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V4Business Processes
V4Business Processes
Introduction
Introduction
There are several key business processes that are critical to the tasks you
complete in the Workday system. This section provides a detailed overview
of each of those business processes.
Business
Processes
Definition
Business
Process
Types
Introduction, Continued
Business
Process
Types
(continued)
Phase 2
Add Job
End Job
Terminate Employee
Phase 3
Infrequently
Used Business
Processes
You will also receive step-by-step directions for the following infrequently
used business processes:
Assign Matrix Members/Organization
Note: You will seldom use these business processes above. Please review
documentation and consult with HR before initiating any of these processes.
Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
From the landing page, click on Your Name
Steps to
Complete
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Step
3
Action
Click on Organization to which the position will report
IMPORTANT NOTE
When Create New Position is chosen, Workday will automatically prompt
you to enter data for the new position as indicated in next step. Create
New Position routes through three additional stages after you initiate the
process. They are:
Review
Approval
Final Approval
Steps to
Complete
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Step
6
Action
From the Create Job Requisition screen, click on
Create New Position and select Worker Type
Steps to
Complete
(continued)
Step
7
Action
Fill in Position Details by following steps below:
Item
Reason
Requestor
Recruiting
instructions
Job posting
title
Description
Justification
Attach Job
Description
Comment
Action
Options:
Create Job
Requisition>Administrative
(Waiver)>Non-competitive fill; no
recruiting required
Create Job Requisition>Recruiting
(Post) >Post for competitive fill
Create Job Requisition>Recruiting
(Post)>Post internally only
Create Job Requisition>Contingent
Position
Create Job Requisition>Student
Position
Your name
Choose:
Faculty hire
Postdoc hire
Staff hire
Student hire
Paste title from job description
From job description, paste the job
summary and qualifications
From job description paste justification
REQUIRED
Brief for reviewer/ approver
Steps to
Complete
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Step
8
Action
Scroll down to fill in Job Details; see table below for action
steps:
Item
Action
Job Profile
Choose:
Job Profiles
Job Profiles by Job Family
Worker Sub-Type
Time Type
Location
Scheduled Weekly
Hours
Shift
Steps to
Complete
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Step
9
Action
Scroll down to fill in Job Details; see table below for action
steps:
Item
Action
Choose date you would like to make
Recruiting Start
open to recruit for hire.
Date
Steps to
Complete
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Step
10
Action
Change Organization Assignment: This process is used to
assign and change organizational information on a
position/employee such as Company, Cost Center, Business Unit
and Campus Box. The following fields should be populated:
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Click Submit
Steps to
Complete
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Step
12
Action
Request Default Compensation: Compensation Plans are
assigned to all paid positions and will default in based on the job
profile selected. Additionally, benefits eligibility, taxation, and
time tracking requirements are all tied to compensation plans.
Therefore, it is critical that the correct job profile be chosen so
that the correct compensation plan is chosen.
To Request Default Compensation, you must enter either a
salaried or hourly rate depending on whether the position is
exempt (salary) or nonexempt (hourly). Click on the plus sign or
pencil icon as shown below.
Next, click on the Icon that looks like a notebook as shown (See
arrow 1 below). Doing so will launch a small pop-up screen into
which you will enter either the annualized (12) month salary or
hourly rate for the position.
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Steps to
Complete
(continued)
Step
13
14
Action
Assign Pay Group
Proposed Pay Group choose Monthly, Biweekly or Weekly
Assign Costing Allocation
Choose Applicable Costing Components
Cost Center > Reference Cost Center to Business Unit
Mapping Document for code
Fund>Select 1 of 10 e.g., General Operating, Sponsored
Grants & Contracts
Grants> Skip-will be used when Workday Financial
goes live-July 2013
Business Units> Reference Cost Center to Business Unit
Mapping Document for code
Ledger Code>Reference Brown Sub code to Workday
Ledger Account for code
FRS Legacy Account>6-digit FRS Account; type in LC
with 6 digit code-no hyphens
See Assign Costing Allocation Stand Alone Directions.
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Steps to
Complete
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Step
15
16
Action
Once all data is entered at the Initiation Stage of Create Job
Requisition, Workday routes it to the HR Business Partner or
Faculty or Postdoc Partner, depending on position type, for
review and Approval and then to the HR Generalist for Final
Approval
Deny
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Result
Create Requisition and Position
successfully completed
Comment is required
Conversation with initiator is
recommended
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator.
COMPLETED
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Hire Employee
Overview
Steps to
Complete
Hire Employee finalizes the hiring of an employee. There are four stages:
Initiation, Approval, Review, and Final Approval.
Step
1
Action
From the landing page click on Your Name>Your
Organization
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Step
4
Action
Click Related Action icon > Hire>Hire Employee
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Step
6
Action
Create Applicant is where you will establish a Workday record
for the new hire by adding the persons legal name and contact
information. The following information is required:
Item
Source
Referred by
Action
N/A
Provide name of Brown employee if
applicable
Allow Duplicate
Name
Legal Name
Information
Click on Contact
Information tab
Required:
Country
First name
Last name
Must be legal name- Ensure that the
name entered matches the legal name of
the applicant
Required: Home address and at least 1
additional i.e. phone number or email
address
Job Details will default in. You will need to select the
following:
Item
Action
Select employees first day of work
Hire Date
Options:
Reason
Rehire>Rehire>Reactivate Student
Worker
Rehire>Rehire>Rehire
Step
7
contd
Action
Item
Additional
Information
Action
Additional Information will default in.
Select Job Classification as follows:
By Job Classification
Group>Actual>Select actual total months
position is scheduled to work
By Job Classification
Group>Standard>Reflects normal
months of operation for position
o 10-10 months
o 12-12 months
o 9-9 months
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Step
8
Action
Change Organization Assignment: Information will default in
from the organizations assigned on the position. You may update
these assignments when additing an additional position.
Organizations you may choose are:
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Step
9
10
11
Action
Propose Compensation: Information will default in from
position. You may update annualized salary or hourly rate during
Hire process if applicable.
Assign Pay Group
Proposed Pay Group choose Biweekly, Monthly or Weekly
Once all data is entered at the Initiation Stage of Hire,
Workday routes through three other stages: Review,
Approval and Final Approval.
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Position
Manager
Staff (non-union)
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Reviewer/Approver
First Approver
HR Business Partner for Review
and Approval then to HR
Generalist for Review and Final
Approval
Faculty or Postdoc Partner for
Faculty and Postdoc
Review and Final Approval
A To Do is triggered and sent to the HR Coordinator to Assign
Costing Allocation in order to adjust allocations when position
was created.
Continued on next page
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Step
14
Action
A series of notification are triggered within the system, giving a
number of system roles To Dos. These include:
Role
Security
Action
Assign Workday access
New Employee
Benefits Partner
HR Coordinator
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Result
Hire successfully completed
Send Back
Deny
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Important Note
Comment is required
Conversation with initiator is
recommended
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
COMPLETED
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One-Time Payment
Overview
Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
From the landing page click on Your Name>Your
Organization
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Step
4
Action
Select effective date:
Choose first day of upcoming pay period for monthly,
biweekly and weekly
One-Time Payment Plan
Options:
Option
Faculty Award
Description
National Resident Alien (NRA)
Undergraduate Fellowship Award
NRA
Undergraduate
Fellowship
Pay Supplement
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Step
Action
6
Enter Amount
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Currency-Defaults in
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Additional Information
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Comments on Plan-Include Justification
Important Note: Brown will no longer provide hand-drawn checks
effective July 1, 2012. A best practice recommendation for a manager is to
write a letter to the employee acknowledging the one-time payment.
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Once all data is entered at the Initiation Stage of One-Time
Payment, Workday routes to the HR Business Partner,
Compensation Partner or Faculty or Postdoc Partner,
depending on position type, for review and approval.
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12
13
Position
Action
Staff (non-union) HR Business Partner for Review and
Approval then to Compensation Partner
for Review and Final Approval
Student Worker HR Business Partner for Final Approval
A Notification is triggered and sent to:
HR Coordinator to assign costing allocations; HR Coordinator
should do this if applicable
The reviewer/approver selects a choice from list of options
below:
Choice
Result
One-Time
Payment
is successfully
Approve
completed.
Send Back
comment is required
conversation is recommended with
initiator
Deny
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator.
COMPLETED
Continued on next page
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Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
From the landing page click on Your Name>Your
Organization
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Step
4
5
Action
Select effective date:
Use first day of next pay period or other future effective date
Select Reason
Request Compensation Change>Adjustment
Activate Compensation
Allowance
Correction
Equity
Pay Supplement
Performance
Remove Salary spread (exempt only)
Remove Compensation (HR Use Only)
Remove Spread Salary (exempt only)
Summer Pay
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Step
6
Action
Click on the Icon that looks like a notebook as shown below to
launch a small pop-up screen into which you will enter the
proposed annualized (12 month) amount or hourly rate for
the compensation change request under proposed column.
Faculty Partner f
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Step
8
Action
A Notification is triggered and sent to:
HR Coordinator to assign costing allocations if applicable
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Important Note
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Edit Position
Overview
Steps to
Complete
Edit Position edits a position that may be filled or unfilled in the Workday
system. The following are all initiated with the edit position business process:
Full-time Equivalent (FTE), job profile, location, request for a job audit or job
description review, shift changes, change business title, update position end
date, update job classifications.
Step
1
Action
From the landing page click on Your Name>Your
Organization
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Step
4
5
Action
Choose Effective Date-cannot retro date an action in Edit
Position
Select reason:
Business Title Change
Update Job Classification
Update Job End Date
Job Profile Change Request>
Change
Location Change>
Office/Department Move
Worker Move
Decrease Percent Time
Increase Percent Time
Employee Type
Job Profile
Job Title
Business Title
Time Type
Location
Pay Rate Type
Scheduled Weekly Hours
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Step
7
Action
Additional Information: Select Change if applicable to any of
the following:
Item
Location Weekly
Hours
Default Weekly Hours
FTE
Job Exempt
Information/Action
Defaults in
Job Classification
Defaults in
Defaults in
select if position is transitioning
from nonexempt to exempt status
By Job Classification
Group>Actual>Select actual
total months position is
scheduled to work
By Job Classification
Group>Standard>Reflects the
normal months of operation for
the position
o 10-10 months
o 12-12 months
o 9-9 months
Skip
From Job Profile
If applicable
If applicable
If applicable choose one of the
following:
Critical Job
Available for Hire
Hiring Freeze
Exclude from Headcount
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Step
8
Action
To Request Default Compensation, you must enter either a
salaried or hourly rate depending on whether the position is
exempt (salary) or nonexempt (hourly). Click on the plus sign or
pencil icon as shown below.
Next, click on the Icon that looks like a notebook as shown (See
arrow 1 below). Doing so will launch a small pop-up screen into
which you will enter either the annualized (12) month salary
or hourly rate for the position.
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Step
9
Action
Once all data is entered at the Initiation Stage of Edit Position,
Workday routes through two other stages: Approval and Final
Approval.
Action
Faculty or Postdoc Partner for
Review and Final Approval
Student Employment Partner for
Review and Final Approval
HR Generalist for Final Review
and Approval
Staff (non-union)
Increase percent time
change
Decrease percent time
change
Position location
changes
Compensation Partner- Final
Staff (non-union)
Review and Approval
Job Profile Change
Request for Job Audit
Request for Job
Description Review
Staff (union)
Shift Change
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Step
10
11
Action
A To Do is triggered and sent to:
Compensation Partner to update pay group if applicable.
The reviewer/approver selects a choice from list of options
below:
Choice
Approve
Send Back
Deny
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Important Note
Result
Edit Position is successfully completed
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
COMPLETED
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Add Job
Overview
Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
From the landing page, use the search bar to search by name for
the employee to whom the job will be added.
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Step
4
Action
Job Details- Once position is selected, other details default in
Item
Effective Date
Reason
Action
Select employees first day of work for
additional job
Options:
Add Additional Employee Job>Add
Additional Job>
Fixed Term Current and Contingent
Appointment
Fixed Term Assignment
Ongoing Assignment
Add Additional Employee Job>Student
Additional Job>Student Job
Position
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Step
4
contd
Additional
Information
Action
Additional Information will default in
Note: Be sure to click on Additional
Details tab
By Job Classification
Group>Standard>Reflects normal months
of operation for position
o 10-10 months
o 12-12 months
o 9-9 months
Note: Benefits for employee are calculated
based on Job Classification. This field
should be populated for student worker
positions too.
Step
5
Action
Change Organization Assignment: Information will default in
from the organizations assigned on the position. You may update
these assignments when additing an additional position.
Organizations you may choose are:
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Step
6
Action
Propose Compensation: Information will default in from
position. You may update annualized salary or hourly rate during
Add Job process if applicable.
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Step
8
Action
Once all data is entered in the Initiation Stage of Add
Additional Job, Workday routes through two other stages:
Approval and Final Approval.
Position
Staff
Faculty and
Postdoc
Student Worker
Action
HR Business Partner for Approval and
HR Generalist for Final Approval
Faculty/Postdoc Partner for Final
Approval
Student Employment Partner for Final
Approval
Faculty Partner f
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Result
Add Additional Job is successfully
completed
Send Back
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
Deny
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
(3) To Dos are triggered:
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End Job
Overview
Steps to
Complete
End Job is used to end an additional job that is not a primary position. There
are three stages: Initiate, Approval, and Final Approval.
Step
1
Action
From the landing page, use the search bar to search End Job and
click on End Job Task under search results
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Step
3
Action
Additional Information
Last Day of Work
Pay Through Date
Notify Employee By -System fired notification to
employee. Should not replace conversation
Attachments-e.g., letter of resignation; Do Not include
Performance Documentation here
Once all data is entered in the Initiation Stage of End
Additional Job, Workday routes through two other stages:
Approval and Final Approval
Position
Staff
Action
HR Business Partner for Approval and
HR Generalist for Final Approval
Faculty/Postdoc Partner for Final
Faculty and
Postdoc
Approval
Student Worker Student Employment Partner for Final
Approval
The reviewer/approver selects a choice from list of options
below:
Choice
Approve
6
7
Result
End Additional Job is successfully
completed
Send Back
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
Deny
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
A To Do is triggered and sent out for Security to review and
update workday access
COMPLETE
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Terminate Employee
Overview
Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
Access the Terminate Employee task by selecting the employee
who will be terminated.
From the landing page type the employees name in the search
field.
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Step
4
Action
Job Details will default in. You will need to select the
following:
Item
Effective Date
Action
Select last day of work for employee.
Reason
Secondary
Reason
Date of
Resignation
Regrettable
Submit
Omit
Voluntary
Check when loss to organization
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Step
6
Action
Once all data is entered at the Initiation Stage of Terminate,
Workday routes to the Staff or Faculty/Postdoc Partner,
depending on position type, for review and approval.
Position
Staff
Faculty and
Postdoc
Student Worker
Action
HR Business Generalist for Review and
Final Approval.
Faculty/Postdoc Partner Final Approval
Faculty Partner f
Deny
Result
Terminate is successfully completed
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
Continued on next page
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Step
8
Action
A series of notification are triggered within the system, giving a
number of system roles To Dos. These include:
Department
Benefits
Action
Create off-boarding package, change
benefits, provide COBRA eligibility
information
Edit service dates
End Workday access
Delegate assignments, collect keys, etc.
Initiate terminal vacation payout-more to
come
Maintain accruals and time off
adjustments
COMPLETED
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Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
Related Action>Organization>Change Organization
Assignments
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Step
2
Action
Select date on which organizational assignment(s) will change
and organization assignments to be changed as follows:
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Step
3
Action
System routes to the Cost Center Manager for approval. HR
Coordinator receives notification if not the initiator
Deny
Result
Edit Position is successfully completed
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
COMPLETED
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Steps to
Complete
Step
1
Action
Assign Costing Allocating for filled position
Related Action off of employee>Payroll>Assign Costing
Allocation
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Step
2
Action
Populate Worker Costing for a filled position-Worker,
Effective Date, and Position
Worker-Defaults in
Effective Date-Select future, first day of employees next pay
cycle-monthly, biweekly, weekly
Position-Select appropriate position for costing allocation;
select position that applies to your organization/Cost Center
IMPORTANT-No payroll impact will occur on current costing
unless position is selected
Earning- Do not select earning unless allocating for summer
faculty pay
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Step
3
Action
Assign Costing Allocation for Unfilled Position
View Organization>Staffing Tab>Related Action off of Position
Restrictions>Payroll>Assign Costing Allocation
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Step
3
contd
Action
Effective Date: Select future, first day of next pay cycle for
position-monthly, biweekly, weekly
Position Restrictions: Defaults in when this business process is
initiated off of Position Restrictions under Staffing Tab as
illustrated in steps 1-3 above
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Step
5
Action
Choose Applicable Costing Override Components -all are
necessary on unfilled positions
Note:
It is not necessary to override the default organization
information such as Cost Center and Business Unit.
You may add an additional Cost Center as part of a
costing element
If you would like to change the default assignments on
an ongoing basis you must do this via Change
Organization Assignment business process
o If the position is unfilled you must include all of
the costing fields
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Step
6
Action
Enter Distribution Percentage: Each costing element (costing
with a new effective date) must total 100%. See Example below.
Example: The salary is being pulled from two different FRS
Legacy Accounts for the given time period. The Distribution
Percentage adds to 100%-If working with sponsored funds,
refer to Assign Costing Allocation for Summer Pay Spreadsheet
to determine percentages
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Step
7
Action
System routes to cost Center Manager and Cost Center Financial
Analyst for approval
The reviewer/approver selects a choice from list of options
below:
Choice
Approve
Send Back
Deny
Result
Edit Position is successfully completed
Comment is required
Conversation is recommended with
initiator
DO NOT CHOOSE
Note: Selecting DENY wipes out all
data entered. Choose rarely and not
without prior conversation with
initiator
COMPLETED
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