Career Development

Raising AP’s status in the eyes of others, particularly management, is not an easy task, as just about any AP professional will tell you. One AP interviewee recently said: "You have to really love… Read More

David A. Brookmire, President Corporate Performance Strategies - Many of you know from experience that the recruiting and selection process is sometimes more of an art than a science. There is an… Read More

Tracy Zurcher, APM, District Manager, Atlantic District at FedEx Ground CPC, is passionate about AP staff motivation and engagement. “All of AP’s processes build upon one another and rely on the… Read More

In most organizations, the financial operations department is faced with demanding and competing priorities for the last several months of the current fiscal year and the first couple months of the… Read More

By Pam Miller, APMD One of the major selling points touted by AP automation vendors is that automation will reduce the head count, minimizing the cost of an implementation for an… Read More

Lessons and Insights from Experienced Managers

Any seasoned AP leader will tell you that there were important lessons or skills that they wished they had learned before stepping up to a managerial

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The “SMART” method is something many management consultants recommend to leaders to ensure they are setting effective goals and objectives. Although there is some disagreement about who… Read More

Earning professional certification credentials can increase your salary, suggests a recent IOFM survey of AP professionals. The research shows that certified AP specialists earn an average of 11… Read More

IOFM invited financial operations leaders to participate in roundtable discussion on recruiting, hiring, and retaining qualified AP professionals.  Here is an overview of their exchange: 1. Have any… Read More

Judy Bicking and Linda Sisko share ideas for motivating your AP staff. - In an IOFM poll, 50 percent of the respondents said that morale in their AP department was "good" or "great." That puts AP… Read More