Putting the AP in hAPpy

Send us Fan Mail Many  Vendor Teams are still working remotely, and as a result of that many companies are thinking of changing where they work, which could affect what they work on, and where.  If a decision has been made to centralize the vendor process (or you just want tips on how to improve this process)..... Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help clean...

Send us Fan Mail My podcast guest today is the founder of Happy AP in the UK and she is returning to give us an update on Brexit now that 2020 is past and so has January 1st, 2021 when the Brexit rules/regulations are now in place.   What does that mean for Accounts Payable (AP) and what lesson did she learn from working remotely in 2020?   Keep listening.  Check out my website www.debrarrichardso...

Send us Fan Mail Do you know what the Top 3 Fraud Risks are for Accounts Payable and Vendor Teams going into 2021 are?  Join my guest Geoffrey Simpson and I, as we talk about our top 3 fraud risks from episode 60 last year and how they were affected by the pandemic and hear this year's top 3 fraud risks and how you can combat them.    Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson....

Send us Fan Mail Since this is another short holiday week for everyone across the world to go into the New Year, I thought I’d give you something can listen to quickly – a quick Vendor Master File tip on using a Company Branded ACH Form.  If you’re not using it – this is a great time to start the year off right.    Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help clea...

Send us Fan Mail Since this is a short holiday week for those in the United States, I thought I’d give you something can listen to quickly – a quick Vendor Master File tip on Authentication and you know it’s important to know you are communicating with your vendor or internal employee and not a fraudster resulting in a fraudulent payment.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson....

Send us Fan Mail Automation in Accounts Payable is not new, but many AP teams are turning to automation as we deal with continued remote working.  If a Vendor Self-Registration Portal is your automation – you don’t want to miss this episode on lessons learned on the vendor team.   Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or imp...

Send us Fan Mail Automation in Accounts Payable is not new, but many AP teams are turning to automation as we deal with continued remote working.  If a Vendor Self-Registration Portal is your automation – you don’t want to miss this episode on lessons learned on the users.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementi...

Send us Fan Mail Automation in Accounts Payable is not new, but many AP teams are turning to automation as we deal with continued remote working.  If a Vendor Self-Registration Portal is your automation – you don’t want to miss this episode on lessons learned related to the portal.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or i...

Send us Fan Mail Since this is a short holiday week for those in the United States, I thought I’d give you can listen to quickly on Bank Validations.   Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.  Subscribe today to be e...

Send us Fan Mail While you may not think you have a problem, if these 7 events are happening at your company, they are warning signs that it’s time to clean your vendor master file.   Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent pa...

Send us Fan Mail Remember the best practice to create a general AP mailbox to consolidate one place to receive emails that each applicable team member could access?  Well, cybercriminals know this and are taking advantage.   Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls an...

Send us Fan Mail It’s that time of year – again. Want to know how you can getting you and/or your vendor team ready for year-end? Keep listening.   Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.    Subscribe today to be entered in the subs...

Send us Fan Mail If you or your team are currently storing and maintaining vendor banking in your Accounting System or ERP you’ll want to hear my answer to an email question regarding risk.    Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent frau...

Send us Fan Mail Are you (or do you have) a new team member in Vendor Maintenance and want some training recommendations? Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.  Subscribe today to be entered in the subscriber-only...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have International or Non-US vendors in your vendor master file?  Well if you said yes, I agree with you.  If you said no, stay tuned for something you didn’t know you needed.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prev...

Send us Fan Mail Have you just arrived in Accounts Payable and looking for some training? Or are you a seasoned AP Professional that is looking to move up?  How about somewhere in between?  Today I am listing those AP Organizations and the AP Certifications they offer.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing a...

Send us Fan Mail Keep the fluff – if all you want is a list of free and paid resources to validate your vendor banking – this episode is for you! Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.    Subscribe today to be enter...

Send us Fan Mail We all know to check the domain of our vendors’ email address to verify that it is not fraudulent, but what happens when the cybercriminal is sending the email from your vendor's email account?  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best p...

Send us Fan Mail We all know to check the domain of our vendors’ email address to verify that it is not fraudulent, but what happens when the cybercriminal is sending the email from your vendor's email account?  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best...

Send us Fan Mail You may already know that you need to get your vendor sensitive information out of email, but you may not know a couple of options you can use instead.  If you want to learn about that….. Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to...

Send us Fan Mail Want to know how Accounts Payable can use risk management programs to help with keeping vendor records clean in the vendor master file?    Keep listening.  Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.     Subscribe today...

Send us Fan Mail Vishing campaigns are increasing – do you and your team know how to protect your vendor data and your company’s payments so that you pay the right vendor? Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraudulent payments.  Sub...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that there were states that require you to determine if non-resident withholding is necessary for your vendors, most times prior to the first payment? For the last three episodes, I talked about California, Pennsylvania and Nebraska.  And I originally said there were only 3 states, however, there is one more – South Carolina.  And this one is definitely unique.    Kee...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that there were states that require you to determine if non-resident withholding is necessary for your vendors, most times prior to the first payment? For the last two episodes, I talked about California and Pennsylvania.  This week is the State of Nebraska.  Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master fil...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that there were states that require you to determine if non-resident withholding is necessary for your vendors prior to the first payment? Last week I talked about California – this week is the state of Pennsylvania.   Keep listening.   Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help cleaning your vendor master file or implementing authentication techni...