1. Project Billing System
  2. Process
  3. Prepare and approve an invoice
Process · Prepare and approve an invoice

Prepare and approve an invoice

Billing specialist prepares the invoice for the contract and billing period from eligible work or a pending schedule. The source junctions retain the time and expense items behind a rollup. Project manager reviews the draft and removes disputed work before submission. The approval rule then names the ordered approvers.

Step by step

  1. Prepare invoice BillingSpecialist

    Billing specialist creates a Draft invoice with lines tied to approved work or a pending schedule.

    • Create a Draft invoice with traceable charges.
    • Updates Invoices, Invoice lines, Billing schedules, Invoice line source time entries, Invoice line source expenses
  2. Review project charges ProjectManager

    Project manager excludes disputed items and submits the reviewed draft.

    • Move Draft to Submitted after the project review.
    • Updates Invoices, Billable time entries, Billable expenses
  3. Approve invoice BillingSpecialist

    Assigned approvers decide the ordered steps. Final approval changes the invoice to Approved; rejection returns it to Draft with a comment.

    • Record each decision; move Submitted to Approved or return it to Draft.
    • Updates Invoice approval rules, Invoice approval steps, Invoices
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
Billing specialist
, project manager, assigned approver, Controller.

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