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Expense Approvals Submit. Review. Approve.

Replace manual expense forms and scattered receipts with structured digital submissions, approval routing, supporting documents and clear expense status.

Discuss Your Expense Process
01

Digital Expenses

02

Receipt Capture

03

Approval Routing

04

Expense Visibility

01

Overview

DIGITIZE EXPENSE REQUESTS

Give employee and business expenses a clear workflow.

Expense submissions can involve forms, receipts, spreadsheets, emails and repeated follow-up between employees, managers and finance.

Expense approval automation provides a structured process for submitting expenses, attaching evidence, applying approval rules and moving authorized expenses toward finance processing.

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Capabilities

EXPENSE WORKFLOW CAPABILITIES

Manage expense submissions from one structured process.

01

Digital Submission

Allow employees to submit expense information through a structured interface.

02

Expense Categories

Organize expenses using business-defined categories and classifications.

03

Receipt Attachments

Keep receipts and supporting evidence connected to expense records.

04

Manager Approval

Route expenses to appropriate managers or business owners.

05

Amount Rules

Apply additional approvals according to defined expense thresholds.

06

Finance Review

Include finance verification or review where required.

07

Comments

Capture relevant review and approval comments within the process.

08

Status Tracking

Provide visibility into submitted, pending, approved and rejected expenses.

09

Notifications

Notify employees and approvers about relevant workflow events.

10

Approval History

Maintain relevant decisions and workflow activity.

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Finance Handoff

Move authorized expenses toward the appropriate finance process.

12

Expense Reporting

Structure expense data for operational and management reporting.

03

Expense Journey

CLEAR EXPENSE FLOW

Move each expense through defined stages.

01

Submit

Enter expense and attach evidence

02

Review

Validate expense information

03

Approve

Route through required authority

04

Process

Move authorized expense to finance

04

Expense Information

STRUCTURED DATA

Capture the information finance needs.

01

Employee

02

Department

03

Expense Date

04

Expense Category

05

Amount

06

Business Purpose

07

Receipt / Evidence

08

Project / Cost Center

05

Automation

MICROSOFT POWER PLATFORM

Build expense workflows around Microsoft 365.

Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint and Dataverse can be used where suitable for the organization's requirements and licensing environment.

Power Apps Power Automate SharePoint Dataverse Microsoft 365 Power BI
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Process

IMPLEMENTATION

Automate around your expense policy.

01

Discover

Understand current expense submission, policy and finance processes.

02

Map

Define fields, categories, approval levels and workflow conditions.

03

Automate

Build submission, approvals, notifications and supporting logic.

04

Deploy

Launch and adapt the workflow as expense requirements evolve.

08

FAQ

COMMON QUESTIONS

Expense approval automation, explained.

Can employees attach receipts?+

Yes. Supporting receipts and relevant documents can be associated with an expense submission.

Can different expense amounts use different approvals?+

Yes. Approval routing can use defined amount thresholds and other business conditions.

Can finance review approved expenses?+

Yes. Finance review can be included as an appropriate workflow stage.

Can we use Power Apps for expense submission?+

Yes. Power Apps can provide a tailored submission interface in suitable Microsoft environments.

STILL USING MANUAL EXPENSE FORMS?

Make expense submission and approval easier to manage.

Tell us how employees submit expenses and how managers and finance approve them.

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