Accounts Payable Automation in the Cloud

Feb. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- AP Automation professionals will gather on Friday March 23-25, 2011 at the7th Annual AP Automation and Operations Conference in San Antonio TX. At this important industry crossroads, the profession will assemble to debate the future of innovation in the accounts payable function. Kicking off this debate is Henry Ijams, APM, President & Founder of PayStream Advisors in a keynote session titled: Your Future in the Coming AP Cloud; What Does Cloud Automation Mean for Accounts Payable? For more information about this session and the conference, visit: http://www.iofm.com/products/view/apauto11

Session description: It’s easy to get caught up in the challenges within AP and lose touch with the bigger picture. It’s time to peer into the future with Henry Ijams of PayStream Advisors to see how the latest trends are reshaping AP…and your job. What will the AP department of the future look like and where do I fit in? What does this mean for my job and my peers? What are cloud based services and what is their expected impact AP in 2015? What new opportunities are being created by shifting responsibilities and purchase to pay? Henry will reveal how the changing business environment will impact both the kind of work we will do and our value to the organization.

Whether you are an AP specialist, supervisor, AP Manager or VP, this keynote will help you understand the road ahead and allow you to evaluate your plan and career strategy in finance operations. Session highlights include:

•   What do the latest results from PayStream’s ePayables benchmarking show? Where are you versus your peers?
•   What’s changed in the last year and how might this affect you?
•   Why is there a renewed focus on value-added services over efficiency?
•   What should I be doing now to prepare for the coming changes?
•   What are your imperatives for 2011?

About the speaker: Henry Ijams, APM: Henry is the Managing Director and Founder of PayStream Advisors, a research and consulting firm focused on helping Fortune 1000 companies improve their back office financial operations by delivering unbiased, third-party market trend information, assessments of financial automation technology, and innovative ideas to business leaders in healthcare, consumer billing, finance, treasury, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Henry’s 23 years of experience includes positions with Citibank and Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Consulting practice. Through his consulting and publications on automation strategy he has developed a leadership position in the finance industry.  He is widely quoted by such publications as Treasury & Risk Management, the AFP Journal, Document Management, Financial Times, CFO, and the American Banker. Holding a BS in Management from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from the UNC Kenan-Flagler School at Chapel Hill, he currently resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife and three children.

About the conference: Based on the success of last year’s 2010 Automation conference, IOMA’s Institute of Finance and Administration (IOFM) is back by popular demand with an enhanced and expanded program! Whether you want to take the next step in your automation, find out what the latest automation solutions are, jumpstart a mired automation initiative, or simply want a clear concise picture of the basics of AP automation – we’ve turned up the heat. Learn about topics such as:

•   How Much Automation is Enough?
•   The Truth about Implementations and Upgrades!
•   Evaluating & Selecting Vendors – Insider Secrets from the Experts
•   The Next Mile – the Impact of Mobile Smart Phones on the Approval & Transaction Process
•   Payment Automation
•   Automating & Eliminating Exception Processing
•   The Last Mile in Automating Operations
•   Hear the Leading Providers Face Off on Imaging/OCR vs. e-Invoicing
•   Expert Advice on How to Evaluate and Select AP Vendors
•   Introductions to automation solution providers and demonstrations
•   Special Roundtables for SAP users, Oracle users, and P-card users
•   A Form 1099 All-day Bootcamp: On the Latest Changes for 2011-2012
•   A Track Focused on Critical Compliance Issues
•   The IOMA/TAPN Accounts Payable Certification Training Program and Exam
•   Form 1099 Reporting Certification Training and Exam

While at the event, don’t miss two in depth workshops on Wednesday, March 23rd on the basics of AP automation and advanced AP automation/jumpstarting AP automation.

For more information about this event visit: http://www.iofm.com/products/view/apauto11

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IOMA’s Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM) is the leading source of information, tools and resources for professionals in: Corporate Financial Management, Accounts Payable, Credit Receivables and Collections, and Corporate Security.