An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Accounts Payable
Planning, Organising & Achieving Best Practice


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INTRODUCTION
This Accounts Payable training course enables you to Plan, Organise and Manage Accounts Payable more effectively, ensuring; improved liquidity, less errors ,reduced risk and improved relationships with suppliers and creditors.
Documented strategies and tactics employed by leading international companies are presented to illustrate the real world functionality of each process and approach to develop a Guide to Best Practice which could be transferred to your organisation.
By attending thisAccounts Payable training course, delegates will understand:
- The importance of the accounts payable function with regard to its links with the supply chain and cash flow
- The integrated systems of purchase order processing, stock (inventory) control, purchase ledger and cash payments and their links with the general ledger
- How to effectively manage cash and working capital to reduce costs and improve cash flow
- The impact of risk and uncertainty on the business and its impact on accounts payable and cash flow
- How leading companies from across the globe are achieving best practice in Accounts Payable
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This Accounts Payable training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
- Work effectively with the fundamentals of accounts payable, financial accounting and the supply chain
- Understand and apply the fundamentals of accounts payable systems to achieve Best Practice
- Improve Payment Methods, Cash Management and Liquidity
- Improve Relationships and the Supply Chain
- Efficiently Manage Accounts Payable to reduce costs and improve efficiency within the department
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This EuroMaTech training course provides a user-friendly environment to develop the knowledge and techniques related to accounts payable that are valuable for:
- Finance Executives and Professionals
- Accountants
- Accounts Payable Managers
- Accounts Payable Supervisors
- Accounts Payable Personnel
- Others who are working within accounts payable process or who wish to develop a practical toolkit to complement their existing professional or technical skills

TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The EuroMaTech training course will provide the theoretical background and techniques that underpin the organisation and management of accounts payable and its related functions. It will provide a real world practical context by incorporating worked examples and case studies that delegates will see how theory applies in practice and can discuss the various issues raised
TRAINING SUMMARY
The management of the accounts payable (creditors) of an organisation is essentially just one aspect of the management of the cash flow of that organisation. Since organisations cannot survive without adequate cash flows, it follows that the management of accounts payable is a vital aspect of cash flow management. This Accounts Payable training provides for you a deep and detailed introduction to modern accounts payables and their management.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Day 1: Achieving World Class in the Accounts Payable Processes
- The Accounts Payable Process from Procurement to Financial Statement
- Identifying Risks in the Process
- Best Practice in Accounts Payable
- Invoive Handling, Avoiding Duplicate Payments and the Approval Processes
- The Function/Role of Accounts Payable
- Improve Efficiency
- Manage Risk
- Improve Cashflow & Investment
- Improve the Supply Chain
Day 2: Accounts Payable & Procurement
- The Procurement Process
- Master Vendor File Management
- Procurement Decisions dealing Quality, Price, Exchange Rates & International Payments
- Porters 5 Forces Model
- Negotiating Credit
- PIF v Trading Company Objectives
Day 3: Accounts Payable Issues
- Internal & External Fraud
- Taxation
- Travel & Entertainment
- Cash Advances and Employee Reimbursement
- Bank Reconciliation
Day 4: Maintaining Relationships & the Supply Chain
- Linking Procurement, Accounts Payable, Finance, Treasury & Accounts
- Internal Issues & Improving Relationships
- Managing Vendor Relationships & the Supply Chain
- The Suppliers View - Lessons from Accounts Receivable
- Moving from Supplier to Partner
Day 5: Accounts Payable, Cash Flow & Financial Accounting
- Accounting and financial information: Accounts Payable in context
- Cash Flow and Working Capital
- Managing Working Capital & the Cash Flow Cycle
- Liaising with Finance & Treasury to improve Cashflow & Investment
- Exchange Rate Management
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ACCREDITATION

EuroMaTech is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.

Euromatech is a Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) approved training institute in Dubai, licensed and approved to deliver training courses in the UAE.
The KHDA is the regulatory authority in the UAE, that oversees administering, approving, supervising, and controlling the activities of various education providers in the UAE. We are proud of our commitment to ensuring quality training courses and status as a KHDA-approved training provider.
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