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title: The last mile of Procure-to-Pay
url: https://www.medius.com/resources/events-and-webinars/the-last-mile-of-procure-to-pay/
updated: 2026-08-05T16:50:05Z
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Sep 22

# The last mile of Procure-to-Pay: Why payment strategy determines the success of finance transformation

September 22, 2026 | 11:00 - 11:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

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##### Overview

A strategic session for shared services and GBS leaders focused on operational excellence, working capital, and modern payment operations.

Organizations have invested heavily in modernizing Procure-to-Pay through invoice automation, digital approvals, and standardized AP processes. Yet many transformations stop just before the finish line, payment execution. Payments often remain fragmented across banks, business units, ERPs, and manual processes, creating unnecessary cost, operational complexity, and missed opportunities to improve working capital.

In this session, Katie Beatty, Senior Director of Payments at Medius, explores how leading shared services organizations are extending finance transformation beyond AP automation by building a modern payment strategy. Attendees will learn how to standardize payment operations, optimize payment methods, strengthen supplier relationships, improve working capital, and reduce risk all while creating a more efficient, scalable Procure-to-Pay process.

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#### Speaker

##### Katie Beatty

*Senior Director of Payments, Medius*

With 20+ years in B2B payments, Katie Beatty brings a perspective few practitioners can claim having worked on four sides of the industry. She has held roles within financial institutions in commercial payments, served as an end user in accounts payable and finance, contributed to the field through educational consulting with the Institute of Commercial Payments (IOCP), and now brings that full-circle expertise to the technology side as Senior Director of Payments at Medius, a leader in AP automation and spend management. This rare vantage point, spanning issuer, buyer, educator, and solution provider, informs her practical, economics-driven approach to payment strategy and working capital optimization.

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