Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver
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Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver

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Article summary

Role Description and Responsibilities

The Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver is the agency role responsible for final editing and approval of invoice transactions before DFS audit criteria is applied. Role Responsibilities include:

  • Reviews vouchers.
  • Approves/Denies vouchers.
  • Reviews related reports.

The Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver also approves vouchers to the next level approver (Audit) as applicable.

Role Functions

The following table describes what the Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver does in each related Business Process and related workflows. The table also describes the related Topic and Activity found on the Florida PALM Topics and Activities list.

Topic

Activity

Business Process

Related Workflow

Processing Voucher

Reviewing, Approving and Denying Vouchers

30.3.3 Review and Approve Vouchers

APW001

Managing Deleted Vouchers

Managing Deleted Vouchers

30.3.3 Review and Approve Vouchers

APW001

Conflicts with Other Roles

The table below includes the roles that conflict with the Agency AP Finance & Accounting (FA) Approver, including separation of duty (SOD) conflicts and system enforced restrictions. If an agency identifies a SOD conflict that cannot be resolved, the agency must submit justification and compensating controls to Division of Accounting and Auditing (A&A) to request an exception. A&A will review the agency’s submitted request to determine if an exception will be granted.

End User Role

Type of Conflict

Reasoning

Agency AP Processor

System Enforced Restriction

It is a standard practice for a processor not to approve their own transactions, thus the system enforces this restriction.

A user assigned both the Agency AP Processor and Agency AP Approver roles will not be able to approve a voucher they entered.

Agency AP Supplier Processor

SOD

Users with the ability to request new suppliers or supplier updates should not have the ability to enter or approve vouchers.

Learning Path

This table shows the available learning materials for each of the Topics and Activities this End User Role will be assigned.

Topic

Activity

Learning Material



Coming Soon

Other Information

This section includes additional information about this role’s relationships to other roles.

N/A

Version History

Date

Revision Description

05/19/2025

Original Version


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