Make AP-First Your Approach to These 3 Top Finance Challenges

When it comes to starting your journey to a fully automated procure-to-pay (P2P) destination, it can be easy to think that it makes the most sense to start at the beginning – procurement. But in all reality, it’s been proven to be quite the opposite. Starting with Accounts Payable (AP) automation can actually provide lower risk, quicker ROI, and improved data management and financial control.

Join our webinar with Sam Mele, SVP of Sales at Basware, and Mark Brousseau of IOFM. During our time, we’ll review why you should start your automation journey with AP and how in doing so you can tackle 3 main challenges facing finance departments:

• The current and future labor market (both its shortage and remote-first focus)
• Macro-economic headwinds
• And the ongoing supply crunch

Mark Brousseau
President, Brousseau & Associates 

Over the past 30 years, Mark Brousseau has established himself as a thought leader on accounts payable, accounts receivable, payments and document automation.   A popular speaker at industry conferences and on webinars and podcasts, Brousseau advises prominent end-users and solutions and services providers on how to use automation to improve document- and payments-driven business processes.  Brousseau has chaired numerous educational conferences and has served on several industry committees and boards.  He resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and three sons.

Sam Mele
SVP of Sales, North America, Basware

Sam Mele has over 30 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, strategic sourcing, risk and compliance management across a wide range of industries. Prior to his role as the SVP of Sales for North America at Basware, he served in various leadership roles at Coupa and Hiperos (acquired by Coupa in 2018). 

Prior to Hiperos, Sam founded a company called Firm58 which provided sell side financial services firms (trading firms, execution venues, broker dealer) web-based middle office, back office and compliance automation solutions.

He previously worked for Ariba and Oracle in different leadership roles over sales, professional services, presales and consulting. Mele holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.