Practical guidance on controlling how your company moves money.
Sourced, specific, and built to be used — not just read. Start with a topic below, or take the Readiness Check to see where your own controls stand.
Five areas, one underlying system.
Every topic below connects back to the same sequence: REQUEST → FREEZE → VERIFY → APPROVE → DOCUMENT → PAY.
Payment Controls
Build stronger controls around how payment decisions are made.
Browse →Vendor Verification & Payment Changes
Reduce the risk of unauthorized vendor and banking changes.
Browse →Accounts Payable Controls
Create repeatable checks around invoices and payment obligations.
Browse →Payment Approval & Authorization
Clarify who can request, approve, release and document payments.
Browse →Payment Fraud & Incident Response
Know what to do when something doesn’t look right.
Browse →Construction-specific payment control guidance.
Subcontractor draws, change orders, progress payments, and retainage all show up inside these topics — but if you want the construction-specific view first, start on the Construction page.
Go to the Construction pageFree checklists and tools
Several of the artefacts referenced in these guides — including the Vendor Bank-Change Checklist — are free to use, with no email required.
See the checklistKnow where your own controls stand.
A free, five-minute check across the same topics covered here.