Employers overpay up to 14% on staff expenses, finds Rydoo

Companies are overpaying on employee expenses by up to 14%, according to research from expense management software provider Rydoo. 

The study found that 86% of expenses submitted were compliant with company policy. 

Sebastien Marchon, CEO at Rydoo, said: “Advanced AI audit solutions can close control gaps by enabling finance teams to automatically review every claim in real-time and apply policy consistently, while maintaining human oversight where it adds value. 

“With meaningful time and cost saving benefits, companies that fail to embrace technology in expense management will fall behind.

“And, with 30% of expense fraud set to be AI-generated in the coming years, fake or fabricated expenses are going to become common place amongst certain employees looking to exploit their finance departments.”

Marchon added: “Companies will need to work even harder to ensure they’ve got the right technology in place to catch non-compliant expenses that could impact their bottom line.”

Sebastiaan Vanhecke, chief product officer at Rydoo, said: “We’re moving on from AI that follows rules to AI that helps redesign them. 

“The next generation of expense audit systems won’t just flag exceptions but learn from patterns, suggest smarter controls, and guide users in real time. 

“That’s how finance evolves from oversight to intelligent governance.”