Course Description

This course is a training guide for the new manager of an accounts payable department.  It will help you step into your new role and take a commanding and successful lead. This course will take what you know and enhance it by adding management principles to those practices.  Accounts payable is not just processing checks, mailing them and then filing the backup paperwork.  To truly manage accounts payable, you must understand all parts of the department including but not limited to customer service, vendor management, check requests and POs. 
 
This course will discuss how to handle invoices; check processing; preventing errors; annual audits; and technology uses in the department.  Learn all about the best practices to adapt for your A/P department, PLUS, get expert advise from a well-seasoned disbursement manager with many years of A/P experience. 
 
  • 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
Universal Class is an IACET Accredited Provider
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • 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.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 
 

Assessment Guide

Assessment Points
Introduction 1 points
Manager Role 2 points
Manager 60 points
Invoice Process 1 points
Steps for an Invoice 2 points
Invoices 100 points
Steps for Check Processing 1 points
Rush Checks 2 points
Checks 100 points
Prevention 2 points
Prevention 30 points
Assignment 1 2 points
Exam 5 70 points
Fraud 90 points
Technology 1 points
Technology 90 points
Reimbursement 2 points
Lesson 8 Exam 90 points
Using the Cloud 2 points
Master Vendor File 2 points
Master Vendor 70 points
Deductions and Discounts 60 points
Consultant 50 points
1099 and master vendor list 2 points
Accounting for What I Have Learned... 2 points
Accounting 100 points
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