num_pages: 248
description: Both the business world and more specifically the accounts payable function are going through a massive upheaval. These changes if not recognized and dealt with appropriately and in a timely manner can have a huge negative impact on any organizations bottom line. Technology has definitely played its part but there are other not-so-readily recognizable factors that come into play. If not addressed fraud becomes easier to perpetrate expenses to run the operations skyrocket and there can be trouble with the regulatory authorities.In this groundbreaking work industry expert Mary Schaeffer takes a deep dive into the developing issues impacting the accounts payable function of every company. This book is a must-read not only for the professionals who work in or manage the accounts payable function but the controllers auditors CFOs and other professionals involved with the payment process. The issues evaluated in this book are critical to those who want to run a cost-effective efficient fraud-resistant accounts payable function. And for a very good reason after all Its All about Your Bottom Line!Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Changing Best Practices: No Longer a Static Set of RulesChapter 2 The Evolution in the Invoice EnvironmentChapter 3 The Business Community Takes a Giant Step away from Paper Checks: Electronic PaymentsChapter 4 Electronic Payments: Expansion and InnovationChapter 5: Expense Reimbursement Receipts: The Bombshell Issue Many Dont ExpectChapter 6: Emerging Payment Frauds both Large and SmallChapter 7: Vendor Portals in Accounts PayableChapter 8: Advances in Technologies Provide New Data InsightsChapter 9: Unexpected Challenges Created by Personal Devices (Smartphones and Tablets)Chapter 10: Often-Overlooked Internal Control BreakdownsChapter 11: The New Vocabulary in Use in Accounts Payable (and Elsewhere in the Business Community)Chapter 12: The Accounts Payable Function of TomorrowChapter 13: The Future of the Professionals Working in and Managing the Accounts Payable FunctionGlossaryAbout The AuthorAbout AP NowIndex
language: English
title: It's All about Your Bottom Line: Developing Accounts Payable Issues and Practices
publisher: None