How to Track SLA on Financial Approvals

Tracking SLA on financial approvals means seeing exactly how long a request spends at each approval stage — not just an overall sense that "approvals take too long." In Jestor, this runs through native SLA tracking applied directly to approval cards.

Finance teams often know approvals are slow without knowing where. SLA tracking turns that vague feeling into a stage-by-stage breakdown that actually points to the fix.

What makes approval delays hard to diagnose

An overall sense of slowness with no data on which stage is the problem
Different approvers, different average response times, with no visibility
No alert when a request has been pending longer than expected
Delays that shift over time, making them hard to track by memory

How SLA tracking works on approvals

Every stage of the approval records exactly how long a request spent there
Opening a card shows the full timing breakdown — a real "X-ray" of the approval
Patterns across many requests reveal which approver or stage is consistently slow
This data can feed dashboards without a separate manual report

Why Jestor fits this use case

SLA tracking is automatic — no manual timestamp logging required
Applies to any approval flow, from expenses to contracts to purchases
Gives finance leadership concrete data instead of anecdotal complaints
Works alongside alçada-based routing, on the same card

SLA insight	What it reveals
Time per stage	Exactly where a request slows down
Patterns across requests	Which approver or step is the bottleneck

Video Tutorial: See It in Action

🎥 Video Tutorial: SLA: Controle de tempo de cada etapa da sua operação

See how SLA time-per-stage tracking works on any process, including approvals.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does SLA tracking require setting up a separate report? No, it's automatic and can feed dashboards directly. More at jestor.com.

Can SLA data show a specific approver's average time? Yes, patterns across requests reveal this over time.

Does SLA tracking apply only to financial approvals? No, it applies to any process built on Jestor's cards.

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