Accounts payable · Production

Centerfield Media eliminates 20 weeks of manual AP work annually and scales finance operations across 28 countries with Tipalti

The problem

Centerfield Media's legacy AP system could process invoices but not payments, ERP syncs ran only a few times per day stretching bill-to-payment cycles beyond two weeks, and expense management ran through Concur which leadership wanted to replace. The company lacked a scalable way to absorb acquisitions or manage cross-border payments without adding headcount.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Invoice receipt
trigger
“checks, ACH, PayPal, and wire had to be managed separately”
2
AI invoice management
ai_action
“thanks to the AI-powered invoice management process”
3
Real-time ERP integration
integration
“Tipalti integrated AP automation with Sage Intacct, and that first step gave the team a single workflow for invoice processing and payments across entities and payment methods”
4
Rapid payment execution
output
“Invoices received on a Friday are now processed early the following week and paid within that same window, thanks to the AI-powered invoice management process. This cut the bill-to-payment cycle from more than two weeks to less than one.”
5
Expense management via Tipalti
integration
“Centerfield expanded into Tipalti Expenses, replacing Concur. The rollout was strikingly simple. Employees adopted the system without formal onboarding”
6
Virtual card cashback
output
“By shifting eligible vendor payments from ACH and checks to virtual card, Centerfield turned a routine payment workflow into a new source of return, generating $20.5K in cashback revenue to date”
Reported outcome

Centerfield eliminated 20 weeks of AP work per year, cut its monthly close from 20 days to 8, achieved 400+ employee adoption with no training required, onboarded two acquisitions without adding AP headcount, and generated $20.5K in cashback revenue by routing eligible vendor payments through virtual cards.

Reported metrics
manual AP work eliminated per year20 weeks
Monthly close time reduction60%
Monthly close days20 days to 8
Employee adoption400+
Show all 9 reported metrics
manual AP work eliminated per year20 weeks
monthly close time reduction60%
monthly close days20 days to 8
employee adoption400+
acquisitions onboarded without additional AP hirestwo
cashback revenue generated$20.5K
bill-to-payment cyclefrom more than two weeks to less than one
countries supported by single AP specialist28+
vendors eligible for virtual card paymentsroughly 300
Reported stack
TipaltiTipalti Accounts PayableTipalti ExpensesSage IntacctConcur
Source
https://tipalti.com/resources/customer-stories/centerfield/
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Centerfield eliminated 20 weeks of AP work per year, cut its monthly close from 20 days to 8, achieved 400+ employee adoption with no training required, onboarded two acquisitions without adding AP headcount, and gene…

What tools did this team use?

Tipalti, Tipalti Accounts Payable, Tipalti Expenses, Sage Intacct, Concur.

What results were reported?

manual AP work eliminated per year: 20 weeks; Monthly close time reduction: 60%; Monthly close days: 20 days to 8; Employee adoption: 400+ (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this accounts payable AI workflow structured?

Invoice receipt → AI invoice management → Real-time ERP integration → Rapid payment execution → Expense management via Tipalti → Virtual card cashback.

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