They don’t replace source-data validation, approval controls, or reconciliation.”
For a moment, she said nothing.
Then she nodded.
“I understand that now.”
It wasn’t an apology.
But it was the first sign that she was learning something useful.
By midafternoon, the team had reconciled the remaining discrepancies into defined categories. The corrected records were being processed in controlled batches, with treasury coordinating submissions and confirming bank acceptance.
Human resources continued communicating with affected employees.
Some payments could be corrected quickly. Others required additional verification or bank processing time.
The company
