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Key results with Spendesk
30% faster international payments: global suppliers are now paid on their due date instead of using early-payment “safety buffers”.
30% fewer supplier issues: eliminating late payments and reconciliation problems.
Streamlined workflows: one person now manages payment processes end-to-end instead of three.
Automatic bank reconciliation: no more manual reconciliation between banking systems and the ERP.
Global process standardisation: consistent workflows across all four international entities.
About AMDT
AMDT is a private equity-backed international company operating across four entities, including Germany and the United States. As a global organisation serving customers worldwide, it requires advanced finance operations to manage complex payment processes across multiple legal entities.
The challenges
When Alexander joined AMDT, the company’s international expansion had created fragmented payment processes across multiple entities. Different systems, unclear approval workflows, and manual transfers were causing major operational inefficiencies across both domestic and international payments.
Alexander’s team was overwhelmed with manual work, chasing payments across four different banking systems while suppliers sent frustrated emails about delayed payments.
The main challenges:
Fragmented payment flows: three different people managed separate stages of the same payment process.
Multiple disconnected systems across legal entities.
Low levels of automation and limited cost granularity.
Manual reconciliation between banking systems and the ERP.
Inconsistent processes across international entities.
We had different systems in each legal entity. We didn’t have a clear compliance framework for approving certain payments.
Alexander FischerBefore Spendesk
Payment workflows managed by three people
Manual bank reconciliation
Fragmented systems across entities
Early payments using “safety buffers”
After Spendesk
End-to-end payment process managed by one person
Automatic bank reconciliation
Centralised platform across all four entities
Payments made exactly on the due date
The solution
AMDT implemented Spendesk to centralise payment operations across all four international entities, with full NetSuite integration.
The complete solution includes:
Consistent corporate cards across all entities
Expense reporting with automated workflows
Invoice processing with approval controls
International payments with automatic reconciliation and real-time tracking
Multi-entity standardisation through global processes
How AMDT eliminated payment delays across four countries
The breakthrough came from Spendesk’s integrated payments approach. Instead of managing accounts payable in one system, local payments in another, and international payments in a third, everything now flows through a single platform with automatic reconciliation, including international payments.
Now, the same person who receives an invoice can pay it instantly. There’s no need to pass invoices between three different people. There’s no waiting for weekly payment runs. Alexander’s team simply records the invoice and clicks pay, whether it’s going to Germany, the US, or anywhere else in the world.
The result: faster payments, happier suppliers, and a finance team with more time to focus on strategic work.
We now pay far more invoices directly on their due date because we can initiate payments immediately, whereas before we had to pay earlier than necessary because we knew the next payment run wouldn’t happen until the following week
Alexander FischerThe results
AMDT has achieved significant operational improvements since implementing Spendesk:
Process efficiency: handovers between three people were eliminated; one person now manages the entire payment process.
Payment accuracy: a 30% improvement in paying international suppliers on their due date.
Supplier relationships: a 30% reduction in issues caused by late payments.
Automation: automatic bank reconciliation has eliminated manual reconciliation work.
Global standardisation: consistent processes across all four international entities.
Improved visibility: real-time tracking and audit-ready compliance.
We can now scale across the entire organisation. We can standardise descriptions, the way we record information, and how we make payments. We operate as one company, not as separate entities.
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