Leadership

Work-life balance

Q. How are you all handling the work-life balance issue with your teams? We have an extremely busy department, and while there is no expectation for anyone to work extra hours, they are putting… Read More

12 Ways to Wrap Up the Current Fiscal Year While Preparing for the New One

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

AP Spotlight: A Passion for Process Improvement Fosters Career Growth

Recently, IOFM spoke with career Accounts Payable professional Angelina Mendez, B.S., who is Sr. Manager of Supplier Finance & Payment at the Fort Dearborn Company. Angelina's passion for… Read More

2020 AP Staffing Trends

IOFM’s recent 2020 Efficiency Benchmarks survey revealed significant changes in staffing in the year of COVID as compared to 2019. With fewer invoices to process, finance departments reacted by… Read More

Community Call: Government Organizations

On Monday, July 13th, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., IOFM conducted a Community Call with financial operations professionals in city, state, and federal government agencies. The Zoom call was moderated by… Read More

Excel training resources

Q. My team members are still working from home and they will continue to work from home for the foreseeable future. I am taking this opportunity to expand some of our skills. Has anyone recently… Read More

Community Call: High Invoice Volume Organizations

On Friday, June 5th, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., IOFM conducted a Community Call with Financial Operations professionals in the High Invoice Volume Sector. The Zoom call was moderated by IOFM's Executive… Read More

IOFM Builds Community with Its 'Community Calls' Series

While the COVID-19 crisis has physically distanced us, the need to feel part of a community has never been stronger. Financial Operations professionals are all facing unique challenges—issues that… Read More

What does a "world class" AP department look like?

Q. In following my leadership’s goals, they would like to get our AP/Disbursements’ Department to “world class." My question to the IOFM Panelists is: What does world class look like? When… Read More

Overcome Your Fears: Selling Automation to the C-Suite

It sounds scary. While you know you should automate, are you the person who should get the ball rolling? If nobody else will, then it’s up to you—but what do you know about automation? Are you… Read More