Leadership

If the staff members who report to you are not receiving the leadership they need, the performance of the finance department will lag and the bottom line will erode. That is why it is critical for

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By Pam Miller, APMD Manager, Director, Supervisor, Lead—many AP professionals are being promoted to these positions from within. Such promotion from within recognizes the skills present in those

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When Sebastian E. Bodden, APM, received notice that he had been chosen as an IOFM Accounts Payable Manager of the Year for 2015, he could barely believe his eyes. “I was very excited and had to

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AP is often regarded as a “cost center.” However, effective cost control and reduction can turn an AP department from a cost center to a profit center, according to Kim Lang, Supervisor,

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AP professionals juggle a tremendous number of tasks every day—jobs that often change according to the schedule and time of month. In this article, Beth Hinten, APS, Accounts Payable, CBC Companies

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This template provides an example of an internal control policy regarding AP personnel. Format Microsoft

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This template provides an example of how to create a Code of Ethics for your organization. Microsoft Word

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Marjorie Wiater, Disbursements Agent at FedEx Services: Global Disbursements in Moon Township, PA, believes that internal customer service is one of the primary keys to the effectiveness and success… Read More

Recently, Ryder Shared Services implemented an automation project to remove the paper from the payments process. “While some invoices were received through CXML (Commerce eXtensible Markup… Read More

By Bob Sefton Over time, every organization will experience a change of personnel in the accounts payable department. Whether personnel changes are the result of promotions, retirements,

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