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Accounts Payable Process: provide volume, systems, approvals and get a complete aP process in minutes - including intake, approval, payment. Free AI workflow, no signup required to preview.

Month-end close checklist on a clipboard with ticked items, calculator, invoices and receipts
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Sequenced by dependency, with owners and cut-offs — so the close runs the same way every month.
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Busy accounting operations room at dusk with invoice stacks and AP aging reports on screen
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AP SOP: process flow, controls (3-way match, SOD, approval matrix), KPIs.
Format & standard
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What good looks like.

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What it must include

Criteria
  • 01End-to-end process (PO/invoice receipt → coding → 3-way match → approval → payment → reconciliation)
  • 023-way match (PO/receipt/invoice) and tolerance rules
  • 03approval matrix by dollar threshold
  • 04segregation of duties
  • 05vendor master management and fraud controls (bank-change verification)
  • 06payment methods/timing (terms, early-pay discounts)
  • 07exception handling
  • 08audit trail
  • 09KPIs (days payable, % on-time, discounts captured)
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Signals of expertise

Quality
  • ★Enforces 3-way match, segregation of duties, and a dollar-based approval matrix
  • ★includes vendor-bank-change verification to prevent BEC fraud
  • ★captures early-pay discounts
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Common mistakes

Pitfalls
  • ×No 3-way match or SOD
  • ×single approver for all
  • ×ignoring fraud controls
  • ×paying without terms optimization
Hands stamping PAID on an invoice beside a calculator and stacks of paperworkRepeatable
Written so a new hire can run it on day two without shadowing you first.
Bookkeeper on a call with an accounts receivable aging report on screenChased
Escalation steps and timing are defined, so follow-up never depends on someone remembering.
Organised expense receipts in colour-coded folders beside a laptop reimbursement formDocumented
Every step names the evidence it produces, which is what makes the audit trail hold up.
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