, working capital	Bottomline, bank files, FSCM, S/4 Treasury
Controls	Always-on control	22%	30%	SoD, SOX evidence, fraud, control replay	GRC, IRM, Workiva, Evidence Fabric

P2P transaction trace

INV-88421: Preventable tolerance and missing-GR exception

Prevent upstream with tolerance simulation and GR prompt rather than manual AP exception handling.

InvoiceAriba POSAP ECC GR statusSAP VIM exceptionVendor historyTolerance policy

Open P2P workspace Policy gate

O2C transaction trace

O2C-NORTHWIND-38500: Unidentified cash and disputed deduction

Request remittance 48h before cash lands, apply clean match, open deduction dispute with evidence.

Bank receiptSAP FSCM open itemsCustomer masterContract termsDeduction historyRemittance request

Open O2C command center Open process twin

Definition of done

Every autonomy increment must prove the same chain: signal, context, policy, agent recommendation, evidence, human gate, control outcome, value impact, replay trace, and learning signal.