Closing the Skills Gap for Future Accounts Payable Leaders is Critical

For many accounts payable (AP) organizations and professionals the refrain sounds familiar: reduce the amount of paper flying around, cut costs, and reduce cycle times. Much is also being written touting AP as the next target for digitalization to help achieve this goal of faster, better, and cheaper. The important question APQC is asking is not whether AP organizations are going to embrace this digital, data-driven change, which will become a given in many businesses, but rather who is going to lead this transformation? What skills and capabilities will your AP leader of the future need? And has your organization already established a robust pipeline of high-potential future leaders who are fluent in the critical skills of tomorrow?