CFO Dive published a Q&A with Helena Almeida, vice president and managing counsel at ADP, whose title changed on July 1, 2026 to chief AI legal officer after becoming AI legal officer in 2025; the expanded remit adds product compliance alongside her existing responsible-AI program. Almeida said AI questions initially came from IT but over the past two to three years have shifted to HR and finance leaders, and argued that "human in the loop" has become a buzzword distinct from meaningful human judgment, since AI output "can look very polished and persuasive." She described ADP's cross-functional governance review covering privacy, security, data, product, HR and ethics for every client-facing or internal AI deployment, with hundreds of ideas considered weekly. Client-facing AI sits under the ADP Assist umbrella, including checks for payroll variances and missing tax IDs. Her advice to finance teams: redesign whole workflows rather than layering AI over existing processes.