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Higher Education Benchmarking Group

Purchase to Pay Benchmarking Groups provide structured forums for managers in Accounts Payable, Finance, and Procurement to drive purchase to pay excellence at universities or colleges. These membership based groups meet quarterly to measure, compare, and exchange information about key metrics in invoice, purchase order and payment processes.

Higher Education Chairman Ronald Holland Accounts Payable Manager Ohio State University Ron Holland currently serves as the Accounts Payable Manager for The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. In this role he is responsible for over 1 billion dollars in payments annually. Prior to his time at Ohio State University, Ron served as the Chief Operating Officer of a regional construction company in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ron has held various leadership positions to include: Management Consultant with a concentration on small and medium size business and small business owner for 9 years. Ron has also held several management positions within higher education to include: Department Business Administrator and Accounts Payable Supervisor with the University of Houston – Downtown and Division Operations Manager and Adjunct Faculty with Cy-Fair Community College in Houston, Texas. Ron received a B.S in Technology, Leadership and Supervision from the University of Houston.

Measure. Compare. Excel.

Our Higher Education group was formed with these three goals in mind:

• Measure: Empower managers in accounts payable, finance and procurement with the necessary metrics to identify areas of strength, performance gaps, and opportunities for improvement
• Compare: Allow organizations to compare themselves against one another to improve data visibility, cash management and service quality
• Excel: Build a peer group to openly discuss challenges and best practices to drive purchase to pay operational excellence
• Measure. Compare. Excel.

Created by Higher Education Managers, exclusively for Higher Ed.

Our Higher Education  group has been sculpted around the specific needs and goals of colleges and universities to benchmark common metrics and issues.

Top 5 Reasons to Benchmark

PayStream Advisors identifies five critical reasons for organizations to benchmark:

1. Formal process to compare yourself to top performers
2. Identify gaps, priorities and best practices
3. Remove emotion from critical decisions
4. Assign resources appropriately
5. Establish baseline and trends

Benchmarking Membership Benefits

With a PayStream Purchase to Pay Benchmarking membership, you will:

• Measure and compare key metrics and performance indicators using our customized Self Input Dashboard, including:
  • Processing Tasks
  • Non-Invoice Processing Costs
  • Employee and Salary Data
  • Time Allocations
  • Cost Allocation Results
• Find out where you stand among the industry leaders.
• Strengthen and streamline everyday processes using best practices.
• Network and learn from a community of peers with shared functional roles who share common challenges and your industry.
• Receive one-on-one guidance from the dedicated analysts at PayStream Advisors who live and breathe financial process improvement. Continually build your skills and knowledge through quarterly web-based meetings, and one live meeting at the annual PayStream Purchase to Pay Summit 2013.

Membership Subscription Fees

2013 Membership Fee: $2,500

More Information

For more information on PayStream Purchase to Pay Benchmarking Groups or how to join, please contact:

Brad Josephson

704-926-3921