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Procure to pay best practices that fortune 100 cfos use | Exela fao blog

Procure to pay best practices that cut processing costs by 40%

Most finance teams approach procure to pay optimization backwards. They automate individual steps instead of redesigning the entire workflow architecture....
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Top 10 FAQs about finance and accounting outsourcing with Exela FAO

Let’s be honest. You’ve been thinking about finance and accounting outsourcing for months now. Maybe even years. Every month-end close feels like climbing Mouant Everest. Your team works weekends. Again. The CFO asks for real-time insights, but nine times out of ten, your people are doing data entry. Does this sound familiar?

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finance and accounting outsourcing AP/AR automation implementation checklist full guide 2025 edition

The complete 2025 AP/AR automation implementation checklist (Part 4/4)

What happened in Part 3? We covered all the various implementation scenarios and learned a bit more about how the human factor plays a significant role in AP/AR automation efforts. We also learned how to measure success and the different ways you could future-proof your success. Now, we continue with the fourth and final part of this practical guide series.

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exela fao blog procure to pay procurement controlling p2p control towers to control spending

Most CFOs discover spend issues two weeks too late. By then, the damage is done. The wrong supplier got paid early. The right one is still waiting. Working capital took a hit. And your board meeting is tomorrow.

exela fao blog pdf guide 2025 month end close checklist

Your team just wrapped another brutal month-end close. They worked weekends. Again. Your controller pulled two all-nighters matching intercompany transactions. Three analysts spent days reconciling sub-ledgers in Excel. The consolidation system crashed twice.

exela fao blog on how to reduce receivable days and the importance of user experience in optimizing b2b accounts receivable

In August 2020, three Citibank employees made what seemed like a routine payment transaction. The interface looked normal. The numbers were entered. Multiple people reviewed the screen.

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