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How to delegate expense reports
Delegate expense reports by routing every receipt to one place, such as a shared inbox or an expense app, and giving your assistant the categories and policy rules. They match receipts to card transactions, code each line, chase missing receipts, and submit a finished report for your approval on a fixed day each month.
How to delegate expense reports, step by step
1. The SOP outline
- Collect receipts from the receipts inbox, expense app, and travel bookings.
- Match each receipt to a card transaction and flag anything unmatched.
- Code each expense to the right category and client or project.
- Chase missing receipts and note business purpose for meals and travel.
- Submit the report for approval by the agreed date.
2. Access and tools to set up
- Your expense tool (Expensify, Ramp, Brex, or QuickBooks) with preparer rights.
- A receipts email address that forwards into the expense tool.
- Read-only access to card statements.
- The expense policy and category list.
3. What good looks like
- Reports are submitted on time every month without reminders.
- Every line has a receipt and a business purpose.
- Your bookkeeper gets clean, coded data.
4. Weekly metrics to review
- Transactions without receipts at month end.
- Days from month end to submitted report.
- Lines returned for correction.
Mini SOP checklist
- Pull receipts from all sources
- Match receipts to card transactions
- Code category and client or project
- Add business purpose notes
- Chase missing receipts
- Submit for approval on the set date
Who to hire for expense reports
Executive Assistant. A full-time Executive Assistant from the Philippines is $1,800 a month through Rekruuto. Every hire works your hours, starts within 14 days, and begins with a 1-week trial backed by a replacement or a refund.
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Related tasks to delegate
- How to delegate bookkeeping
To delegate bookkeeping, give your bookkeeper accountant-level access to your accounting software, a chart of accounts, and rules for recurring transactions.
- How to delegate travel booking
Delegate travel booking by writing a traveler profile once: preferred airlines and seats, loyalty numbers, hotel standards, budget limits, and how early you like to arrive.
- How to delegate accounts payable
To delegate accounts payable, route every bill to one inbox or AP tool and set approval rules by amount.
Questions about delegating expense reports
Can an assistant approve expenses?
They should prepare and submit, and you or your finance lead should approve. Keeping preparation and approval separate is a simple control that protects both of you.
What is the fastest way to collect receipts?
Give everyone one receipts email address that forwards into your expense tool, and turn on automatic receipt matching. Your assistant then only chases the gaps.
Who should I hire to handle expense reports?
A full-time Executive Assistant. A full-time Executive Assistant from the Philippines is $1,800 a month through Rekruuto. Every hire is a full-time professional based in the Philippines who works your hours, starts within 14 days, and begins with a 1-week trial backed by a replacement or a refund.
Hand expense reports to a full-time hire
Rekruuto places full-time professionals from the Philippines who work your hours. Most roles are $1,800 a month; software developers and AI Implementation Specialists start from $2,500 a month. Candidates pass top 2% vetting, every hire starts within 14 days, and the first week is a trial with a replacement or refund.