Accounts payable: Why CFOs should pay attention
CFO Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
Over one-third of your invoices have errors, and costs to process these may be up to ten times greater than a "clean" invoice.
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CFO Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
Over one-third of your invoices have errors, and costs to process these may be up to ten times greater than a "clean" invoice.
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CFOs are under growing pressure to drive efficiencies at zero cost. Leveraging intelligent automation to process invoices can help, Steven Cronin writes.
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MARCH 22, 2023
Are you tired of the countless hours spent managing your accounts payable (AP)? Do you want to streamline your accounting process to save the time and money spent on manual tasks on Quickbooks? With a growing business, it’s easy to outgrow the accounting systems you’ve relied on since the conception of your company.
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As leaders of their firms’ accounting operations, many controllers are outsourcing work and using AI to speed accounts payable and receivable tasks.
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Aligning accounts payable and accounts receivable can reduce fraud, increase agility and spark profit-boosting insights. Yet few companies are seizing on the opportunity.
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JANUARY 29, 2025
For Matt Collis, CFO of PairSoft, storytelling is more than a skillits a strategic tool for aligning teams and scaling businesses. ” Matt Collis, CFO, PairSoft CFO TL: Tell us about PairSoftwhat does the company do, and what are its offerings today? The first is our accounts payable automation solution.
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Now serving as CFO of Yooz, Gronen draws on this experience to focus on scaling the company through automation, AI-driven processes, and product expansion. ” —John Gronen, CFO, Yooz CFOTL: Tell us about what this company does and its offerings today. Gronen: Yooz is an AP (accounts payable) automation and payments company.
CFO Simplified
JUNE 23, 2022
It’s not unusual in a small company for the accounting manager to become the controller and then become the CFO. Let’s look at these two roles: CFO vs. Controller: What’s the difference? At the basic level, a controller is tactical, whereas a CFO is strategic. Codes and processes Accounts Payable invoices.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Increasingly, FinTechs and the businesses they serve are pulling double duty with solutions that tackle both accounts receivable and accounts payable friction for each end of the B2B transaction. Digitizing and modernizing B2B payments cannot be a one-sided effort. Wells Fargo, Bill.com Pull Double Duty With Partnership.
CFO Share
DECEMBER 14, 2022
What is accounts payable ? What is accounts payable? Accounts payable is short-term obligations (aka bills) due to vendors for services or goods received. What are examples of accounts payable? Every vendor bill you receive in email or paper mail is part of your accounts payable.
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JULY 17, 2022
At CFO Simplified, our President Larry Chester receives the same question over and over: “What does it take to become a great CFO?” Or, what about people who don’t themselves want to become a CFO, but perhaps are business owners looking to hire one permanently or on a fractional basis? A CFO needs to understand operations.
Future CFO
JULY 1, 2020
There are specialists handling accounts payables, accounts receivables, performing reconciliation, financial planning and analysis, etc. In the case of procurement and accounts payable (AP), this rings especially true. The post Unifying procurement and accounts payable appeared first on FutureCFO.
CFO Share
MARCH 31, 2023
The accounts payable aging (AP) report shows when and how much you owe vendors. Why is an Accounts Payable Report valuable? When managing cash flow problems, your accounting team or accounts payable service will know what vendors might stop services or put you on credit hold. Pay appropriate bills.
CFO Share
JULY 19, 2023
The biggest challenges facing accounts payable are chaos, maintenance cost, and fraud. Bring order to Accounts Payable. Accounts payable is a non-revenue-generating expense which best in class businesses minimize. Minimize fraud risk Accounts payable is the number one source of fraud in small businesses.
Future CFO
AUGUST 14, 2024
AP (Accounts Payable) automation empowers organisations to regain control over their finances by automating tedious manual tasks that burn through staff time, such as line-item matching for invoices, payment reviews, and approvals, Sanford says.
Future CFO
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
As a result of ongoing inflation, economic disruption, and the lowest growth project from The International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1990, many Accounts Payable (AP) departments are being tasked with driving cost reductions and improving operational efficiency to increase company profitability and workforce productivity.
CFO Share
JULY 16, 2024
When building your back office, you may consider whether you need a financial controller or a CFO. The skills and responsibilities of these roles overlap, and to make matters more confusing, an underqualified CFO (yes, there are plenty out there) will perform similar to or worse than an excellent controller.
Future CFO
JANUARY 26, 2024
The outcome is boosted efficiency, increased accuracy, cost reduction, and stronger supplier relationships—a game-changer in Accounts Payable that allows finance leaders to navigate uncertain economic conditions and elections with confidence. The post Transforming accounts payable operations through AI appeared first on FutureCFO.
Future CFO
APRIL 6, 2022
The post Four quarters to accounts payable efficiency appeared first on FutureCFO. This white paper details: The four stages of successfully adapting to a new AP automation solution The steps to take in each stage for AP, suppliers, and the overall business How to affect change in adjacent process areas to maximize benefits.
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Organizations that adopt accounts payable (AP) automation can experience significant benefits including greater control over cash management, reduction in processing costs, fraud mitigation and improved compliance. DOWNLOAD NOW The post The benefits of accounts payable – a finance perspective appeared first on FutureCFO.
Future CFO
MARCH 29, 2021
FutureCFO spoke to Marcus Rex, managing director for Asia-Pacific, xSuite, for his perspective on how finance automation in general, and accounts payable in particularly, can help transform finance into a profit centre. Myths around accounts payable (AP) automation. Recurring pain points in accounts payables.
Future CFO
APRIL 6, 2022
A common thread among these initiatives is the urgent shift to a more contemporary, digitally savvy, and data-driven accounts payable function. Making this goal a reality will require accounts payable departments to: Standardize processes Make greater use of emerging technologies Deliver more real-time operational insights.
CFO Share
MARCH 13, 2023
Managing accounts payable is critical for any business to maintain healthy cash flow and vendor relationships. Financial ratios are essential tools that help companies evaluate their financial performance, including their ability to manage accounts payable effectively. What is accounts payable in ratio analysis?
Future CFO
MARCH 27, 2023
To curb rogue spending, businesses need to rethink how the accounts payable (AP) process can be improved. A phased approach to automate accounts payable, reduce rogue spending, and conserve cash certainly would be a good start. The post Rein in rogue spending by automating accounts payable appeared first on FutureCFO.
Future CFO
APRIL 6, 2022
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CFO Talks
JANUARY 8, 2025
Allowing someone who primarily works in accounts payable to gain experience in forecasting or treasury provides them with a broader understanding of finance operations. As CFO, you can drive this by introducing tools that streamline processes and improve decision-making.
CFO Share
MAY 31, 2023
Accounts payable is an annoyance at best, a disaster at worst. More and more businesses use accounts payable outsourcing as a solution to this problem. What to look for in an accounts payable company. Accounts payable outsourcing should include setting your business up with an automated solution.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Accounts payable (AP) teams are now taking a fresh look at the potential of tools such as virtual cards to ease their transaction frictions. The September CFO Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments explores how corporate buyers are streamlining their B2B transactions with digital payments and supplier onboarding tools.
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Future CFO
APRIL 21, 2021
So, what does the New Accounts Payable department look like? The new accounts payable department has a more intense focus on cash flow and payment terms and takes a more disciplined approach to its financial processes to work toward optimising the cash conversion cycle. What has changed, and what changes are here to stay?
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 24, 2020
For years — decades, even — B2B payment leaders and innovators had been talking about the digitization of corporate payments within accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) departments. Manual checks don't exist in a COVID environment," Chegg CFO Andy Brown told PYMNTS last month.
CFO Share
JUNE 18, 2024
Purchasing – validates accounts payable invoices. By involving department heads in the quality assurance process, you enhance the accuracy of your financial data and build a culture of accountability and teamwork. This is where a fractional CFO can be invaluable. Operations – validates inventory records.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Speaking with PYMNTS for this week's Voice of the CFO report, 6Sense Chief Financial Officer Rob Goldenberg said there were many impacts from the coronavirus crisis on the company's back-office financial processes. The CFO As The Financial 'True North'. Some, he said, were anticipated, while others caught the company off guard.
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APRIL 14, 2022
With a shared chart of accounts, your firm can perform consolidations quickly. Accounts payable functionality allows you to create automated processes that save hundreds of hours by eliminating manual workflows. We have your next CFO. . You can also set spending limits to ensure your costs stay within budget. .
Future CFO
DECEMBER 5, 2022
While it is common to find a chief finance officer (CFO) helming a large or multinational organisation, the costs associated with having one in-house can be a hurdle for smaller organisations. According to payscale , the average base salary of a CFO in Hong Kong is HK$1,351,820 per year. Hiring a CFO when money is the problem.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
That's important, not only to the accounts receivable team, but to any CFO or CEO needing to maximize cash flow and increase growth capacity," Pinato said. The firm's “model is unique in that it not only matches but also extracts data, resulting in dramatic match rate increases.
Future CFO
AUGUST 31, 2022
When it comes to CFO technology priority, back-office automation is seen as the key to cost reduction in the face of ongoing inflation, said Gartner recently. Gartner’s survey on CFOs’ investment priorities also revealed the areas most vulnerable to cost cuts over the next 12 months.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
This could mean adopting new accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) and other treasury strategies and technologies, for example. The November CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments explores how businesses are navigating these technology adoptions and finding secure, cost-effective ways to upgrade their B2B transactions.
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