One Person, Three Dangerous Buttons
Identify when one employee is being asked to hold incompatible payment-process duties.
The risky part is not the payment amount. It is the role stack. What is the best response to the department head? Split the steps: Mira records the request, vendor master validates, a backup approver signs, and treasury releases. Right. The work can move, but initiation, master-data control, approval, and custody of funds stay separated. Let Mira do all three steps because the audit trail will show her user ID. Weaker. A log helps investigation after the fact, but it does not prevent one person from creating and paying a false transaction. Ask the CFO for a quick chat approval,…
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