Accounts Payable
Duplicate payments, overpayments, erroneous payments
Sales Tax
Taxability of purchases, use taxes paid, vendor compliance, assessed tax rates.
Discounts
Rebate programs, payment discount terms, trade discounts
Freight
Rate analysis, Inbound Vendor/Supplier shipping Instructions, contract review
Pricing
Vendor purchase order compliance
Telecom
Local and long distance phone bill rate analysis, casual call billing, feature and circuit analysis
Typical Client Attributes
Has Annual Gross Revenues above $50 Million
Receives several large-quantity, and/or high-dollar supplier-invoices
Maintains and interacts with a large number of suppliers
Experienced some turnover within its financial staff in recent years
Underwent a merger or acquisition in recent years
Manufactures and/or distributes goods
Conducts business beyond the state in which it resides
Utilizes a legacy accounting system or recently migrated to a new accounting platform
Experienced growth-spurts over a short period of time
Underwent or Undergoing new construction or remodeling of its facilities
Employs discount or pricing programs with its suppliers