A nationally recognized accounts payable expert
Mary S. Schaeffer has been creating timely and relevant content around the accounts payable and payment functions for 20+ years. Her accomplishments include the following.
- Host of the AP Now podcast and YouTube channel (over 500 videos)
- Founder AP Now
- Named Top 50 Influencer in AP by the AP Association, a global organization headquartered in the UK, in 2019
- Named Top 100 Influencer in AP by the AP Association, 2020-2023
- Recipient of first ever Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, Wellness for Others award in 2021, and the Top Influencer of the Year in 2022
- Frequent speaker at seminars, conferences and online events (highly rated by attendees)
- Courses (self-study and webinar) offered by numerous other CPE organizations including Wolter Kluwer, Thompson Reuters, Aurora, Kaplan (Smartpros), WesternCPE and others.
- Publisher and editorial director of the Accounts Payable Now & Tomorrow monthly newsletter
- Writes a free twice-weekly e-zine, e-AP News
- Creator of over half a dozen CPE courses for CPAs
- Creator of the AP Now membership portal
- Author more than 20 business books including the 127 Best Practices for Accounts Payable, Internal Controls in Accounts Payable, The Fundamentals of Accounts Payable and others
- Creator of Accounts Payable Best Practice Certificate program
- M.B.A. Finance, NYU; B.S. Math, York College
Schaeffer served on the Business Payments Coalition and Federal Reserve's Remittance Delivery Assessment Work Group, and is currently a member of Nacha's ACH Network Advisory Panel.
Before founding AP Now, she worked in corporate finance and treasury for Continental Grain (Cash Manager), Equitable Life (Assistant Treasurer), and O&Y (Financial Risk Manager).