"Pay It Forward" is a thought-provoking podcast that delves into the lives and experiences of accomplished individuals who have reached significant milestones in their careers, industries, and passions. However, what sets these individuals apart is their unwavering commitment to giving back and inspiring others. In each episode, host Jamie Radford sits down with renowned entrepreneurs, creative visionaries, philanthropists, and leaders to explore their personal journeys and discover how they ...
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Episode 16: Being the best, to inspire the people around you
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19:26In today's episode, Jamie sat down with Rachael Long, the Accounts Payable Manager at Breedon Group. Breedon Group a leading construction materials group in the UK and is a major producer of bulk and bagged cement. Rachael is the manager of a 15 person accounts payable team, so Jamie wanted to find out more about her thoughts on mentoring and leade…
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In this episode of AP Talks, Jamie is joined by Julia Stovold, Documation’s Marketing manager for an in-depth discussion on how automation continues to change the AP department. Documation’s family of consultants, developers, account managers and support team are experts in the field of document management and business process automation. “But wher…
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Episode 14: Are Shared Services Ready for Digital Transformation?
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1:11:53Jon Stovold returns to AP Talks to give us some insight on a new topic, Digital Transformation. John Stovold is the Marketing Manager for Itesoft and is constantly exploring all the new developments in the finance industry. “The concept of digital transformation is to take the human element out and replacing it with a machine to deliver more benefi…
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With 20 years of finance recruitment experience, Karen has a track record of recruiting top finance talent for businesses across a range of industry sectors and is a trusted industry voice on career planning and market insights. In this podcast, Karen, Gareth and Jamie discuss what makes a good leader and the importance of mentoring for your employ…
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Episode 11: The Myths and realities of e-invoicing.
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32:09In this podcast, John Wallace - CEO of Documation & Jamie discuss how invoicing has changed through the years. John Wallace is the CEO of Documation and is a widely recognised thought-leader in the field of finance process automation and transformation, with a particular focus on AP. In this in-depth episode, John puts all the confusion regarding e…
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Will Millennials be the first generation that are truly Digital native? PART 2
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28:44In this second part podcast, John & Jamie talk over the how technology & automation are impacting Accounts Payable teams looking at how different generations are being impacted. Quotes “How do managers prepare for cultural change” “Who remembers the days of dial up internet? Individuals need access now at the click of a button” “Accounts Payable te…
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Millennials maybe the first truly digital native generation?
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33:40Today's guest on AP Talks is John Stovold UK Marketing Manager of Itesoft. In this two-part podcast, John & Jamie talk over how technology & automation are impacting Accounts Payable teams looking at how different generations are being impacted. Quotes “How do managers prepare for cultural change” “Who remembers the days of dial-up internet? Indivi…
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Rod Chadwick is the Head of Process Simplification at Royal Mail, he was a speaker at our conference in 2018 and he promised he will be speaking again this year. In this podcast, he discusses the challenges he faced alongside his team in the road to automation.By Jamie Radford
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Patsy Christian works in AP for more than 15 years, she managed teams as small as 3 people. Now she is Accounts Payable Manager at Bourne Leisure.By Jamie Radford
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Matthew is the Undergraduate Careers Manager, Lancaster University Management School (LUMS); a globally ranked, quadruple accredited, Top 10 UK Business School, at The Times University of the Year 2018. In this role, Matthew leads on the employability provision for over 3000 undergraduates, which includes a bespoke programme of careers education mo…
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Daniel Ricardo is the Director of a small (8 strong team) Online Marketing agency concentrating on delivering effective Inbound Marketing strategies. Strategy Plus has been delivering online marketing solutions since 1997 for all kinds of businesses, from start-ups to multi-nationals. Daniel also enjoys boxing and promoting the Jewellery Quarter!…
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Hit your reset button with Michael Ryan
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1:04:26Michael Ryan is a Business Transformation leader with over 20 years experience implementing Change in a blue chip environment. He knows how challenging it is to create sustainable Change. Michael is an energising Motivational Speaker who lives and breathes Change because he believes it starts with you!…
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Developing the right skills to advance your career in AP
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48:54Karen Young is a Director of Hays and a recruiting expert, extremely passionate about helping people to find the right job, and companies to find the right person to do a great job for them. Her specific area of expertise is the recruitment of senior accountancy and financial appointments.By Jamie Radford
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Stewart Griffiths is the Payments Manager at Bio Products Laboratory, passionate about people, process and technology he is a recognised industry contributor. With over twenty years experience working in transactional finance, Stewart has a proven track record of developing teams and implementing robust processes for businesses like Green & Black’s…
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Putting the AP in hAPpy with Debra R Richardson
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34:59Today we have a special guest over the pond. Debra is 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 the past eight years, Debra has focused on Global Vendor Maintenance, and recently…
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Where to start in Automation with Documation
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51:34Our guests John Wallace CEO of Documation who will share a real view of what makes a journey into Automation successful & more importantly where to start. Also we welcome a client of Documation Gary Feary, Director of IT Solutions at GraftonsBy AP Association
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After working in the finance and treasury departments of several large companies Mary Schaeffer turned to writing and consulting full time. Tips from Mary Schaeffer "If you can learn a little bit about blockchain which I think is coming at us, artificial intelligence, RPA, if you can learn about these impact the Accounts Payable function, you'll ha…
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