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The best finance infrastructure is usually invisible. No failed sync. No missing field. No broken export. No weekend spent fixing data that should have been clean the first time. We spoke with Yoav Amir, PayEm’s Director of Engineering, about what it takes to build reliable finance operations behind the scenes. His answer: “In finance, a small data issue is never small. That’s why engineering teams need both technical excellence and a deep understanding of the business problem.” That is why engineering for finance teams is different. A controller does not need to know every technical detail behind the system. They need to know the data is accurate, complete, and ready when the books need to close. At PayEm, engineering quality is not just a technical standard. It is part of the product promise. Because every small mistake can create real work for finance teams: reconciliation issues, audit pressure, reporting gaps, or decisions based on the wrong information. That is also why our development teams need to understand the business, not just the code. How approvals work. Why ERP accuracy matters. Where reconciliation breaks. What finance teams need to trust before they can move faster. AI can help automate and simplify parts of this work, but only when it is built on reliable data, strong infrastructure, and real business context. The goal is not just to build features. The goal is to build technology finance teams can trust. #Engineering #FinanceOperations #SpendManagement #AI #PayEm

Company growth creates motion. More people, more tools, more vendors, more decisions, and more spend. Without operational clarity, that motion can turn into a finance cleanup. We spoke with PayEm’s Chief of Staff, Doron Shahaf,  about the connection between internal operations and financial control. Her answer: “When the process is clear, teams move faster - and finance doesn’t have to fix things afterward.” That line captures a real operating principle. Fast teams still need structure. Not a heavy process. Clear process. Who can approve, which budget applies, what policy should be followed, where the data should go, and how exceptions should be handled. When those answers are built into the workflow, teams do not have to slow down to stay compliant. Finance does not have to chase every detail after the fact. Leadership gets a cleaner view of what is happening across the business. That is the operating layer PayEm is built to support. More speed, with more control. #Operations #FinanceOperations #SpendManagement #PayEm

Most finance teams do not lose control in one big moment. They lose it in small, repeated moments. A renewal goes through before anyone reviews it. A vendor gets paid from the wrong budget. A shared card is used across too many tools. A manager only sees the issue after the month-end close. We asked PayEm’s CPO, Gilad Bonjack, what product teams need to understand about modern spend management. His answer: “Finance teams don't need more approval steps; they need intelligent automation. The goal is to free them up to focus on what actually matters, balancing their need for proactive control with a seamless UX for the employee.” That is the shift we focus on every day: Moving from reactive accounting to proactive spend management. The product challenge is simple to say and hard to build: - Give finance clear control, - give employees a simple experience, and - give leadership visibility before the money moves. When that balance is achieved, spend management becomes less about chasing exceptions and more about protecting the business. #SpendManagement #FinOps #FinanceOperations #PayEm

72%, 64%, and 2.9. That is the 2026 CFO office in three numbers. The CFO mandate is moving beyond reporting.  It now touches transformation, business cases, and risk oversight. And payments are part of that risk surface. A shared card, missing approval trail, uncontrolled limit, or unclear vendor context can turn a simple transaction into exposure. PayEm cards help finance put control where spend happens: vendor-specific cards, clear limits, dates, merchant controls, and audit trails. Risk control should not wait for the month-end. Try PayEm cards for free. Link in the first comment. #CFO #FinanceLeadership #RiskManagement #VirtualCards #SpendControl #PayEm

AI will not fix month-end chaos if your finance data is already messy. It will just help you make messy decisions faster. The real blocker to AI in finance is not awareness. It is trust. If vendors are duplicated, GL codes are vague, receipts are missing, and approvals happen outside the system, AI has no clean foundation to work from. This week, audit the places where spend data is created before it reaches your ERP: 1. Duplicate or vague GL codes 2. Inconsistent vendor mapping 3. Off-system approvals 4. Missing receipts and invoices This is where AI readiness starts. At PayEm, we see spend control as part of the data foundation for modern finance. When requests, approvals, payments, receipts, and ERP sync live in one flow, finance teams get cleaner data from the start - not at month end. AI will either improve finance operations or automate the same chaos faster. The difference is the quality of the data behind it. #FinanceOps #AIInFinance #SpendManagement #PayEm

Month-end gets easier when exceptions get smaller. Over the past few weeks, we shared the controls that reduce the same root issue: missing context, scattered data, and late cleanup. The slides attached are the full playbook (plus a one-page checklist at the end): Capture • Approve • Control • Close PayEm supports it end-to-end by keeping spend, approvals, and documentation connected. Save the deck for your next close 👇 #FinanceOps #Accounting #AccountsPayable #SpendManagement #PayEm

Shadow IT is not a people problem. It is a workflow problem. When official processes are slow, teams take shortcuts. They buy tools outside the approval flows. They paste sensitive information into public AI tools. The risk is bigger than “unapproved spend”:  • data leakage  • compliance gaps (GDPR / SOC2)  • security exposure  • renewals no one owns A practical fix that works: make the approved path the easiest path.  • clear ownership per tool  • controls at the moment of spending (limits + merchant rules)  • receipts and documentation captured by default PayEm helps teams reduce Shadow IT with smart corporate cards and controls, so spending aligns with policy before it happens. Accounting Control Playbook 11 of 12 Follow PayEm for the next one. #FinanceOps #SpendManagement #Compliance #Accounting #PayEm

In 2026, accounting teams are not trying to hire their way out of AP backlog. They are building touchless workflows. Touchless does not mean “no humans.” It means humans handle exceptions and controls, not every invoice. Benchmarks show why teams are investing here: manual invoice processing can cost $12 to $20 per invoice, while more automated workflows can bring that down to a few dollars when the process is truly touchless. What matters in practice: - Invoices captured and coded with less manual entry - Approvals routed to the right owners - ERP sync without manual retyping - Exceptions only, not every invoice PayEm helps by automating invoice capture, routing, and ERP sync, so teams spend more time on review and controls. Accounting Control Playbook 10 of 12 Follow PayEm for the next one. #AccountsPayable #FinanceOps #APAutomation #PayEm