{
  "id": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
  "_kind": "Workflow",
  "_file": "workflows/workflows/workflows-finance-deep.yaml",
  "_cluster": "workflows",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "Accounts Payable Cycle",
    "workflowKind": "operational",
    "triggerType": "scheduled",
    "typicalCadence": "weekly",
    "complexity": "single-team",
    "description": "Manages the end-to-end accounts payable process -- receiving and\nvalidating vendor invoices against purchase orders and receiving records,\nperforming three-way matching to detect pricing discrepancies and quantity\nmismatches, routing invoices through approval hierarchies based on amount\nthresholds and cost-center ownership, scheduling payments to optimize cash\nflow while capturing early-payment discounts, processing payment batches\nvia ACH, wire, and check runs, reconciling vendor statements against\ninternal AP ledger balances, and maintaining vendor master data with\ncurrent payment terms and banking details. Produces weekly payment batch\nsummaries and AP aging reports. Excludes vendor contract negotiation.\n"
  },
  "outgoingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "role:planner",
      "kind": "involves_role",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "role:engineering-manager",
      "kind": "involves_role",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "skill-area:python-data-pipelines",
      "kind": "requires_skill_area",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "domain:finance",
      "kind": "applies_to_domain",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "domain:operations",
      "kind": "applies_to_domain",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "responsibility:cost-optimization",
      "kind": "triggers_responsibility",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "responsibility:vendor-evaluation",
      "kind": "triggers_responsibility",
      "attributes": {}
    },
    {
      "from": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "to": "org-unit:finance-team",
      "kind": "performed_by_org_unit",
      "attributes": {}
    }
  ],
  "incomingEdges": [
    {
      "from": "tool:mollie",
      "to": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "low",
        "evidence": "Payment and payout records can inform finance operations."
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:ramp",
      "to": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "high",
        "evidence": "Expense and procurement workflows map to accounts payable cycle projections."
      }
    },
    {
      "from": "tool:n8n",
      "to": "workflow:accounts-payable-cycle",
      "kind": "supports_work",
      "attributes": {
        "confidence": "medium",
        "evidence": "Automation can connect finance approvals, procurement, and accounting workflows."
      }
    }
  ]
}