Mary Schaeffer, MBA

Mary Schaeffer founder of AP Now and author of 20+ business books, is the host of the AP Now YouTube channel and podcast. It has over 800 videos, focused on accounts payable, accounting and job search issues. She served on the Business Payments Coalition and Federal Reserve's Remittance Delivery Assessment Work Group, and is currently a member of Nacha's ACH Network Advisory Panel. Schaeffer has been named a Top AP Influencer for the last five years. She also received the Well-Being for Others award from them in 2021 and was named the Top AP Influencer in 2022. She has a BS in Mathematics and an MBA in Finance. Before founding AP Now, she worked in corporate finance and treasury for Continental Grain (Cash Manager) Equitable Life, now AXA (Assistant Treasurer) and O&Y (Financial Risk Manager).