An accounts payable speaker, consultant, and trainer with over 20 years of experience in AP, AR, general ledger, and financial reporting for Fortune 500 companies including Verizon, General Motors and Aramark.

For ten years, she has focused on Global Vendor Setup and Maintenance. As an AP Sr. Manager, she managed a team of 17 processing over 2,000 requests per month and maintaining 140k+ active vendors across seven different ERPs.

Now she works with Accounts Payable, Procurement and Vendor teams to implement authentication techniques, internal controls and best practices to prevent fraud, fines and bad vendor data in the vendor master file.

She publishes weekly content by hosting a weekly podcast “Putting the AP in hAPpy and publishes other content and through her YouTube channel https://www.youtube

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Bio

Bio

I am an experienced, passionate Shared Services Leader, with over 40 years’ experience in the industry. Having led Teams through numerous transformations and unprecedented periods of change.

I now work as a Consultant/Contractor helping Companies with AP/P2P & Shared Services challenges, sharing knowledge & delivering best practice.

I enjoy new challenges & thrive under pressure and believe that people are at the forefront of enabling & leading transformation & ensuring we drive future growth & success for our AP/P2P/Shared Services teams.

With over 10 years of leadership, Monica Brooks has thrived as someone who believes in developing and empowering others to reach their highest potential. She’s passionate about implementing simple changes that create impactful results. Before venturing out on her own, Monica lead a team of 20 accounts payable associates and measurably increased their overall engagement while helping them build their proficiency. Monica is certified with Franklin-Covey to facilitate The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and has led a diverse group of managers through fundamental development programs. She has a special spark that is sure to leave you feeling inspired and motivated.

Over 40 years in the Finance Industry, 25 years with Aberdeen City Council taking early retirement from position of Financial Services Manger in 2016. Responsible for Accounts Payable function carried out a full transformation project to deliver best in class and award winning AP team to the benefit of the Council and its suppliers. Joined IFOL in 2021 to assist students with their CAPP studies delivering webinars, masterclasses and workshops on all aspects of AP and P2P.

Mukund Ravikumar is Vice President of Product Management at SAP-Concur. At Concur, Mukund and his team manage a portfolio of Payments and Accounts Payable Automation products. Prior to Concur where he is coming up on his 10th year, Mukund worked at companies including Coupa and BancTec building B2B software applications. Mukund is passionate about breaking down business problems to their root cause and using teamwork and technology to find efficient solutions.

My passion is helping leaders and organizations. I have committed my career to the areas of HR/People Operations, Culture, Strategic Planning, Change Management and Organizational Development. I’ve helped companies and clients solve problems and equipped them to earn collectively millions of dollars by shifting their mindset towards internal transformation and strategic planning. Working in Atlanta and New York City for almost 20 years as a solutions strategist with a passion for self-awareness; discovering ideas and solutions to make things better. I truly love the work I do!

Luis is an Account Executive at Yooz.He joined the team in 2021 and since then has

helped business streamline and automate their entire AP process dramatically by lowering their invoice processing times and creating a customized easy-to-use invoice and payment workflow. Additionally, he is an alum of the University of Texas at El Paso where he graduated with an MBA.

Chris Smith is a Sales Director of Client Development at SAP Concur. In his 11 years of experience at SAP Concur Chris has helped clients from 10 employees to over $1 Billion in revenue manage their employees and AP Spend. Prior to joining SAP Concur, Chris managed accounts payable at a start-up. Today he supports a team of Account Executives and their clients.

Noel has been at BILL for nearly 8 years. Starting in front line support, working his way through implementation, and in the last 5 years as a Solutions Consultant working with SMBs, Mid-Market Businesses, Accounting Firms, and Strategic Partners.

Prior to BILL Noel had worked at Square (now Block) in the Card Processing and Receivables space.

Raised in an entrepreneurial family of several small businesses and non-profits,  as well as managing several QSRs, Noel has a knack for understanding the pain points that Payables, Receivables, and Spend can have on a business or accounting team.