Financial Management Metrics of the Month

Last updated:

March 20, 2026

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APQC

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Each month, APQC features a showcased metric (cost, productivity, efficiency, cycle time, or supplemental) from our Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management research. This collection curates our latest showcased metrics to help your organization improve its finance process performance.

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Collections

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Finance and Accounting

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Metric of the Month: Managing Learning Time Like Capital

Metric of the Month: What Control Violations Reveal About Cyber Risk

How CFOs Can Use Personnel Cost per FTE to Manage Through Labor Market Shifts

The Hidden Delays That Slow Payments and Strain Cash Flow

How CFOs Can Use Personnel Cost per FTE to Manage Through Labor Market Shifts

Metric of the Month: 6 Practical Ways to Reduce Invoicing Costs

Strategies for Streamlining the Annual Closing Process

4 Ways to Reduce AP Process Costs Right Now

Using the Measure: Total cost to perform the process "Process Accounts Payable" Per $1,000 Revenue

Faster Forecasts: Improving Cycle Time Without Sacrificing Accuracy

Using the Metric "Cycle Time in Days to Prepare the Financial Forecast"

Achieving the Right Mix of Preventive and Detective Controls

Using the Measure “Percentage of Controls that are Detective in Nature”

Improving Financial Productivity: How to Realize a Higher Return on Invested Capital

Using the Metric "Return on Invested Capital"

Why Project Billing Can Cause Headaches and How to Reduce the Risk

Using the metric "Cycle Time in Days to Resolve an Invoice Error"

3 Ways To Boost Efficiency in Accounts Receivable Processing

Boost Efficiency in Accounts Receivable

Metric of the Month: Percentage of Error-Free Disbursements

Getting Disbursements Right the First Time is Good Business

The Cost of Financial Management

The Cost of Financial Management

How Many Finance Employees Should your Organization Have?

How Many Finance Employees Should your Organization Have?

Increasing Overall Sales Forecast Accuracy

Percentage of Automated Journal Line Items

3 Tactics to Increase Automation of Journal Entry Line Items

Hours to Reconcile the General Ledger

Hours to Reconcile the General Ledger

Measuring Financial Forecasting Efficiency

Measuring Financial Forecasting Efficiency

Measuring Productivity with Revenue Per Employee

Measuring Productivity with Revenue Per Employee

Days Sales Outstanding: A Critical Lever for Managing Cash Flow

Days Sales Outstanding: A Critical Lever for Managing Cash Flow

When to Pay: Managing DPO to Improve Cash Flow

Managing Days Payable Outstanding to Improve Cash Flow

Collaboration Drives More Effective Cost Allocation

Collaboration Drives More Effective Cost Allocation

Getting Customer Payments More Quickly

Strategies to Avoid a Cash Flow Crunch

Three Ways to Release Your Earnings Faster

Three Ways to Lead Your Team to Better Performance in Annual Reporting

Total Cost to Perform Financial Reporting per $1,000 Revenue

Total Cost to Perform Financial Reporting per $1,000 Revenue