Leadership

RF-What? The Difference Between an RFI, RFP and RFQ

Whether you’re asked to participate in information gathering prior to your organization purchasing a vendor solution for process improvement, or you’re the person spearheading that effort,… Read More

Certification Leads to Higher Pay, Greater Leadership Opportunities

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

Leading an AP Team Master Class

Course type: Self-study | On-demand

Registration fee: $195 per learner

IOFM CEUs available: 3

Estimated learning hours: 2-4

Course description: Proficiency as an AP

Procure-to-Pay Manager Certification – February 2020 Live Training

Course type: Live, Online | Self-study course included

Registration fee: $795 per learner (member discounts apply)

IOFM CEUs available: None

Enrollment includes: Your

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

Acclimating seasoned AP people to their first ERP experience

Q. I currently work for a firm that just implemented their first ERP system - Oracle Cloud. Prior to this, I directed AP at large companies, so it's been challenging for me adjusting to working… Read More

Ice Cream Sundaes and Hands-on Leadership

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

Recognizing and Resolving Workplace Conflicts

There is nothing like a common goal to unite people. With every member of your accounts payable team working together for the same purpose - to ensure the company's invoices are paid on time -… Read More

Get to Know Your Team: A Simple Leadership Tool

By Nicole Caley, APM, MBA In accounts payable operations, debits will always be debits, and credits will always be credits. The parameters of AP and accounting are reasonably well-defined. Of course,… Read More

What Sets an AP Manager Apart as a Leader?

AP managers do amazing things, yet many do not receive the respect or credibility the position warrants. What does it take to gain that respect? And what can an AP manager do to demonstrate he or she… Read More