Aleks Hajdas is a seasoned finance transformation leader with over 15 years of experience driving global process excellence and compliance in accounts payable. He has held key Global Process Owner (GPO) roles at high-profile companies including JTI (Japan Tobacco International), Avon, Coty, and Oriflame, where he led end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) transformations. Aleks specializes in AP automation, operational efficiency, and governance frameworks that support scalable, compliant finance operations across multinational environments.
Three numbers decide an AP automation business case: all-in cost per invoice, exception and rework cost, and the value realization opportunity. The third is the one that moves a board, and it is the one most proposals leave out.
Roughly three quarters of AP teams still process below 50% touchless, against an advertised industry benchmark of 80%. This guide breaks down the six architectural blockers behind that gap, from data readiness and ERP write access to audit evidence, fraud risk, team adoption and ROI modeling.
The German e-invoicing mandate arrives in 2027. Sanna Koskinen speaks on why the “soft” mandate is harder than it looks, and what finance teams should do now.
Accounts payable KPIs measure performance across six categories: speed, cost, accuracy, cash and working capital, supplier relationships and governance. The six most important AP KPIs are cost per invoice, cycle time, touchless rate, exception rate, on-time payment rate, and human override rate.
