Control Map

Five places a purchase request can quietly leave the matrix

A working reference we use to frame trail audits and walkthroughs—not a generic controls catalogue.

Notebook, pen, and papers on a workspace

Map entries

Each point names the usual story, the evidence we look for, and the engagement that clarifies it.

Displayed matrix, live path

The help screen shows amount bands and named approvers. Sampled documents follow acting roles, leftover delegates, or a rule set from the last reorganisation. An approval-trail audit starts with completed requests, not the policy PDF.

One login, four duties

Requester, approver, receiver, and payer can sit on a single account even when the organisation chart looks clean. A segregation walkthrough names the accounts and the compensating control, if one exists.

Master data upstream of the stamp

Invoice approval judges the document. It rarely asks whether a second vendor record shares the same bank account. Vendor-master reviews sit before the trail you are proud of.

Soft warning, hard spend

Budget screens print a message users can click past. Commitment testing asks whether over-limit and split orders actually stop, including year-end and cost-centre transfers.

Emergency path without a reader

Force-approve buttons are not the failure. Unreviewed logs are. Override examinations sample the exceptions and ask who last opened the report.

How teams use the map

Pick the point closest to the debate in your next sitting, then request the matching engagement. The map frames the sample; it does not replace your application data.

Name the application and the sitting

Which module runs purchase-to-pay, and which committee paper you are preparing.

Match a map entry

We confirm whether the usual story fits, or whether a different point better explains the documents.

Book the engagement

Trail audit, walkthrough, master-data review, budget testing, or override examination—scoped to the decision you need to table.

Team discussing work around a conference table