For Heads of AP & Shared Services

GlobalFinex B2B gives finance two governed levers, method and timing, applied selectively and reversibly on approved invoices. If this is your first read, the four-minute version lives on How it Works. The rest of this page is the AP lens.

If you only read one section here, read five things AP leaders raise on first call.

Daily reality

Where the noise actually lives.

Most working-capital "improvements" are pitched at a strategy altitude that doesn't translate down to your team. Here's what shared services actually deals with. And how this respects it.

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Dispute origination is upstream. Most disputes that hit AP started in procurement, ordering or goods receipt. GlobalFinex B2B doesn't change invoice approval. Your existing exception flows and dispute logic continue exactly as they do today.
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Month-end stays quiet. Settlement is governed and traceable. No new exception class, no new reconciliation flow created at the end of the month. If you'd rather be conservative, the levers can be switched off in the days surrounding cut-off.
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Supplier escalation lands here. When a supplier is unhappy with payment timing, finance pushes the call into your team. This platform reduces that pressure. Suppliers either opt in to early settlement or stay on contractual terms. There's no third path that creates ambiguity.
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Audit posture is preserved. Full audit across invoice, eligibility, offer, acceptance, payment and remittance. ISO 27001 / PCI DSS aligned. Built for governance review from the outset, not retrofitted.
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Headcount narrative isn't on the table. This isn't a cost-takeout play. The aim is to reduce friction in the work your team already does. Not to make them justify their own budget against a vendor's "automation" claim.

What changes for AP. What doesn't.

Existing AP workflow is the foundation.

The whole design principle is that your existing AP process is the foundation, not the obstacle. Approval workflow, ERP routing, exception logic. All unchanged.

Suppliers offered Pace accept or decline directly from an emailed offer. No portal to maintain, no separate login for your team to remember, no password resets at 4:47pm on a month-end Friday.

Stage	Today	With GlobalFinex B2B
Invoice receipt	Email, EDI, portal	Unchanged ✓
Match & validation	ERP / AP automation	Unchanged ✓
Approval workflow	Existing routing	Unchanged ✓
Liability confirmed	–	Decision point starts here
Payment timing	Fixed by terms	Optional, selective, reversible
Payment method	Fixed by setup	Optional, governed
Supplier remittance	EFT	EFT ✓
Audit trail	Existing	Existing + payment-layer audit

Concerns we hear, addressed

Five things AP leaders raise on first call

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"We're not chasing supplier sign-up." Onboarding is light, administrative and only for suppliers the buyer has explicitly invited. Nothing is mandated. Suppliers accept early-settlement offers from an emailed link. Same effort as any other supplier-side click.
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"We don't want a portal our team has to maintain." The platform is operated as a managed service. AP doesn't run it. Finance benefits from it. Suppliers don't need accounts your team supports.
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"We can't break the audit trail." Full audit across invoice, eligibility, offer, acceptance, payment and remittance.
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"We won't take on supplier credit risk." You don't. The platform operates only on approved invoices that already represent confirmed liability.
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"We can't commit to something we'd struggle to back out of." Eligibility, scope and supplier participation are all reversible. Pause, adjust or withdraw without unwind risk.

AP asset

AP operations brief

A working document covering exception flow, supplier onboarding effort, reconciliation key, dispute handling on accepted offers and where the platform sits relative to your existing P2P stack. Designed for review with your team and your IT/integration partner. Available on request as part of a working-session engagement.

Request the AP brief →

What's in the brief

Exception flow and how disputes route on accepted offers
Supplier onboarding effort estimate (per supplier, per programme)
Reconciliation key. Invoice → offer → settlement → remittance → bank line
Failure-mode handling. Bank detail changes, duplicate invoices, supplier portal issues
Where the platform sits relative to your existing P2P stack

Want to see how this lands in shared services? Let's walk you through it.

30-minute working session. Bring the questions you'd ask a vendor on call two. We'll walk through exception flow, onboarding effort, reconciliation and how the platform fits next to your existing P2P stack.

Contact us → Take the readiness check

Forward to a colleague?

Same control point, different reader.

CFOCapital control over approved spend.CFO view → ControllerAudit posture, GL treatment, disclosure stance.Controller view → TreasurySettlement timing as a governed input.Treasury view → ProcurementSupplier relationships protected, not pressured.Procurement view →