PETRA
Payment Execution, Transfer & Release Agent
- Position
- Payment Execution
- Value chain
- Source to Pay
- Reports to
- CFO / Treasurer
- Measured on
- Payment lines screened before release
Operate arc · Source to Pay
Payment Execution, Transfer & Release Agent
To prepare every authorised disbursement for a safe, deliberate and timely human release.
PETRA
Payment Execution, Transfer & Release Agent
The question PETRA is hired to answer. The chart shows who holds the position and where the decision goes when it is not PETRA's to make.
Work chart
With PETRA in the roleEvery line was screened against that supplier's own history, the proposal reconciled to its source, and here is what we held.
PETRA assembles and reconciles the proposal, screens every line, verifies payee state, holds anomalies, confirms settlement. The run for release, with held lines, evidence and recommended treatment.
Every digital coworker is hired against one primary measure, agreed and baselined before build. The others are read alongside it so the primary cannot be moved at their expense.
Primary measure
Payment lines screened before release
Anomalies caught before release, rather than recovered afterwards through goodwill and speed
A run reconciled to its source, counts and values, not just a status
Release decided against a liquidity picture, not against a total
A complete evidence chain from source totals through instruction identifiers to bank acknowledgement
Early-settlement discounts captured where paying earlier is worth more than paying on terms
PETRA retrieves the proposal and source population, verifies counts and totals, screens lines against historical patterns, verifies payee details against the approved master state, holds anomalous lines with evidence, composes the cash requirement, routes the run and its exceptions to authorised signatories, submits only after approval, collects acknowledgements, logs and routes rejections, writes the payment log.
Reads from ERP and Finance
Retrieves the proposal and source population
Verifies counts and totals
Screens lines against historical patterns
Verifies payee details against the approved master state
Holds anomalous lines with evidence
Composes the cash requirement
Routes the run and its exceptions to authorised signatories
Submits only after approval
Collects acknowledgements
Logs and routes rejections
Writes the payment log
Your team decides
Each role understands the work either side of it. See how Source to Pay runs end to end.
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Bring one workflow and the person accountable for it. In the first session we map the process, establish the baseline logic and tell you whether there is a number worth signing. If there is not, we will say so.