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What is tiered approval and why growing companies need to automate it

Tiered approval is the process where each request — for a purchase, payment, hire, or expense — is routed to the approver with the appropriate level of authority for the amount or type of operation. Automating this process means the system does this routing on its own, without anyone having to manually decide where to send each request.

For growing companies, tiered approval stops being optional at a certain point. When request volume increases, the informal model — "send everything to the director for approval" — becomes a bottleneck. The director spends hours per week approving $200 requests. The team waits. The process stalls.

Automating authorization tiers solves this problem in a structured and auditable way.

How tiered approval works in practice

• Request with a $800 amount: goes to the department coordinator
• Request with a $15,000 amount: goes to the manager
• Request with a $120,000 amount: goes to the CFO and, depending on the category, also to the CEO
• Request from a specific department with any amount: passes through the cost center owner before going up the hierarchy

Why growing companies need to automate authorization now

• Request volume grows faster than approvers' capacity
• Without structure, approvals pile up in the queue of whoever approves everything, creating a single bottleneck
• Financial auditing requires traceability of who approved what — spreadsheets and WhatsApp don't deliver that
• ERP integration only works well when approvals have structure and organized fields

Why Jestor stands out in this context

Jestor has the Approvals solution with dynamic authorization by amount and cost center, ready to configure without code. With it, growing companies organize the approval process before chaos takes hold — and integrate with the ERP from day one.

• Authorization configurable in minutes: amount, cost center, and hierarchy in the same workflow
• Automatic notifications with SLA and escalation to the next level if there is no response
• Native integration with Omie and Conta Azul for automatic posting after approval
• Auditable history of all approvals from the very first record

Frequently asked questions about tiered approval

Is there a minimum number of approvals per month to justify automating? There is no formal minimum. As soon as volume creates bottlenecks or lack of traceability, automation pays for itself.

Does tiered approval only work for financial processes? No. It can be applied to any process with a decision hierarchy: hires, contract changes, product launches.

Does Jestor have tiered approval ready for growing companies? Yes. Learn more at jestor.com.

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