Leadership

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

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

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

AP Rises to the Challenges of Social Distancing - Part 2

We continue with the IOFM Advisory Panel's responses to this question: Since we’ve been social distancing, what is the biggest challenge you’ve faced, and what have you done to overcome… Read More

AP Rises to the Challenges of Social Distancing - Part 1

Here at IOFM, we asked our Advisory Panel: Since we’ve been social distancing, what is the biggest challenge you’ve faced, and what have you done to overcome it? Here's how the panel… Read More

Payments During the COVID Crisis

These comments were compiled from an online discussion conducted by IOFM with the Advisory Panel on April 8, 2020. Lynn Tate, APM, Accounts Payable and Expense Report Analyst, Urban Science… Read More

Leading AP Teams During the COVID Crisis

Navigating the "New Normal"

On Wednesday, April 8, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, IOFM conducted a community dialogue (via Zoom) with the members of the IOFM Advisory Panel to share experiences and best