Lightyear, the AI-powered accounts payable automation platform, has announced a new partnership with ProcurementExpress.com that connects purchase order management to accounts payable. The integration provides finance teams with a single, connected process from the moment a purchase order is raised to the time the matching invoice is paid.
Lightyear’s strength lies in AP automation and purchase invoice processing, while ProcurementExpress.com specialises in purchase order management. When integrated through Lightyear's open API, the two platforms complement each other, giving customers enhanced PO-to-invoice matching and a connected end-to-end process.
ProcurementExpress.com offers a fully built PO solution: approval workflows against budget codes, values and other conditions, Amazon punchout, and the ability to manage budgets at a granular level. However, customers processing high invoice volumes wanted deeper AP automation alongside their PO controls to complement its established purchase order management capabilities.
Lightyear closes this gap with a fully built AP automation solution, giving finance teams the tools they need to manage invoice capture, approval workflows and advanced PO-to-invoice matching, alongside integrations with a wider range of finance systems.
Benefits of Lightyear & ProcurementExpress.com partnership for finance teams
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Lightyear saves up to 2 days per week on manual AP tasks
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Get invoice data extracted within 15 seconds with Lightyear
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Lightyear helps reduce manual data entry by up to 90%
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The AP automation platform cuts supplier statement reconciliation from 3 days to 10 minutes
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Keep budget control from PO through to payment
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Automate PO-to-invoice matching
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With Lightyear, scale without additional costs per user or entity
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Lightyear supports unlimited users and entities at no extra cost
How does Lightyear work for ProcurementExpress.com customers
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Create & approve POs in Procurement Express
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The integration transfers the approved POs into Lightyear.
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Supplier invoice arrives in Lightyear via email or system upload
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Lightyear automatically extracts the invoice data
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Advanced features within Lightyear check for price variance, supplier bank details and duplicates
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Lightyear matches this invoice against your PO’s and flags any discrepancies
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Invoices are routed via a multi-tiered approval workflow
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The clean and approved invoice is exported to the accounting system
Speaking about the partnership, Kenny Galloway, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Lightyear, said:
“ProcurementExpress.com has built real depth on the PO side, and that's exactly the layer our customers have been asking for. This partnership means a purchase order raised in Procurement Express flows straight through to matching in Lightyear, so finance teams get one connected process instead of two disconnected systems that happen to sit next to each other.”
James Kennedy, CEO and co-founder, ProcurementExpress.com, added, “Our customers rely on ProcurementExpress.com to control spend before it happens. Partnering with Lightyear means that control carries straight through to the invoice, so finance teams get approved POs matched, checked and ready to pay without rekeying a thing.”
About Lightyear
Lightyear is an AI-powered AP automation, PO and expense management platform, part of The Access Group. Lightyear automates invoice processing and integrates directly with leading accounting software and ERP systems to give finance teams real-time visibility and control over spend, without replacing the systems they already run. Learn more about Lightyear features.
About ProcurementExpress.com
ProcurementExpress.com is purchase order and spend control software for growing organisations and federally funded nonprofits. Teams raise and approve POs against live budgets, buy through Amazon punchout, and keep a full audit trail, with integrations into Xero, QuickBooks and other accounting systems.
