(b) Goods Received
Goods are sent to the person who ordered them. If a packing slip is included it may be matched to the invoice when it arrives. The packing slip is not critical to the payments process and may be retained by the orderer for their records.
4. The Payment Process
(3) Invoice Authorisation
Invoices go directly to the Toontown office. The reception staff match the invoices to the yellow copy of the order. Any problems are referred to Daphne for resolution. There are very few occasions where invoices arc sent directly to other council sites. If they are the}
forwarded to Toontown.
The invoice and attached order are then sent to the ordering person for coding and SIgning to signify that the goods have been received and invoice details arc correct. The mv oice is counter signed by the manager of the ordering person as authorisation for payment where the person does not have delegated authority.
Invoices are returned to Daphne or Velma who check that the ordenng person and appropriate manager have signed the invoice. Daphne does not have a COpy of the current delegation but says she is aware of the delegations various staff have. The check focuses on staff with smaller limits as these are the ones more likely to exceed their limit.
Daphne and Velma perform no check of coding to ensure that costs have been put into the appropriate expenditure codes but will query any coding that looks unusual. The system will however not accept invalid codes. It is the responsibility of the ordering officer and the authorising manager to ensure that invoices are correctly coded.
It is also the responsibility of the authorising person to check the invoice details but Daphne and Velma will check add a handwritten invoice or any that look unusual. They will also check the total per the invoice agrees to the amounts allocated to various codes b~ the authorising person.
Management receive monthly financial reports that include a status report of cost codes to budget. If the manager believes there has been an error in coding they can get a detailed printout from the system that shows the individual invoices put to each expenditure code.