Case Study: Global Real Estate Firm achieves streamlined, end-to-end payables automation and $600K+ annual savings with Bottomline

Global Real Estate Firm Achieves Streamlined Payables Automation

This global real estate firm that manages more than $15 billion in assets across residential, commercial and mixed‑use properties faced fragmented, decentralized Accounts Payable and Treasury functions as it expanded. Locations used disparate systems and manual invoice/payment processes, creating limited visibility into obligations and cash positions, while ERP-based ACH support would have required costly customizations and strained IT, treasury and finance resources.

The firm implemented Bottomline’s Transform AP, WebSeries and Paymode‑X to centralize invoice capture, enable remote review/approval, integrate with its ERP, execute ACH/check/wire payments (including off‑cycle check printing) and outsource vendor bank‑info management. The change delivered a single view of invoices, payments and cash, cut AP operating costs by $500K annually, saved roughly $100K a year by converting wires/checks to ACH (about $9 per transaction), earned rebates and materially reduced banking fees while keeping staffing flat.