AP Recovery Audit
Find overpayments that your AP already paid.
Last year, apexanalytix recovered and prevented $9 billion in overpayments for the world's largest companies, overpayments their AP systems had already cleared. Get a no-cost gap assessment of your program in 20 minutes.
- 20-minute consultative call. No data required.
- We walk through what your current controls are likely missing, based on your spend profile and industry.
- No commitment to engage. No sales pitch in the room.
Request your gap assessment
Provide your details below and we will reach out to schedule a 20-minute gap assessment with our senior recovery audit specialist.
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Our track record of success.
What an apexanalytix recovery audit finds.
Real engagements. Real dollars. Real concentrations of risk that AP automation never surfaced.
First cycle recovered more than five prior provider cycles combined.
4M+ invoices reviewed. $30B in auditable spend. 850 claims in cycle one. 80%+ supplier statement response rate.
$25M recovered in a single audit cycle.
$245M recovered over 20 years. 1M+ invoices and 6,000+ suppliers reviewed in 2024. Division-level root cause analysis identified where errors concentrated.
One supplier alone returned $750,000.
750,000 invoices and $14B in spend through SAP. Largest single-supplier recovery in 20 years of partnership, driven by buyback credits never applied to the customer's account.
apexanalytix protects $10T+ in annual spend for 400+ of the world's largest companies.
ERP controls and an AP recovery audit
solve two different problems.
Both have a role in a strong AP program. Knowing which one you need, and when, is the difference between visibility and recovery.
ERP Controls
Is this payment approved and accurate?
- Flags duplicate invoices in real time
- Applies rules to known patterns (matched POs, vendor records, tax codes)
- Surfaces exceptions for your team to review before payment
- Your team can improve the controls over time based on historical errors
AP Recovery Audit
What did we already pay that we shouldn't have?
- Recovers historical overpayments and unapplied credits across multiple years of disbursements
- Engages suppliers to validate, substantiate, and collect overpayments
- Investigates credits over 90 days that orginate from returns, rebates, cancelled invoices, and more
Curious what your AP controls are missing?
Request a 20-minute consultative call with a senior recovery audit specialist. We'll look at your spend profile, industry, and current AP setup. No data required.
Request my gap assessmentWhen a recovery audit beats the system.
Why a $50B+ technology company replaced its incumbent recovery audit provider with apexanalytix, and recovered more in cycle one than the previous five cycles combined.
The technology giant replaced its previous recovery audit firm after determining too much internal effort was required to validate findings, follow up with suppliers, and collect funds. apexanalytix's first audit cycle delivered 850 claims and an 80%+ supplier response rate. Cycle one alone exceeded five combined cycles from the prior provider.
From a separate apexanalytix client — a global energy company:
"One benefit of working with apexanalytix is that they use software to access and analyze data remotely. There was no disruption to our workplace. Any questions that cropped up were handled by email, which allowed us to respond on our own schedule."
Accounts Payable Manager, Global Energy Company
Here's what happens in your first 90 days.
A typical AP recovery audit engagement, sequenced.
Scope and connect.
- Kickoff and stakeholder alignment with your AP, Finance, and IT leads
- Certified data extracts from SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, no manual exports required from your team
- Disbursement and supplier statement review begins on transactions covering up to 5 prior fiscal years
- AI-powered duplicate analysis runs against the full invoice population, not a sample
Engage suppliers, surface findings.
- Multilingual supplier outreach, with a global team that works in your suppliers' time zones
- AI prioritizes which supplier contacts to reach first, based on response patterns from 280M+ records
- First findings reported through Auditview, your dedicated audit dashboard
- Initial root cause analysis identifies process and control gaps by business segment
Recover and prevent.
- Validated overpayment claims substantiated and routed for recovery, 98% claim stick rate
- Funds returned via supplier-issued credits or direct refunds
- Root causes, corrective actions, and prevention recommendations provided
- Ongoing audit cadence and prevention software roadmap discussed with your team
No pressure. No data.
Just a working session.
Here's what your gap assessment call looks like.
You submit the form
We reach out within one business day to schedule a 20-minute call at your convenience. No commitment to engage. No data shared.
Meet with a recovery audit leader
A 20-minute consultative call. We walk through your spend profile, current AP setup, and the typical leakage patterns we see at companies your size and in your industry.
Walk away with actionable data
By the end of the call, you'll know what your current controls are likely missing, where companies at your spend level typically lose money, and what recovery could look like for a program like yours.
What enterprise AP teams ask before booking the call.
Yes. They answer different questions. AP automation prevents future leakage on patterns the system has seen before. Recovery audit recovers what's already been paid, including in categories no rule anticipated: aged supplier credits, returns not communicated to AP, real estate and lease overbillings, paid credit memos, tax processing errors, and more. Most of our clients run modern AP automation. We've still recovered or prevented $9B in overpayments for them last year alone.
No. apexanalytix manages most of the work, including data analysis, supplier outreach, and claim validation. Your AP and IT teams stay focused on their day-to-day operations. We use certified, automated data extracts for SAP, Oracle, and other major ERPs. Supplier engagement is handled by our global team in suppliers' own languages and during their business hours, which is why our claim stick rate is 98% and our Net Promoter Score is 82.
First findings typically surface within 30 of kickoff/data delivery. Most large scale audits run in 5-7 months timeframes, or continuously thereafter, with apexanalytix managing recovery across multiple years of disbursements without ongoing internal lift from your team.
Recovery audits are contingency-based. We recover money, you pay a percentage of what we recover. If we find nothing, you owe nothing. The gap assessment call itself is no-cost and no-obligation regardless of whether you ever engage us.
Nothing. The call is consultative, not analytical. We come prepared with what we know about your industry, typical spend patterns at companies your size, and the leakage categories we see most often. You bring your questions. If you decide to move forward later, we'll schedule a followup call.
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Provide your details below and we will reach out to schedule a 20-minute gap assessment with our senior recovery audit specialist.