expense approvals

The expense approvals tag covers Microsoft Digital’s use of an AI-powered Intelligent Risk Engine to score expense reports from 1 to 100 before managers review them. This approach is designed to help managers, finance teams, and administrators prioritize higher-risk submissions instead of applying the same level of manual checking to every report. The discussion focuses on practical controls that make automated triage dependable, including clear scoring explanations, audit records, compliance ownership, and continued human oversight. It presents expense approvals as a focused example of how AI can handle repetitive, rules-based work while preserving finance governance and accountability.