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Concur Invoice is SAP Concur's accounts payable solution — automating the capture, routing, approval, and payment of vendor invoices. This article covers what Invoice is, key terminology, how it connects to the rest of SAP Concur, and where to find documentation and training.
Concur Invoice is SAP Concur's accounts payable automation solution. It digitizes and streamlines the entire vendor invoice process — from capture and verification to approval, payment, and financial posting — so your AP team spends less time on manual processing and more time on strategic work.
Whether your invoices arrive by email, scan, or electronic file, Concur Invoice captures and validates the data using OCR (Optical Character Recognition), applies your company's approval workflow, and integrates with your financial system for posting and payment.
What Concur Invoice Manages
Vendor invoice capture (email, scan, OCR)
Invoice review and approval workflows
Vendor management and supplier records
Purchase requests and purchase orders
Invoice Pay — ACH, virtual card, and check payments to suppliers
A vendor's request for payment submitted to your organization for goods or services received.
Invoice Pay
SAP Concur's payment feature that allows you to pay vendor invoices directly through the platform via ACH, virtual card, or check.
Invoice Configuration Administrator
The admin role responsible for setting up and managing Concur Invoice settings, policies, and approval workflows.
Invoice Payment Manager
The role responsible for reviewing and releasing payment batches.
Vendor Manager
The role responsible for maintaining the approved vendor list and vendor profiles in the system.
Capture Processing
Automated OCR-based capture and validation of invoice data — either managed by SAP Concur or client-managed.
Purchase Request
A pre-approval request for planned spending, which can be linked to invoices for three-way matching.
E-Invoicing
Government-mandated electronic invoicing requirements in certain countries (e.g., Germany, Belgium, Poland). Concur Invoice supports compliance with these regulations.
Professional vs. Standard Edition
Professional or Standard Edition
Concur Invoice is available in two editions. Standard delivers simplified invoice management with core AP automation and a streamlined setup. Professional is designed for large organizations with complex configuration needs and more robust requirements. If you're not sure which edition you have, check your most recent invoice in the Billing Portal or ask your Customer Success Contact.
AI Spotlight
Invoice Capture
Invoice Capture is an add-on for Concur Invoice that uses AI and optical character recognition (OCR) technology to automatically extract key information — such as supplier name, invoice number, date, and PO number — from invoices. All captured data is reviewed for accuracy before invoices are routed for approval and payment, streamlining the accounts payable process, minimizing manual entry, and reducing errors.
Official Documentation and Training
Admin Guide (Help Portal)
The authoritative configuration reference for Concur Invoice, including setup guides for policies, audit rules, allocation, imaging, and Invoice Pay.
Concur Expense: Shares user profiles, approval workflows, and financial integration setup. Both products post to the same general ledger configuration. An employee expense report and a vendor invoice follow separate paths but share the same underlying infrastructure.
Concur Request: Purchase requests created in Concur Request can link to invoices in Concur Invoice, supporting three-way matching (PO → receipt → invoice).
Budget from SAP Concur: Can be integrated with Invoice to provide real-time budget visibility and prevent overspend at the purchase request or invoice approval stage.
Financial Systems: Concur Invoice integrates with major accounting and ERP platforms including QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Xero, NetSuite, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP ECC. See the Invoice Financial Integration Guides on the SAP Help Portal.
E-Invoicing and Tax Compliance
Several countries now mandate electronic invoicing for B2B transactions. SAP Concur actively updates Concur Invoice to support compliance with these requirements as they come into effect. If your organization operates in Germany, Belgium, Poland, or other markets with e-invoicing mandates, see the What's New in Product board for the latest compliance updates.
Check System Status
If you experience unexpected behavior with Concur Invoice, check the SAP Concur service status page before opening a support case.
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