Philippines AP staffing guide
Keep an intercompany invoice routing log
Identify entity and ownership questions early without allowing AP preparation to determine intercompany treatment.
Direct answer
What this role should do
Build a source-linked intercompany invoice routing log, show missing evidence, and reserve decisions for the intercompany accounting owner.
Start the intercompany invoice routing log with source evidence
A shared-services charge names one entity in the file and another in the email instructions. Define the queue, period, company entity, source systems, and the event that starts the clock before assigning work.
Retain source file, sender, named entities, agreement reference, period, currency, receiving queue, conflicts, accounting owner, decision, and posting reference. Keep missing or conflicting fields visible instead of filling them from memory.
Separate preparation from authority
An outsourced AP specialist may gather approved records, compare observable fields, update factual status, and route questions. The intercompany accounting owner retains policy, approval, accounting judgment, master-data changes, and payment authority.
Use plain states such as received, checked, waiting for evidence, with owner, decided, and closed. Record every correction and handoff.
Test exceptions and replay the result
Choose awkward cases before launch and ask a second reviewer to reconstruct the outcome from the retained packet without an oral explanation.
For acceptance, cover clear charges, conflicting entities, missing agreements, duplicates, reversals, allocations, and wrong periods. If the reviewers differ, repair the rule, example, access, or escalation path before scaling the queue.
Common questions
Accounts payable virtual assistant FAQs
What can outsourced AP support do with this intercompany invoice routing log?
Support can collect approved records, compare observable fields, maintain factual status, and route exceptions. The intercompany accounting owner keeps decisions and authorization.
How should the routine be tested?
Retain source file, sender, named entities, agreement reference, period, currency, receiving queue, conflicts, accounting owner, decision, and posting reference, then cover clear charges, conflicting entities, missing agreements, duplicates, reversals, allocations, and wrong periods.
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