SITA Picks Cognizant to Lead AI-Driven Finance Overhaul on the Cloud
Cognizant has been selected by SITA, which describes itself as the world's leading specialist in air transport technology, as implementation and transformation partner for the SKY program. The groupwide, finance-led initiative will put finance, procurement and supply chain processes on a modern cloud platform with AI built in.
- SITA selected Cognizant as implementation and transformation partner for its SKY program.
- The program will implement a cloud-based ERP and management platform across finance, procurement and supply chain.
- Cognizant says it will use generative AI implementation agents and custom agentic AI, drawing on more than 800 cloud ERP projects.
- SITA's CFO says core processes will be standardized on Oracle Fusion Cloud.
- No contract value or timeline was disclosed.
What the SKY program covers
According to Cognizant, the SKY program is a groupwide initiative led by finance. It is meant to deliver measurable business value across SITA's global operations in more than 200 countries and territories.
Cognizant will implement a cloud-based ERP and management platform spanning planning, performance, project management and procurement. By connecting these functions through a shared data foundation, consistent ways of working and AI-led insights, SITA aims to strengthen planning, identify opportunities earlier and align resources more closely with its growth priorities.
The stated goal is to move finance beyond reporting and operational processing and make it a more strategic, growth-focused partner to the business. The announcement calls the target a "Frontier Finance" function: data-driven, innovative and focused on growth and measurable business value.
How Cognizant plans to use AI
Cognizant describes its approach as AI-first. It combines finance transformation expertise with generative AI implementation agents, informed by intellectual property developed through more than 800 cloud ERP projects.
The company says it draws on embedded platform AI capabilities and custom agents built with its agentic AI capabilities. These are meant to embed intelligence into planning, forecasting, project management and day-to-day finance activities. According to Cognizant, this should help SITA accelerate delivery and put AI to work across live finance, procurement and project management processes.
SITA's finance chief refers to Oracle Fusion Cloud as the base for standardized processes.
What the executives said
Nicolas Husson, Chief Financial Officer at SITA, said: "By standardizing core processes on Oracle Fusion Cloud and building AI into how we operate, we aim to create a more agile finance organization and a strong foundation for our next phase of growth."
Saket Gulati, Senior Vice President and Head of Northern Europe at Cognizant, said SITA's growth requires an enterprise platform that can scale, "with technology and AI serving the strategy rather than defining it." Roshan Subudhi, SVP and Head of Global Markets, Intelligent Enterprise Platforms at Cognizant, said the project shows what is possible when the enterprise backbone is rebuilt "for an AI-first world."
About the companies and what it means
SITA says it has around 2,500 customers, and its technology supports over 1,000 airports and more than 19,600 aircraft worldwide. It also says it helps over 70 governments and bridges 45 to 50% of the industry's data exchange. Cognizant, listed on Nasdaq as CTSH, describes itself as an AI builder and technology services provider.
The announcement did not give a contract value, timeline or specific performance targets. What it does show is how a large operator is pairing an ERP rebuild with AI agents embedded in everyday finance work, rather than treating AI as a separate layer. For enterprise buyers, the project is an example of finance, procurement and supply chain being run on one shared data foundation, with the stated aim of faster and better-informed decisions.