Accounts Payable Audit & Cash Flow Optimisation
Profit Recovery is a strategic accounts payable audit designed to identify and recover amounts unduly paid to suppliers, including duplicate payments, unclaimed credit notes, omitted VAT deductions and contractual billing discrepancies. In a context of increasing transaction volumes and operational complexity, such anomalies often remain undetected in day-to-day accounting processes, resulting in hidden financial leakage.
Profit Recovery does not reduce your costs – it recovers funds already paid and immediately improves your cash flow.
Our Profit Recovery Approach
Our methodology combines financial analysis, operational review and supplier recovery management.
1️⃣ Data Analysis & Review of Supplier Accounts
We analyse your accounting data in order to detect:
- payment inconsistencies
- pricing discrepancies
- credit note imbalances
- VAT deduction omissions
Our review may cover a retrospective period of up to five financial years, depending on local limitation rules.
2️⃣ Validation & Qualification of Findings
Each anomaly identified is:
- reviewed and documented
- cross-checked against contractual terms
- quantified precisely
Only validated and substantiated amounts are submitted for recovery.
3️⃣ Recovery & Regularisation
Following validation, we:
- liaise directly with the relevant suppliers
- negotiate reimbursement or accounting adjustments
- ensure full traceability of all recoveries
Our remuneration is strictly success-based, calculated exclusively on amounts effectively recovered.
Common Errors Identified in Profit Recovery Missions
Typical anomalies identified during a Profit Recovery engagement include:
- Duplicate supplier payments
- Credit notes issued but not offset
- Contractual discounts not applied
- Pricing or indexation errors
- Payment processing errors leading to financial loss
- Local VAT omitted from deduction
Value Added of a Profit Recovery Engagement
A Profit Recovery mission enables companies to:
- Generate immediate cash flow improvement
- Strengthen internal controls within the procure-to-pay cycle
- Enhance supplier account monitoring
- Secure accounting and tax compliance
- Detect structural weaknesses in payment processes
Documents analysed
Documents analysed may include:
- General ledger and accounts payable reports
- Accounting entries
- Supplier invoices (paper or electronic)
- Contracts and pricing schedules
- Supplier master data
Sectors & Scope
Profit Recovery is particularly relevant for:
- Organisations with partially outsourced accounting functionsté
- Multi-site organisations
- Groups with high invoice volumes
- Transport & logistics companies
- Industrial & manufacturing businesses
- Retail & distribution groups
Why Choose BTOBNICE?
✔ Combined accounting and VAT expertise
✔ Strictly success-based remuneration model
✔ Limited internal mobilisation required
✔ Full transparency and documentation
✔ Tailor-made approach adapted to your organisation
Would you like to evaluate the optimisation potential of your accounts payable processes?
Contact BTOBNICE for a confidential, no-obligation diagnostic: contact@btobnice.com