IOMA/TAPN Accounts Payable Training & Certification Program - Live Online Video Class via WebEx-Aug

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9:30am – 3:45pm · Monday, Aug. 13, 2012

About

New Live Video Training August 13^th– For Individuals or Groups

Now you can watch the certification training program live as if you were attending a class in person using the Webex conferencing format for the training class!

You will be able to see the instructor — Pam Miller, APM*, Editor-in-Chief, IOFM's Accounts Payable Publications; Education Director, IOFM's Accounts Payable Certification Program and the first recipient of our “with distinction” designation — a status reserved for those few individuals who achieve a very high score on their certification exams — in live video and scroll through the slides as she presents them during the class. Questions can be submitted at anytime via email to her. 

This fast-paced, one-day training program will rapidly get you up to speed on invoice handling, checks, 1099s, e-invoicing, audits — all the tasks of today's multi-tasking AP specialists and managers. By the end of the day, you will be prepared for the certification exam which can be taken at the end of the program or online at a later date, if you wish to take it.

The program is the ideal way to get new staff up to speed in a hurry, or to prepare to take the accounts payable specialist (APS), or accounts payable manager (APM) certification exam, developed by IOMA and the Accounts Payable Network (TAPN). Join the hundreds of organizations that have taken advantage of this program in just the past few months!

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Schedule:

9:30am - 1:00 (Eastern Time) — Class
1:00pm - 2:00 — Lunch Break
2:00pm - 3:45 — Class continues
4:00pm - 5:30 — Online Certification Exam, for those wishing to take it (The exam can also be taken online within 30 days of taking this class.)

Cost for the training program is $620 for IOFM members ($720 for everyone else), and includes all the training materials which are sent to you in advance of the program. Materials include a 290-page Training Manual and a sample practice exam. (For late registrations, the exam can be taken within 30-days, to allow adequate time for studying for the manual.)

The exam can be taken online at the end of the training class if desired (it takes roughly 60-90 minutes), or can be scheduled and taken online within 30 days of taking this class. Cost for the exam is $220. For more information about the exams or the AP certification programs, please contact Andrew Fitzpatrick at 203-889-4977 or via email at andrew.fitzpatrick@iofmonline.org.

About the Training & Certification Programs

IOMA provides the only training tied to a three-level certificate program for AP professionals. It gives you the full toolkit needed to train and certify the AP specialist, manager or the entire department.

The IOMA/TAPN certification exams can be taken at the end of the program, and are designed for the AP specialist (APS), AP manager (APM) and the department (APD) and signify that an individual (or department) has demonstrated a core level of accounts payable proficiency.

Why Is Accounts Payable Certification Necessary?
Much of what is done in accounts payable today has been developed in the past 5 years – some of it in the last 2 years. Today’s payables professional must use the latest electronic processing technologies to drastically reduce the cost of their operations, must work intuitively with every system and department within the organization, and must now completely change a number of procedures while creating new ones due to Sarbanes-Oxley. The profession has largely kept pace, much to its credit, but accounts payable has had few ways to demonstrate their expertise either within the organization or to outside agencies. Until now.

For even more information on the certification program, view this video of some of our recent class attendees:

Here's What Some of Your Colleagues Said About the Live Online Video Class via WebEx:

"I am thrilled that my team passed the APS exam. With the assistance of the instructor Pam Miller and the IOFM team, we were able to coordinate and do a live video webinar training class for six employees. The team was very nervous but excited and the outcome was awesome. When the team got the test results, they all called me, laughing and screaming. We all passed the test! They told me the instructor was very helpful in explaining the and answering their questions."
Carmen Diaz, APM, Supervisor of AP/Finance, BUPA Latin America

"It was great to be able to participate without the hassle of leaving town. It is very important to study and prepare for the training and the test. The training helped us understand more of the flow of our jobs—and what happens if we miss one of the steps. It describes what the consequences would be later. Now, I will go that extra mile to make sure my job is done correctly. The program gives you more pride in what you are doing."
Hany Torres, APS, BUPA Latin America

"I enjoyed the fact I was able to take the training class at the same time as my coworkers did. This was an opportunity for us to bond as we studied together and helped each other. The training is helping me a lot because now I apply what I learned to my daily activities and I feel more prepared before I process an invoice or any other kind of expense. It makes me feel more confident—I feel I have the knowledge required to perform my job."
Maria Isabel Aguas, APS, BUPA Latin America

Who Should Attend?

The program is designed for experienced AP managers, their staff, or the AP department as a whole, as well as those overseeing the AP function including accounting department managers, controllers and shared services managers, payroll managers, and P-card administrators, in public, private, governmental and non-profit organizations.

Featured Speaker:

Pam Miller, APM with Distinction
Editor-in-Chief, IOFM's Accounts Payable Publications
Education Director, IOFM's Accounts Payable Certification Program

Pam Miller was the first candidate to earn AP certification as an Accredited Payables Manager (APM) with distinction. Pam was Director of AP at BMC Select since 1995. AP at BMC is a high volume enterprise with up to 600,000 invoices keyed annually. The AP Department at BMC is known as a leader in implementing electronic solutions to streamline everyday business processes. Pam and her department have received several awards recognizing their commitment to ECM.

Pam is recognized in the Accounts Payable world as an innovator and an early adopter of AP related technologies. Pam moved to AP after spending six years in Information Technology implementing point of sale software. Pam has the ability to bridge the gap between IT and business software users. Modifications and applications developed on the basis of her analysis of business and user issues with several software packages have subsequently been adopted by the developers of these software packages into their next releases.

Pam has written and presented sessions and workshops on a variety of topics pertinent to Accounts Payable and management issues in general. Pam has extensive real world experience with EDI, imaging and workflow, electronic payments, purchasing cards, audit related issues, and the effects of Chapter 11 on an Accounts Payable department.

Continuing Education Credits Available!

AP Certification

Receive 3 CEUs toward IOMA/TAPN APM, APS, or APD recertification! The Accounts Payable Certification Program is designed to establish standards for the profession and recognize AP professionals who, by possessing related work experience and passing a comprehensive exam, have met stringent requirements for mastering the accounts payable body of knowledge.

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Cancellations: To cancel your registration for this event, simply contact IOFM Subscriber Services at andrew.fitzpatrick@iofmonline.org (or call 203-889-4977) no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled start of the event. You can choose to access the full recorded event, or, your credit may be applied toward the purchase of any IOFM product or interactive event.