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O*NET detailed work activityApprove expenditures
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This is an accountable judgment call. Someone has to weigh the full situation and stand behind the decision, and that's you, often with legal or professional responsibility.
Part of Authorize business activities or transactions, under the O*NET work activity group Making Decisions and Solving Problems. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (2 AI-ready, 3 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Receive, record, and authorize requests for disbursements in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment and authorize purchases.
- Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.
- Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates.
- Oversee expense allowances, ensuring that accounts are balanced at the end of each fiscal year.
- Recommend or authorize capital expenditures for acquisition of new equipment or property to increase efficiency and services.
- Approve, reject, or coordinate the approval or rejection of lines of credit or commercial, real estate, or personal loans.
- Prepare budgets and approve budget expenditures.
- Evaluate and approve selection of vendors by studying past performance or new advertisements.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Select or direct the execution of trades.
- Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids.
- Perform administrative functions, such as reviewing or writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, or purchasing of materials or services.
- Prepare and administer budgets, approve and review expenditures, and prepare financial reports.
- Review, negotiate, or approve wind farm contracts.