Procure-to-Pay

Supplier Payment Management

Organize your payments and keep a clear view of your commitments.

With SEMS, centralize the tracking of supplier payments, prepare payments from validated invoices, and track the amounts still due. Purchasing, finance, and accounting teams share consistent information, from invoice to payment.

  • ✅Due dates under control
  • ⚡Better-prepared payments
  • 🔒Payment traceability
👥 Built for Purchasing, Accounting and Finance teams
Due dates & priorities

Anticipate the due dates of your suppliers

Find the invoices to be paid with their due dates, the amounts owed and the associated payment terms. Identify upcoming due dates and delays to organize your priorities.

View of overdue and upcoming invoices.
Tracking by supplier, entity and period.
Identification of invoices that are blocked or awaiting approval.
Visibility over balances remaining to be paid.
Supplier due dates
Supplier Invoice no.Due dateAmountStatus
ABC InfoINV-204504/10/2025$1,250Overdue
Furniture+INV-206104/15/2025$2,430Upcoming
LogiPackINV-209304/28/2025$980Upcoming
Total payable$7,870.00
Payment preparation

Prepare your payments from validated files

Select the invoices eligible for payment and gather the information needed to process them: payee, amount, due date, payment method and supporting documents.

Keep the link with approvals and any blocks to make pre-payment checks easier.

Complete files for more reliable payment preparation.
Payment preparation
☑ Supplier Invoice no.AmountDue dateMethodStatus

☑ ABC Info INV-2045$1,25004/15/2025ACHReady

☑ Furniture+ INV-2061$2,43004/18/2025ACHReady

☐ LogiPack INV-2093$98004/22/2025Direct debitPending

Payment file
Payment approval

Apply your approval rules

Organize the approval workflow for payment proposals based on the amounts, entities and responsibilities defined in your organization. Each participant has the invoices and supporting documents needed to approve, reject or request additional information.

⚙ Configurable workflows👥 Multi-level approvals🔔 Notifications◷ Decision history
Approval workflow
Preparation Accounting department
Validation Budget owner
Approval Finance department
Payment Treasury
Invoice #INV-2045$2,430.00
Supplier ABC IT Services
Status Under review
Current level Budget owner
Allocation to invoices

One payment, multiple invoices: keep the detail

Split a single payment across several invoices from one supplier, or record several payments against a single invoice. Allocation tracking lets you distinguish amounts paid, partial payments and remaining balances without losing the detail of each transaction.

Partial or full payments.
Grouped payment of several invoices.
Allocation of the amount to each invoice.
Tracking of amounts not yet allocated.
Payment #PAY-2025-017 Approved
SupplierABC IT ServicesPayment amount$5,000.00Date04/15/2025

Allocation to invoices

Invoice no.AmountPaidBalance
INV-2011$1,250$1,250$0
INV-2018$2,430$2,430$0
INV-2022$1,320$1,000$320
Advances, deposits & adjustments

Track amounts paid before the final balance

Centralize the advances and deposits paid to suppliers, then track their allocation to the relevant invoices.

Take credit notes and adjustments into account to keep a clear view of the initial amount, deductions and balance due.

A continuous view of payments made and how they are used.
Payment tracking
Initial invoice
04/02/2025
$10,000.00
Deposit paid
04/10/2025
-$3,000.00
Adjustment (credit note)
04/18/2025
-$500.00
Balance due
04/25/2025
$6,500.00
Withholdings & net payable

Distinguish the invoiced amount from the amount to be paid

Show the invoice amount, applicable withholdings and the net amount payable to the supplier separately. Depending on your configuration and the rules approved by your accounting team, track tax withholdings, retainage and the related supporting documents.

📄 Invoiced amount% Deductions🪙 Net payable📎 Supporting documents received or expected
Breakdown of the amount to be paid
Invoiced amount (excl. tax)$10,000.00
Sales tax (8%)$800.00
Amount incl. tax$10,800.00
Retainage (5%)-$500.00
Tax withholding-$300.00
Net payable$10,000.00
Recording & reconciliation

Find proof of every payment

Record the references of payments made: date, amount, payment method, bank reference or check number.

Attach supporting documents and reconcile payments with bank transactions, depending on the interfaces in place, to identify discrepancies and transactions still to be confirmed.

Each payment remains linked to the invoices it covers.
Payment recorded ✓
Payment date04/15/2025
Amount$2,430.00
Payment methodACH transfer
Bank referenceACH 0210 ... 4587
Check no.—
Supporting document archived
Supplier information

Make communication about payments easier

Quickly find the information needed to answer supplier requests: invoices concerned, amounts paid, payment date and reference.

Depending on the access rights and notifications configured, share payment status or remittance advices from the supplier portal.

Accurate information to reduce follow-ups and ease the supplier relationship.
Supplier
ABC IT Services
Invoice no.DateAmountPaymentStatus
INV-204504/15/2025$2,430ACH transferPaid
INV-206104/22/2025$980ACH transferPartial
Oversight

Keep visibility over upcoming payments

Track amounts to be paid, recorded payments and supplier balances. Analyze due dates by period to feed your disbursement forecasts.

Scheduled and completed payments
Overdue invoices and late payments
Balances by supplier and by entity
Advances and deposits yet to be allocated
Pending withholdings and supporting documents
Payment tracking
To be paid$12,430
Paid$28,950
Overdue$2,180
82%Paid on time
Integrated journey

From validated invoice to reconciled payment

Connect payment management with invoices, purchase orders, receipts and supplier contracts in SEMS. Maintain continuous traceability between the purchase, the supplier liability and its payment.

1

Validated invoice

Starting point: the invoice approved in the approval workflow.

2

Payment preparation

Gathering of the information needed for payment.

3

Authorization

Approval according to the defined authorization workflow.

4

Payment recording

Reference, amount and payment method recorded.

5

Allocation to invoices

Split of the payment across the relevant invoices.

6

Reconciliation

Comparison with bank transactions.

Full traceability, from the source document to the final payment.
Other Procure-to-Pay modules

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Complement Payment Management with our other Procure-to-Pay modules.

Take action

Simplify the tracking of your supplier payments

Anticipate your due dates, structure your approvals, and find the detail of every payment in SEMS.

PaymentSupplierAmountStatus
💳Paid
💳To approve
💳Blocked
Payment processing time reduced -35%