Agency AP Processor
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Role Description and Responsibilities

The Agency AP Processor is the agency role that:

  • Enters regular and carry forward related invoices, voucher corrections, and issues and maintains disbursements in Florida PALM;
  • Monitors and manages enterprise vouchers;
  • Manages and issues Prompt Payment Interest payments; and
  • Reviews vouchers and resolves exceptions for period end closing activities in Florida PALM.

Role responsibilities include:

  • Views voucher inquiry.
  • Enters, updates, corrects, and deletes vouchers.
  • Schedules payments.
  • Reviews and manages:
    • pre-edit and recycle errors.
    • match exceptions.
    • budget check exceptions.
    • cash check errors.
  • Reviews / views reports and inquiries for supplier and voucher information.

Role Functions

The following table describes what the Agency AP Processor 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

Entering a Voucher Manually

30.3.1 Process Vouchers

APW001

Processing Voucher

Resolving Voucher Edit Errors

30.3.1 Process Vouchers

APW001

Processing Voucher

Modifying a Voucher

30.3.1 Process Vouchers

APW001

Matching Vouchers

Resolving Voucher Match Errors

30.3.2 Voucher Matching

APW001

Prompt Payment Interest Vouchers

Prompt Payment Interest Voucher Reporting

30.3.6 Prompt Payment Interest Calculation

N/A

Processing Carry/Certified Forward Payables and Voucher

Adding/Updating an Encumbered/Unencumbered Carry Forward (CF) Payable (Receipts)

30.3.7 Process Carry Forward Vouchers

N/A

Processing Carry/Certified Forward Payables and Voucher

Creating a Voucher

30.3.7 Process Carry Forward Vouchers

N/A

Processing Carry/Certified Forward Payables and Voucher

Monitoring CF Payables

30.3.7 Process Carry Forward Vouchers

N/A

Managing AP/PO Transactions

Reviewing and Managing AP-PO Transaction Exceptions

30.7 Manage AP/PO Transactions

N/A

Conflicts with Other Roles

The table below includes the roles that conflict with the Agency AP Processor, 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 ConflictReasoning

Agency AP Approver

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 Conflict

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

Users with the ability to establish budgets or resolve cash exceptions should not be able to process vouchers for payment.

Agency KK Budget Maintainer

Agency KK Budget Processor

Agency KK Cash Maintainer

Agency KK Spreadsheet Upload Processor

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



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Other Information

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

  • The Agency AP Processor submits vouchers for approval to the Agency AP Approver.
  • The AP Reporter, AP Viewer, GL Reporter, GL Viewer, KK Reporter, and KK Viewer roles are automatically assigned to the Agency AP Processor and will not require separate assignment.

Version History

Date

Revision Description

05/19/2025

Original Version


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