APA Blogs

What was your immediate answer when you read the title of this post? Yes? No way!? There are both proponents and opponents for recruiting with the help of gut feel. Some experts say if you are in tune with your “gut” it can help to secure the right candidates for certain roles, while others say it definitely has no place in recruitment.

Opinions already start forming in the recruiter’s mind during the interview, and as much as this shouldn’t happen, it does naturally. “First impressions count” is all too true in

When you look at employee expenses from the viewpoint of a fraudster, you can understand why it poses such a risk to companies. With most finance teams having to manually check and process a monthly flood of paper receipts, it creates the kind of inefficiency and lack of visibility that enables expense fraud to thrive.

It’s estimated that UK businesses continue to lose in excess of £100 million each year to expense fraud as costs are routinely exaggerated and falsified. Only a tiny minority of the illicit costs submitted will ever

Have you found yourself in this situation before: your invoice has been sent out to a company for work completed or goods delivered but you’re still waiting for payment. You’ve followed up more than once, called and emailed, but still no funds have hit your bank account? They are a large company with a large AP department, so what’s holding them up?

When sending out invoices, it can be confusing when payment is not received timeously. Not only is it frustrating, but it can become awkward to be continuously chasing. It

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to have worked your way up from the bottom, starting as an accounts payable clerk, moving through promotion after promotion to get to management level in order to find a rewarding job as an accounts payable manager. With some background in a finance role, working within reputable companies, along with a good qualification (not necessarily a degree), you can make your mark in the AP management arena.

AP manager roles are usually located within the head office of a large company, so when you

A career as an accounts payable clerk can be a steady but rewarding one, with options for career progression and advancement. Clerks will usually work within the accounting departments of large organisations or within accounting firms. Their responsibilities include handling customer queries,    preparing financial statements, preparing and entering supplier invoices, making payments to suppliers, creditor report maintenance, reconciliation of supplier statements and others such as balance sheet and purchase ledger, using Sage or other accounting software, supplier database maintenance, adding new suppliers to the company system following relevant procedures, preparing

We are delighted to announce that the inspirational Claire Lomas MBE will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Annual Conference and Expo, which is taking place at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre on Monday 15 October.

Claire was working as a Chiropractor and was a successful event rider when a freak accident left her paralysed from the chest down. She made headlines around the world in 2012 when she walked the London Marathon in a pioneering robotic suit. The challenge took her 17 days, but it demonstrated her determination,

A reflective mood took over me recently (probably something to do with me hitting 40 later this year!), that had me debating with someone about the merits of having a qualification vs work experience. I never went to uni. I opted for the University of Life (well, I really just wanted to get to work and start earning after school, so I could buy shoes). Anyway, it started with me reflecting on how different my life would have been had I gone to university. I would have probably ended up

Have you ever heard anyone imply that AP can be done by trained monkeys? It was said to me just last week and I had to bite my tongue so hard I nearly bit straight through it! I admit we are not rocket scientists, but trained monkeys WE ARE NOT.

I’ve worked in my fair share of under-appreciated AP teams. I have heard my teams belittling themselves as they are not qualified like their Finance colleagues. I’ve had the occasional crisis of confidence myself as I sit amongst the Finance Leadership

The e-invoicing revolution is gaining global momentum!

The UK’s public sector is adopting e-invoices in order to achieve £2bn in savings. However, many European governments having already moved to e-invoicing. It’s something that is already mandatory in Denmark and Finland, who send e-invoices for all B2G transactions. Now Singapore has become another international country, along with the likes of Brasil and Mexico, to implement e-invoicing.

In the coming years, I can see it becoming mandatory for all businesses who transact with governments to adopt e-invoicing. B2B transactions will also increase as more