Notes on AP recovery, ERP systems, and finance operations — from the audit floor.
Even strong AP controls miss duplicate invoices. Systemic patterns in SAP, Oracle and JDE create predictable…
AP recoveryThree-way match failures in SAP lock up working capital and hide duplicate payments. Most finance teams…
Finance opsMost finance teams focus on preventing future errors. The bigger opportunity is recovering past overpayments already…
Finance opsA finance function under 10 FTE rarely has capacity for recovery work. Above that, the choice…
Finance opsDuplicate payments cost companies millions, but aggressive prevention controls can create worse problems than they solve.…
Finance opsSAP's built-in duplicate checks catch exact matches. Phantom duplicates and resubmissions slip through, and month-end close…
Finance opsLarge AP departments overpay vendors every month. A duplicate-payment audit finds the money and forces controls…
Finance opsInternal audit procedures routinely miss duplicate payments hidden inside SAP, Oracle and JD Edwards.
Finance opsMost AP automation platforms capture only 40-60% of available recovery opportunities because they lack the forensic…
Finance opsMost duplicate payment projects stall because the root causes — control gaps, vendor file issues and…