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Function cockpit

AI GBS & Global Business Services

One front door for the enterprise. The digital-workforce factory.

Autonomy0% / 88%

Phase: Phase 4 — Governed autonomy

Operate shared services as an enterprise control tower and digital-workforce factory: intake, routing, standard execution, queue balance and evidence packaging are agent work; service design, sourcing strategy and control acceptance remain human.

Trust score

0

Touchless

0%

Human review

0%

Override rate

0%

Capacity released

30-50% released operating capacity across mature services; selected transactional workflows higher

Accountable human

Head of Global Business Services

CoS agent: GBS Chief of Staff

Strategy, policy, observe, workflow, and AI GBS side by side

Five layers

What AI GBS & Global Business Services actually runs

A function is not one thing. It sets direction, writes the rules it is bound by, watches the world and itself, does the work on lines, and pushes repeatable transactions into a shared spine. Agents work in all five — not just the last two.

Strategy

20 agents

Agents that take positions, argue them, and get held to the outcome.

15 positions on the record

5 ratified, 5 in challenge

Policy

16 agents

The written rules every other agent is bound by, with version and owner.

33 binding rules

29 active, 4 superseded or retired

Observe

21 agents

Continuous sensing of the outside world and of the agents themselves.

21 watchers running

They watch the outside world and the agents themselves

Workflow

39 agents

Doing the work: lines, stations, and live units moving through them.

39 lines, 203 live units

16 held for a person right now

AI GBS

23 agents

Repeatable transaction processing run once for the whole enterprise.

6 shared towers

108 stations on this function run inside AI GBS

Strategy layer — positions on the record

Every position names its author, the agent paid to argue against it, and the conditions that would break it.

H2R Control Tower Operating Position

Ratified

Hold the ceiling at A4 for h2r control tower. The tower processes at scale with deterministic rules. Payroll disbursement keeps a dual human approval because an error is unrecoverable within the pay cycle. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author H2R Service Doctrine Agentchallenged by H2R Control Tower Challenger Agentratifier Tower Lead, Hire-to-Retireconfidence 81%outcome did not hold

S2P Control Tower Operating Position

In challenge

Hold the ceiling at A4 for s2p control tower. Three-way match and invoice capture are the most mature agentic transactions in the enterprise. Bank detail changes hold a human gate — that is where the fraud is. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author Source-to-Pay Tower Orchestratorchallenged by S2P Control Tower Challenger Agentratifier Tower Lead, Source-to-Payconfidence 66%

O2C Control Tower Operating Position

In challenge

Hold the ceiling at A4 for o2c control tower. Matching, billing and dunning are fully agentic. Credit holds on strategic accounts and write-offs above threshold are human decisions with revenue consequences. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author Working Capital Agentchallenged by O2C Control Tower Challenger Agentratifier Tower Lead, Order-to-Cashconfidence 61%

R2R Control Tower Operating Position

Superseded

Hold the ceiling at A4 for r2r control tower. Reconciliation and accrual mechanics run agentic. The close sign-off is a personal attestation by a named officer and will never be delegated to an agent. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author Record-to-Report Tower Orchestratorchallenged by R2R Control Tower Challenger Agentratifier Tower Lead, Record-to-Reportconfidence 80%

Service Catalog & Intake Operating Position

Superseded

Hold the ceiling at A4 for service catalog & intake. Intake and routing are pure classification. Adding a service to the catalog commits delivery capacity and holds an approval. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author Catalog & Intake Orchestratorchallenged by Service Catalog & Intake Challenger Agentratifier Head of Service Catalogconfidence 65%

Global Process Design Position

Superseded

Hold the ceiling at A2 for global process ownership. Mining and variant detection are agentic. Mandating one global process overrides local judgment across jurisdictions and needs a human process owner to carry it. Raise it only after two consecutive quarters where the override rate stays under five percent and every override has a written cause.

author Standardization Agentchallenged by Global Process Ownership Challenger Agentratifier Global Process Ownerconfidence 80%
15 positions across 11 sub-functions. Open a sub-function to see dissent, alternatives considered, and break conditions.

Policy layer — what binds the agents

Versioned rules with an owning agent, a human approver, and the agents they constrain.

H2R Control Tower Decision Envelope

vv5.0

Agents in this lane may act without a human when the payroll transaction sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock.

owner Statutory Filing Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Hire-to-RetireUS · Canadabinds 6 agents

H2R Control Tower Evidence Standard

vv4.7

Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision.

owner Statutory Filing Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Hire-to-RetireEU · UKbinds 6 agents

S2P Control Tower Decision Envelope

vv1.4

Agents in this lane may act without a human when the invoice sits inside the stated value, risk and confidence envelope. Outside it, the unit holds at a gate with a named approver and a running clock.

owner Duplicate Payment Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Source-to-PayAPACbinds 6 agents

S2P Control Tower Evidence Standard

vv1.2

Every autonomous decision writes inputs, the rule version applied, the model and prompt version, the output and a reversal path. An action with no evidence record is treated as a control failure, not a fast decision.

owner Duplicate Payment Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Source-to-PayGlobal · EUbinds 6 agents

S2P Control Tower Escalation Rule

vv2.2

Escalation is mandatory when confidence falls below the floor, when two options sit inside the confidence band, or when a break condition on a ratified position fires. Tower Lead, Source-to-Pay owns the response clock.

owner Duplicate Payment Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Source-to-PayEU · UKbinds 6 agents

S2P Control Tower Autonomy Ceiling

vv4.1

The ceiling for this lane is 93 on the platform scale. Three-way match and invoice capture are the most mature agentic transactions in the enterprise. Bank detail changes hold a human gate — that is where the fraud is. The ceiling is a governance decision, not a technical limit, and only Tower Lead, Source-to-Pay can propose moving it.

owner Duplicate Payment Agentapproved by Tower Lead, Source-to-PayUS · Canadabinds 6 agents
33 rules in the register. An agent cannot act outside the version in force.

Workflow layer — the lines doing the work

Each line is a workflow. Each station is a stage. Each unit is a live piece of work.

134 clear53 evidenced16 held
LineSub-functionKindUnits / wkTouchlessTimetableActualStations
GB1A

Payroll Cycle

H2R Control Towertransactional7,32787%19.1h21.4h9
GB1B

Employee Data Change

H2R Control Towertransactional8,03584%14.6h15.2h6
GB1C

Time & Absence Cycle

H2R Control Towertransactional7,34487%18.3h22.9h6
GB1D

Benefits Enrollment

H2R Control Towertransactional2,82095%13.1h11.3h6
GB2A

Requisition to PO

S2P Control Towertransactional2,71290%21.9h26.4h6
GB2B

Invoice to Pay

S2P Control Towertransactional6,07297%12.0h12.8h8
GB2C

Supplier Onboarding

S2P Control Towertransactional6,88395%17.8h14.8h5
GB2D

Payment Integrity Sweep

S2P Control Towertransactional4,71996%2.0h2.0h5
GB3A

Order to Invoice

O2C Control Towertransactional7,64194%12.7h10.4h7
GB3B

Cash Application

O2C Control Towertransactional7,03693%13.7h16.8h5
GB3C

Collections Cycle

O2C Control Towertransactional7,55787%6.7h6.7h6
GB3D

Dispute to Resolution

O2C Control Towertransactional73395%5.7h5.3h6
GB4A

Period Close

R2R Control Towertransactional7,93589%25.0h19.9h10
GB4B

Balance Sheet Reconciliation

R2R Control Towertransactional6,46391%5.7h4.8h5
GB4C

Intercompany Settlement

R2R Control Towertransactional5,33683%6.7h7.5h5
GB4D

Disclosure Drafting

R2R Control Toweranalytical1466%219.9h240.0h5
GB5A

Request to Tower

Service Catalog & Intaketransactional6,98288%8.8h7.2h5
GB5B

Catalog Item Change

Service Catalog & Intaketransactional3,41394%13.3h15.3h5
GB5C

Off-catalog Demand

Service Catalog & Intaketransactional8,12490%14.4h17.0h4
GB6A

Variant to Standard

Global Process Ownershipanalytical8654%138.1h142.9h7
GB6B

Control Design Review

Global Process Ownershipanalytical1843%42.6h34.6h5
GB6C

Global Process Design Position

Global Process Ownershipjudgment226%392.1h495.5h7
GB7A

Idea to Production

Automation Factorytransactional6,59373%22.1h16.9h9
GB7B

Regression Response

Automation Factorytransactional2,12381%21.1h22.5h6
GB7C

Portfolio Rebalance

Automation Factoryanalytical6768%203.1h187.0h5
GB7D

Automation Portfolio Position

Automation Factoryjudgment550%417.3h543.5h6
GB8A

Create to Golden Record

Master Data Managementtransactional6,32987%5.7h7.3h7
GB8B

Quality Remediation

Master Data Managementtransactional2,49087%13.5h17.1h5
GB8C

Hierarchy Change

Master Data Managementtransactional74680%5.7h4.9h5
GB9A

SLA Watch to Action

Service Delivery Managementtransactional7,57372%2.7h3.5h5
GB9B

Monthly Service Review

Service Delivery Managementanalytical2756%135.3h149.5h5
GB9C

Estate Health Assessment

Service Delivery Managementanalytical3947%49.7h45.1h6
GB9D

Service Delivery Model Position

Service Delivery Managementjudgment235%750.7h835.7h6
GB10A

Signal to Improvement

Continuous Improvementanalytical757%200.3h171.0h7
GB10B

Idea to Backlog

Continuous Improvementtransactional3,44573%14.8h14.3h5
GB10C

Benefit Verification

Continuous Improvementanalytical7961%212.7h199.4h5
GB11A

Period Cost-to-Serve

Cost-to-Serve Managementanalytical966%140.5h136.6h7
GB11B

Chargeback Run

Cost-to-Serve Managementtransactional8,12288%19.8h19.2h5
GB11C

Automation Economics Position

Cost-to-Serve Managementjudgment252%286.8h223.7h7

Observe layer — the watchers

Sensing agents and the agents that supervise other agents.

Hire-to-Retire Tower Orchestrator

Owns the h2r control tower lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.

A395%

Employee Data Integrity Agent

Watches h2r control tower continuously. Detects drift, quantifies it, and routes what matters without waiting for a reporting cycle.

A496%

H2R Control Tower Challenger Agent

Adversarial reviewer for h2r control tower. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.

A293%

Source-to-Pay Tower Orchestrator

Owns the s2p control tower lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.

A397%

S2P Control Tower Challenger Agent

Adversarial reviewer for s2p control tower. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.

A291%

Order-to-Cash Tower Orchestrator

Owns the o2c control tower lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.

A397%

O2C Control Tower Challenger Agent

Adversarial reviewer for o2c control tower. Argues the opposite case on every position and flags where the evidence does not carry the claim.

A296%

Record-to-Report Tower Orchestrator

Owns the r2r control tower lane end to end. Sequences the other agents, holds the timetable, and decides what surfaces to a human.

A391%

AI GBS layer — the shared spine

Repeatable transaction processing does not belong to this function. It runs once for the enterprise.

h2r25,526 units / wk routed

H2R Control Tower

s2p20,386 units / wk routed

S2P Control Tower

o2c22,967 units / wk routed

O2C Control Tower

r2r27,881 units / wk routed

R2R Control Tower · Cost-to-Serve Management

ai-ops38,479 units / wk routed

Service Catalog & Intake · Automation Factory · Service Delivery Management · Continuous Improvement

data-analytics9,565 units / wk routed

Master Data Management

Stations running inside AI GBS

108 of 234 stations(46% of the function's stations)

Read this page as the honest answer to “what would an 80% agentic AI GBS & Global Business Services look like?” The strategy and policy layers are where the argument happens. The workflow and AI GBS layers are where the volume goes. The observe layer is the only reason the other four can be trusted.

Sub-function breakdown