Success Story: Accounts Payable Outsourcing for a Listed Australian Company

A listed company in Australia had a significant SAP invoice backlog and needed an Accounts Payable (AP) outsourcing partner who could go live immediately and bring the process under control.

Our client, a listed company in Australia, came to us with a growing backlog of invoices sitting unprocessed within their SAP system. For a publicly listed business, an invoice backlog is more than an operational inconvenience — it puts vendor payment terms, reporting deadlines, and the standard of internal control expected of listed companies at risk. With supplier relationships and reporting obligations on the line, the business needed to move fast.

Recruiting and training an in-house Accounts Payable resource can take weeks the business didn’t have. Instead, the client turned to SAP Accounts Payable outsourcing for speed and certainty of delivery. Offshore Accounts Payable support gave the business immediate access to an experienced, dedicated resource  without the recruitment lead time, hiring risk, or onboarding overhead of building the function internally.

• Mobilised rapidly and were working inside the client’s SAP environment within days of engagement
• Captured and cleared the entire outstanding SAP invoice backlog within the first week
• Transitioned to full, independent ownership of day-to-day Accounts Payable processing — from invoice capture through to processing
• Set up the AP function to run with minimal ongoing intervention from the client’s internal team, freeing up the oversight capacity a growing backlog had been consuming

Within a week, the client’s SAP invoice backlog was fully captured and under control, and the Accounts Payable function was operating independently. What began as an urgent fix became an ongoing outsourced Accounts Payable arrangement giving the client confidence that their AP function is handled accurately and consistently, without needing day-to-day input from their internal team.

Listed companies operate under a higher bar for financial control than most SMEs  accurate and auditable records, consistent processing, and confidence that supplier obligations are being met on time. Accounts Payable outsourcing for listed companies needs to deliver all of this without adding headcount or pulling the internal finance team away from higher-value reporting and compliance work. That’s the gap our AP outsourcing services are built to fill.

At RV Advisory Group, we understand that a growing AP backlog can put vendor relationships, reporting deadlines and cash flow at risk. Our ability to mobilise quickly on Accounts Payable outsourcing and take complete ownership of the process gave our client confidence that their AP function was under control  freeing their internal team to focus on other critical accounting priorities.

If invoice delays, vendor payment backlogs, or a stretched finance team are holding your business back, RV Advisory Group’s Accounts Payable outsourcing services can help you regain control quickly — with Australian oversight and full confidentiality.

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