Accounts Payable Management

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14Lessons
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25Exams &
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4,067Students
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7Hours
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0.7CEUs
Course Description
The Key to Managing a Successful Accounts Payable Department

In today's fast-paced business world, few areas are as important to a company as having a successful Accounts Payable Manager. More and more companies are understanding the importance of having a manager in Accounts Payable who go above and beyond what is normally called for. For too long, businesses thought that having someone in Accounts Payable who was persistent and would keep at an account until it was caught up was what it took but that model is evolving. As businesses are changing, the way that things have been done in the past is changing, as well.
Designed for the new manager of an Accounts Payable department, this course will help the student step into their new role and take a commanding and successful lead. However, this course will also prove useful for anyone who is already in Accounts Payable and is seeking to expand their knowledge. In other words, this course will take what you know and it will enhance it by adding proven management principles to your practices.
In the marketplace today, Accounts Payable is more than just processing checks, mailing them and filing away mountains of back-up paperwork. A good Accounts Payable manager understand all parts of the department everything from customer service and vendor management to check requests and purchase orders.
Finally, this course will show you how to handle invoices, how to process checks, dealing with audits and ensuring that your department operates as error-free as possible. You'll be getting expert advice from a well-seasoned disbursement manager with extensive Accounts Payable experience.
You'll learn what it is that a manager does and how to best operate an Accounts Payable department and you'll find ways to help motivate the people you manage into being the best possible performers.
This course will also discuss the following areas:
- What is a manager: You'll learn what a manager is, what a manager does, and the importance of always being on top of what is happening within your department. You will also learn the key to managing your Accounts Payable department and how to best become a valuable asset to your company.
- Invoice handling: The student will understand the process of tracking invoices from the moment they arrive in the department until the final check is cut. Students will also be walked through a step-by-step process to bring order to what might be a chaotic system.
- Checks: The lesson will address to core of the Accounts Payable department and will help the student to understand areas that might need to be examined and worked on.
- Preventing errors: Students will discover that duplication and missing invoices are among the most common problems in the Accounts Payable department and will be given real-world solutions that they can apply in reducing errors.
- Customer service, internal controls and the annual audit: Students will understand how the aspects of customer service apply to their department and will examine the concepts of internal controls and the annual audit.
- Fraud: Vendor, Employee, and Check: This section of the course will instruct the student on the importance of overseeing things to ensure there is no fraud taking place, either due to a vendor or employee check mismanagement.
- How companies are using technology in Accounts Payable: The student will learn more information about using the information in the Accounts Payable department, as well as address software solutions that can make their department run more smoothly.
- The importance of Master Vendor Files: Students will see how Master Vendor Files are an important way to help ensure that vendors are paid in a timely manner and errors are avoided. In addition, the files are invaluable tools to monitor fraud and error.
By the end of this course, the student will have a thorough knowledge of what it takes to manage a successful Accounts Payable department and how to implement changes needed in order to make it operate more efficiently.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
What Is a Manager?
Lesson 1 Video
Take Poll: Role Model
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete Assignment: Introduction
Complete Assignment: Manager Role
Complete Exam: Manager
Handling Invoices
Lesson 2 Video
Take Poll: Unions
Complete Assignment: Invoice Process
Complete Assignment: Steps for an Invoice
Complete Exam: Invoices
Checks
Lesson 3 Video
Review 3 Articles: Writing and Recording Checks; How to Balance a Checkbook; eChecks
Take Poll: Organizational Chart
Complete Assignment: Steps for Check Processing
Complete Assignment: Rush Checks
Complete Exam: Checks
Preventing Errors
Lesson 4 Video
Review Article: Reconciling Your Accounts
Complete Assignment: Prevention
Complete Exam: Prevention
Customer Service, Internal Controls and the Annual Audit
Lesson 5 Video
Review 2 Articles: Planning for Your Annual Audit; Internal Communications
Take Poll: Non profit vs Profit
Complete: Assignment 1
Complete: Exam 5
Fraud: Vendor, Employee and Check
Lesson 6 Video
Review Article: Preventing Accounts Payable Fraud
Take Poll: Office Supplies
Complete Exam: Fraud
How Companies Use Technology in Accounts Payable
Lesson 7 Video
Review Article: 10 Best Practices for Accounts Payable
Complete Assignment: Technology
Complete Exam: Technology
Traditional Functions and the 21st Century
Lesson 8 Video
Review Article: Credit Card Reimbursement Policies
Take Poll: Online payments
Complete Assignment: Reimbursement
Complete: Lesson 8 Exam
Using the Internet in Accounts Payable
Lesson 9 Video
Take Poll: Online Accounts Payable
Master Vendor Files
Lesson 10 Video
Complete Assignment: Master Vendor File
Complete Exam: Master Vendor
Problems Caused by Discounts and Other Deductions
Lesson 11 Video
Review Article: Payroll Overpayment
Take Poll: overpayment
Complete Exam: Deductions and Discounts
Independent Consultants
Lesson 12 Video
Review Article: Consulting Fees
Complete Exam: Consultant
1099 Income Tax Forms
Lesson 13 Video
Review Article: 1099 Facts
Complete Assignment: 1099 and master vendor list
High-level Accounts Payable Concepts
Lesson 14 Video
Review 2 Articles: Types of Audits; Tips On Streamlining Accounts Payable
Take Poll: Final Course Poll - Your Opinion
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete Assignment: Accounting for What I Have Learned...
Complete Exam: Accounting
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and summarize the Accounts Payable Management job.
- Handle invoices correctly and employ the necessary checks and balances.
- Process checks correctly while employing the necessary checks and balances.
- Prevent errors and common mistakes.
- Provide good customer service, create internal controls, and prepare the department for the annual audit.
- Detect and prevent fraud from vendors and employees.
- Use technology in Accounts Payable to make the job more efficient.
- Identify ways to use the Internet in Accounts Payable.
- Summarize the processes involved in Master Vendor Files.
- Avoid problems caused by discounts and other deductions.
- Know what to do with independent consultants.
- Process 1099s, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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Student Testimonials
- "This course offered a lot of details and the essay questions were a great reinforcement tool." -- Ann R.
- "Everything in this class was helpful because it explains how to use everything....I think that it was an awesome course and very helpful and so was the instructor." -- Candice A.
- "What was most helpful were the assignments. They were very detailed in explainations for each subject." -- Cindy M.
- "The lessons are organized and in a easy way to read and understand....I love the course and the prompt respond for the instructor." -- Claudia A.
- "the instructor was very caring and understanding. I like her take again if she teach another class. I'm glad I took this class I didn't know anything about account payable." -- Kimberly L.
- "I really liked the procedure of accounts payable from receiving the invoice to cutting the check to filing....Over all after all is said and done I think this is a good course and the instructor is a fine instructor. In the future I might just take another course. I will never get to the point where I think I just too smart or know everything to take a class. I thank you for providing me with this excellent opportunity." -- Larry S.
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