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Delegation of Authority Builder

Who can approve what, up to which limit. Download the matrix.

SETUP

Structure
NGN
Sets the limits: Manager 0.05%, Function head 0.25%, CFO 1%, CEO / MD 5% of revenue, rounded to 2 significant figures. The Board approves above that.
Approval levels

Highest first. Switch off the ones you don't have.

  • Board
  • Board committee · audit or remuneration
  • Group CEO · groups only
  • CEO / MD
  • CFO
  • Function head
  • Manager
Decision areas

THE MATRIX

15 AREAS · 6 LEVELS

Add annual revenue above to fill in the monetary limits.

Delegation of authority: decision areas by approval level
Decision areaBoardBoard committeeCEO / MDCFOFunction headManager
Annual budget and plan
Capital spend
Unbudgeted spend
Customer contracts
Supplier contracts
Hiring
CEO AND DIRECT REPORTS
REMUNERATION COMMITTEE: CEO AND DIRECT REPORTS
FOR HEADS
BELOW HEAD LEVEL
Pay and bonuses
C-SUITE AND CEO
REMUNERATION COMMITTEE: C-SUITE
BELOW C-SUITE
Pricing and discounts
Write-offs and credit notes
Borrowing and guarantees
ALL
New products or markets
OUTSIDE PLAN
WITHIN PLAN
Legal claims and settlements
Related-party transactions
ALL
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
Policies
GOVERNANCE POLICIES
OPERATING POLICIES

A · APPROVESR · RECOMMENDSC · CONSULTEDI · INFORMED– · NO ROLE

  1. Unbudgeted spend goes one level up.
  2. Related-party transactions always go to the Board.
  3. In an emergency the CEO may approve and must report to the Board within 48 hours.
  4. Nobody approves a decision in which they have a personal interest; it goes one level up.

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