Expense Reconciliation: Improving Financial Clarity and Control

An SAP Concur blog post explains the definition, importance and automation value of expense reconciliation. Expense reconciliation is the process accounting departments use to balance the books and ensure payments to vendors and employees are accurate, involving checking whether expenses comply with company policies, are categorized correctly and charged to the right budget lines. The article notes reconciliation helps with fraud management, error prevention and assessing financial health, and recommends automation such as e-receipts, digital invoice storage and app-based submission and approval to streamline data collection.