Leadership

What is the best way to encourage career growth and opportunities within AP? How do you retain your best team members? Does it make sense to add more job tiers in your accounts payable departmental… Read More

A sample job description for a Senior Accounting Specialist role in accounts payable. Microsoft Word

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A worksheet for specifying accounts payable staff's roles and responsibilities by job title. Microsoft Excel

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To gain a better understanding of how input from accounts payable and receivable professionals is received up the chain, we conducted a short survey in which we asked them to share their experiences.… Read More

An Interview with Jan Vincent T. Gabriel What does it take to lead an AP department in a global business service environment? In this article, IOFM asks Jan Vincent T. Gabriel, APM to talk about his… Read More

It’s a familiar story. Accounts payable and receivable departments tend to get lost in the weeds. As long as everything is going smoothly, they may seem invisible within the organization. But the… Read More

IOFM recently chatted with Lisa Scarbrough, AP Supervisor Senior–Cash Management, at a housing development company which has operations in several states. Lisa has worked in AP for 30 years and is… Read More

Kathy Webster, APM, is AP Lead at Lakeside Industries, Inc., a family-owned asphalt and construction company located in Issaquah, Washington. In her 20-year tenure in Accounts Payable, Kathy has… Read More

Leadership Insights by Tiffany Miller, APM - While establishing best-in-class process performance is a worthy and necessary goal in Accounts Payable, AP professionals must also expand their… Read More

Leadership Insights by Tiffany Miller, APM - When we discuss AP, it can be easy to focus exclusively on the everyday functioning of the department without taking a broader look at how our policies,… Read More