How Petrobras Recovers $2M Annually with Automation Anywhere Agentic AI

Petrobras operates in one of the most regulated industries in the world. Its legal and compliance teams manage vast volumes of contracts, filings, and tax records—each requiring precise extraction, reconciliation, and audit-ready documentation. Before automation, these workflows depended on fragmented systems, manual SAP entries, and unstructured documents that created bottlenecks, errors, and compliance risk.

The core problem was structural: high-volume, document-heavy processes with little tolerance for inaccuracy. Legal documents arrived in unstructured formats. Entries had to be validated manually against SAP and enterprise systems. The result was high rework rates, poor visibility across document lifecycles, and compounding financial and regulatory exposure.

Petrobras deployed Automation Anywhere to orchestrate these workflows end-to-end. Document Automation extracts and structures data from complex legal contracts and filings, transforming unstructured inputs into consistent, machine-readable records. AI agents then validate and reconcile this data across SAP and enterprise systems, flagging exceptions for human review through a human-in-the-loop governance model. The architecture delivers audit-ready outputs without bypassing human judgment on edge cases.

The financial results were immediate. Petrobras now recovers $2M annually—primarily through tighter ICMS tax validation and compliance processes that previously leaked recoverable amounts. Document accuracy reached near-perfect levels, and manual error rates dropped 80% across critical workflows. With AI agents handling routine validation and reconciliation, tax reporting accelerated and compliance risk decreased significantly.

Petrobras is extending the automation architecture to additional tax and legal functions. AI agents now validate ICMS records and detect inconsistencies in real time, enabling faster reporting across an evolving regulatory landscape. The platform’s ability to handle both document extraction and multi-system reconciliation positions Petrobras to scale governance-grade automation across its global operations.