Expense Management

Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a preview of a new research report written by Ardent Partners and sponsored by Certify Software, a provider of travel and expense management technology. Click here to download a complimentary edition of the research report, which highlights the evolution of the expense management industry and tracks the impact of analytics [...]

One of the more important jobs of the accounts payable professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do. That is why, each week, the team at Payables Place [...]

The modern-day Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has his or her hands in a mix of contemporary processes, capabilities and initiatives. For years, the analyst the team at Ardent Partners has spoken of (and evangelized) the concept of procurement and finance collaboration (CPO/CFO collaboration) to maximize spend management, improve overall financial visibility, and maintain the ability [...]

It was sometime in mid-2009 that I first heard the following phrase: “We’re looking at travel and expense as being more strategic here internally.” It was uttered by a CFO at a mid-market telecommunications company in one of my frequent conversations with the finance/procurement/travel community. Up until that point, the travel / expense management function was largely [...]