Portland ME (PRWEB) August 19, 2013
Tom Glassanos, president of Bavelos Group, will lead Achieving Today’s Accounts Payable Mandate: Get Profitable!, one of several concurrent workshops on day one of the 12th Annual Accounts Payable 2013 Conference & Expo. Scheduled for Oct. 21-24, 2013, at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV, AP Expo 2013 is produced by the Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM), a division of Diversified Business Communications. Attendees, may register for AP Expo 2013 by clicking here, will have access to several professional education opportunities, including the Form 1099 Certification Bootcamp and AP Certification Workshop, as well as their related certification exams.
“Susie West comes from a leading, very well-respected shared services company, and were happy to have her presenting at AP Expo 2013,” said RD Whitney, executive director of the IOFM. “Several world-renowned speakers will lead hard-hitting, information-packed sessions at this years event, in Las Vegas. AP Expo 2013 is a must-attend conference for any AP professional looking to stay ahead of the top trends in this profession.”
A robust accounts payable agenda drives AP Expo 2013, the only AP membership meeting strictly focused on accounts payable education and practical approaches to automation, leadership and process improvements. AP Expo 2013 welcomes Platinum Sponsor Perceptive Software, as well as a long list of sponsors at the Gold and Silver levels, too. Information on how to sponsor the AP Expo 2013 is available.
For a number of reasons, e-invoicing projects fail. Wests workshop will afford attendees the opportunity to discuss their own situations, capabilities and limitations. Examining what an organization must do in order to succeed, she and others will explore how the 10 critical success factors can be worked into various organizations circumstances.
West, who sold e-invoicing technology for five years in Europe and the United States, began her career at a conference company where she established a division focused on shared services events. With 12 years of professional experience behind her, she later founded sharedserviceslink.com, the leading community and information provider in the shared services space, and speaks at several industry events annually.
Concurrent to Wests, others will present several workshops on AP Expo 2013s first day:
Emerging Topics in Accounts Payable at Colleges & Universities
Monday, Oct. 21, 9:00am-4:00pm
Kerry Schmidt, APM (with distinction), Director of Accounting Operations, University of Louisville
Get in the Game! How to Build a Winning AP Automation Plan
Monday, Oct. 21, 9:00am-12:00noon
Henry Ijams, APM, Managing Director, PayStream Advisors
Detecting and Preventing Accounts Payable Fraud
Monday, Oct. 21, 9:00am-12:00noon
Chris Doxey, CAPP, CCSA, CISA, Executive Director, IOFMs Controllers Certification Program
AP Strategy & Leadership for a Changing Business Environment
Monday, Oct. 21, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Penny S. Weller, PhD, CMA, Global Business Services, North American Practice Lead
The Hackett Group
How to Clean Up Your Vendor Master File and Keep It Clean
Monday, Oct. 21, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Jon Casher, APM, President, Casher Associates, Inc.
Achieving Today’s Accounts Payable Mandate: Get Profitable!
Monday, Oct. 21, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Tom Glassanos, President, Bavelos Group
About AP Expo 2013
Through study of world-class accounts payable departments’ best practices, attendees of AP Expo 2013 will learn the latest thinking on how to improve their own operations. The latest tools and approaches to save money and avoid fines will be on display and explored at AP Expo 2013, where accounts payable practitioners will find a climate conducive to advancing their professionalism. There, they will network with and draw inspiration from their peers. To receive up-to-date information on the show, anyone, including AP professionals and organizations whose areas of discipline intersect with the IOFM’s, follow @AP_Expo.
About the Institute of Finance & Management
Every year, the Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM) produces the Accounts Payable Conference & Expo by drawing on more than two decades’ worth of experience. With highly regarded publications, webinars, training tools and seminars, conferences and more, IOFMrecently acquired by Diversified Business Communicationsis the leading resource for information and tools across its many areas of focus: Corporate Financial Management; Accounts Payable; Credit, Receivables & Collections; and Corporate Security & Safety. Publishers of newsletters such as Controller’s Report and Managing Accounts Payable, IOFM is a teeming source year round of news, benchmarks, strategic thought and best practices for budgeting and cost control management research.