Question 760
After resolving this Dynamics 365 Finance case: A new vendor bank account is accepted from an unverified email and inserted directly into the next payment run. What preventive control belongs in the operating procedure?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Enforce independent bank change validation and callback evidence. This prevents recurrence of the identified mechanism: Vendor master bank changes are high-risk payment data and distinct from invoice approval. Validate the control by checking: Unapproved bank details cannot generate a payment file until validated.
Incorrect Answers
Require source invoice and reason codes on vendor credit notes. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: A vendor credit memo is approved for a returned service charge, but the accountant enters it as an additional debit invoice. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Vendor master bank changes are high-risk payment data and distinct from invoice approval.
Reconcile due-to and due-from accounts after centralized payment batches. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: Central finance pays invoices for subsidiary companies, but the central payment journal does not create intercompany due-to/due-from balances. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Vendor master bank changes are high-risk payment data and distinct from invoice approval.
Run a recurring invoice population reconciliation each month. That safeguard is aimed at a different risk: A regular vendor bills a fixed facilities fee monthly, but invoice staff enter it manually and miss a period. It does not most directly prevent recurrence of: Vendor master bank changes are high-risk payment data and distinct from invoice approval.