Start Strong: Leadership Strategies to Kick Off a High-Performing AP Year

A new year offers AP leaders the perfect opportunity to reset expectations, re-energize their teams, and build momentum for the months ahead. In this webinar, you’ll learn practical, AP-specific strategies to set your department up for success, from prioritizing the right Q1 initiatives to improving workflows, communication, and team accountability. We’ll cover leadership tactics for boosting morale, creating clarity, and guiding your team through competing deadlines and ongoing challenges. You’ll walk away with actionable tips to sharpen your processes, strengthen team engagement, and start 2026 with confidence and focus.

Patty Dungo-Morales
AP Manager, Vast Space

Patty Dungo Morales is an accredited AP Professional with certifications from IOFM in AP Management and Procure-to-Pay Management. She has over 17 years of AP experience in the aerospace industry. Patty is a trainer for IOFM and teaches the Accounts Payable Manager certification. Besides the excitement of space travel, Patty enjoys building trust in her AP team by creating meaningful professional connections in her work. AP not only needs to be trusted to “keep the lights on” but ensure that the financial data is accurate and proper spend controls are in place. She is currently the AP Manager for Vast Space where her current project in this exciting startup is to build the AP department from the ground up. On the weekends you can find Patty on adventures with her husband and daughter, exploring new cities and finding the best spots for boba tea and dumplings.

Grace Berube
Senior Content Manager, IOFM

Grace is the Senior Content Manager at the Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM), where she has led content strategy and development since 2022. In this role, she oversees all aspects of IOFM’s digital and event-based content, ensuring it remains timely, relevant, and actionable for all financial operations professionals.

Grace manages IOFM’s robust library of site content, leads the organization’s editorial and member webinar programming, and hosts IOFM’s podcast series. She also oversees a team of subject matter experts who contribute thought leadership and educational articles. In addition, Grace curates and manages all speaker content for IOFM’s in-person and virtual events, ensuring consistency and quality across every touchpoint. With over three years in the role, Grace brings a deep understanding of the financial operations landscape and a passion for delivering content that empowers professionals to excel in their roles.