Case Study: ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) achieves automated approvals and cash-flow visibility with Bill.com

ARVO Automates Manual Tasks Through Bill.com's Intelligent Back Office Platform

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) is the world’s largest eye and vision research organization, with ~12,000 researchers, a 30-person staff and a $12M annual budget. With distributed researchers and a paper-heavy back office, AP required routing invoices to about 20 approvers, printing and signing checks, mailing and filing—an inefficient, time-consuming process that drove unnecessary costs for the nonprofit.

By implementing Bill.com’s intelligent back office platform—integrated with Sage Intacct—ARVO automated approval workflows, added wire capability, enabled vendor self-service and gave auditors read-only access. The result: clearer visibility into cash flow and transaction trends, significant time savings (several hours per week), one avoided hire, improved vendor relationships, tighter cash management and more time for strategic work and employee development, boosting retention.

ARVO

Jason Spessard

CFO