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Worried about keeping up with changing best practices, fraud, technology, regulatory concerns, and new processes impacting your accounts payable function? The AP Now podcast, hosted by Mary Schaeffer, one of the leading accounts payable experts, is for you. Mary will be joined by other thought leaders and practitioners for some episodes. In others, she’ll examine a prevailing issue or trend by herself. This weekly broadcast is especially designed to provide the needed business intelligence related to the payment and accounts payable functions. It’s for those who work in, manage, have responsibility for, or provide services to the accounts paya...
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Practical Accounts Payable: A Guide that Prevents Basic Mistakes
<p>This video discusses the complexities of accounts payable, highlighting challenges such as "the invoice nightmare," "the duplicate headache," and dealing with resistance. It also touches upon vendor data, technology and AI, and related accounting issues, emphasizing that these functions require more detailed handling than many professionals might imagine. The core focus is on enhancing the accounts payable automation process, including ai invoice automation, to improve overall invoice process best practices and control spend.</p> <p>Watch Master Accounting for Accounts Payable in LESS than 30 Minutes https://youtu.be/dGJP6V5J9as </p> <p>Subscribe for more tips and...
Improve Your Accounts Payable Process: Moonwalking with Einstein
<p>Once I realized that the techniques used for training for the World Memory Championships could also help improve your business processes, I knew I had to share them with our community. I’ve got 5 process improvement tips from a place you probably never thought to look – Moonwalking with Einstein, a fascinating book, by Josh Foer. As I read it, almost immediately it struck me that I might be able to use some of the techniques discussed to become a better bridge player as well. Make sure you stick around until the end when I share how these mental athletes (yes...
Improve Your Accounts Payable Process: Moonwalking with Einstein
<p>Once I realized that the techniques used for training for the World Memory Championships could also help improve your business processes, I knew I had to share them with our community. I’ve got 5 process improvement tips from a place you probably never thought to look – Moonwalking with Einstein, a fascinating book, by Josh Foer. As I read it, almost immediately it struck me that I might be able to use some of the techniques discussed to become a better bridge player as well. Make sure you stick around until the end when I share how these mental athletes (yes...
5 AP Blunders Many Best Practice Organizations Still Make
<p>Let’s take a look at 5 basic Accounts Payable concepts or principles used at best practice organizations AND more importantly the Big Mistake that even best practice organizations STILL make related to these very basic processes. And sadly, these mistakes cost the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars – if not more!</p> <p>Link to 5 Shockers What You Should Know before Taking over Accounts Payable https://youtu.be/LxKEQPNLXEM</p> <p>Subscribe for more tips and insights like this: https://www.youtube.com/APNow?sub_confirmation=1 </p> <p>Looking for more of the most current business intelligence about</p> <p>+...
Smart Invoice Management: What to Verify before Paying
<p>Anyone who thinks that all you have to do with an invoice is pay it, is in for a rude awakening. We’ve got a list of 9 things that need to be verified before the payment is made. Plus, I want to go over the one piece of information that folks often think they can take directly from the invoice – but they shouldn’t. But first, let’s go over the stuff they must verify. #accounting #accountspayable #invoice</p> <p>Link to Three-Way Match<br> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HemLUV6hG8rDbeElk9kaPjm</p> <p>Subscribe for more...
Seven Deadly Interview Mistakes – And How to Avoid them
<p>Have you ever thought you aced a job interview – and then NOTHING, no request for a follow up interview and worse, no job offer? So, what went wrong? The answer is quite simple. There is a decent chance you made one of the deadly mistakes of job interviewing and didn’t realize it. We’re going to make sure that NEVER happens to you. Stick around as we quickly go through these often-overlooked interview mistakes. #accountspaybleinterview #interviewtips #jobinterview</p> <p>Link to End of Interview Questions https://youtu.be/v6jekPb7nZc </p> <p>Link to STAR Method: Don’t Ramble...
6 Surprisingly Simple AI Shortcuts: Eliminate Tedious Tasks and Help Solve Real Life Problems
<p>I’m about to show you six ridiculously simple AI tricks that saved me hours of boring, soul-sucking work — including one that’s so embarrassing I almost didn’t record this video. And of course, it’s the one that will probably save you the most time and aggravation. #aishorcuts #aiatwork #aiaccountspayable</p> <p>Over the next few minutes, you’ll hear:</p> <p>• how AI can summarize almost anything — even things you can’t fully access,</p> <p>• how to clean up messy data in seconds, • how to get AI to do the math that Excel refuses to cooperate with,</p> <p...
Master Accounting Basics for Accounts Payable in LESS than 12 Minutes
<p>Modern business demand that the professionals working for them have good understanding not only of their immediate responsibility but of the basics of all related functions as well. Working, managing or having responsibility for the accounts payable function, the accounts receivable function, purchasing, treasury and a myriad of other related fields requires knowledge of certain basic accounting functions. We’ll take a look at some of them, but first, let’s stat with some basic information to make sure we are all on the same page. #accounting #accountingbasics #accountspayable #accountsreceivable</p> <p>Watch next: Link to Master Accounting for AP i...
ACH Payment Returned Here’s Exactly What to Do (With Examples)
<p>ACH payments are fast and convenient — until they fail. In this video, we break down **the most common ACH return codes** (like R01, R02, R10, and R29), explain **what each code means**, and show you **exactly how to fix the issue** quickly and efficiently. Whether you're in **accounts payable, accounts receivable, treasury, or finance operations**, understanding ACH return codes is critical to keeping your cash flow healthy and avoiding **costly payment delays or fraud risks**.</p> <p>What You’ll Learn in This Talk: </p> <p>What is an ACH return?</p> <p>- Common ACH return codes and their...
Career Mistakes Smart People Still Make in Accounting
<p>You may be sabotaging your own career - without realizing! Let’s examine five common mistakes professionals sometimes make that stall their careers. Sadly, it can take years to recover from these silent killers. And stick around for Career Killer #5—it’s something that’ll either skyrocket your future… or bury it if you ignore it #career #accountingcareer #accountspayablejob</p> <p>Link to Microsoft Copilot Tutorial https://youtu.be/hDq70R9PeeU </p> <p>Link to Chatgpt: A Simple Explanation for Non-Geeks https://youtu.be/t1_32InlWuk </p> <p>Subscribe for more tips and insights like this: https://www.youtube.co...
