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Route Bills to the Right Approver with Tipalti's Bill Approvers Agent

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What the source describes

Tipalti's finance AI page describes a set of AP agents, including a Bill Approvers Agent that predicts and recommends the right approver, an Invoice Capture Agent, a PO Matching Agent, a Tax Form Scan Agent for W-9 data and a Duplicate Bill Detection Agent. The page says AI learns from past activity to recommend approval paths, works within existing role-based permissions, and that AI outputs may be inaccurate so users should review important outputs.

See also our roundup of AI for invoice processing for how Tipalti fits high-volume payables.

Result or outcome

According to the source, the Bill Approvers Agent is meant to eliminate approval bottlenecks by recommending approvers, while built-in controls such as approval chains, audit trails and two- and three-way matching keep the finance team in charge.

How to run it

  1. List who approves bills today and what they approve, then paste it into the prompt on this page to draft an approval matrix.
  2. Set up approval chains in Tipalti that follow the agreed matrix, keeping approvers separate from whoever releases payment.
  3. Let the Bill Approvers Agent recommend an approver for each incoming bill, and accept or change the suggestion before routing it.
  4. Use two- and three-way PO matching and the Duplicate Bill Detection Agent to catch mismatches and duplicates before approval.
  5. Review the audit trail regularly to confirm bills went to the right approvers under the matrix.

Try it yourself

Copyable prompt

Help me design a bill approval matrix for [company name], a [industry] business with [number] employees. Here is who currently approves bills and roughly what they approve: [paste names, roles and examples]. Propose approval rules based on amount tiers, expense category and department, with a backup approver for each rule. Make sure the person who approves a bill is not the same person who releases payment. Then review this list of last month's bills and approvers [paste], and point out any bills that would have been routed differently under the new rules. Present the matrix as a table.

Replace the [bracketed] placeholders. Remove client names, account numbers, and personal data before pasting into any AI tool.

What to review

Tipalti's own page says AI outputs may be inaccurate or incomplete and should be reviewed before acting. Check each recommended approver against your written approval matrix and amount tiers, and confirm no single person both approves and pays the same bill. Ask Tipalti which agents are included in the client's subscription before planning around them.

Related free download: 50 AI Prompts for Bookkeepers (Prompt pack (PDF))

Source: Tipalti (vendor product page)

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