THE LONG WINTER · v4 — Blue Revision
Approval Limits & Change History
Separation of duties enforced by role: every budget change, commitment and reimbursement is routed by amount, dual-signed above threshold, and written to an append-only history that cannot be edited.
Acting as
Limit $10,000Role-based approval limits
A role may approve up to its limit. Anything above its dual-approval threshold escalates to the next authority for a second signature.
| Role | Scopes | Single-approval limit | Dual approval above | Second signature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production Coordinator | expense | Department Head | ||
| Department Head | transactionexpense | Production Accountant | ||
| Production Accountant | transactionexpense | Unit Production Manager | ||
| Unit Production Manager | budgettransactionexpense | Line Producer | ||
| Line Producer | budgettransactionexpense | Producer / Studio Finance | ||
| Producer / Studio Finance | budgettransactionexpense | Board / studio finance |
Route a budget or transaction change
Approval queue — 0 open
Nothing routed yet. Route a change above, or approve an invoice or expense — those land here too.
Immutable change history
Hash chain intactAppend-only. Each entry carries the hash of the entry before it, so an edited or deleted record breaks the chain and is detected immediately.
No events recorded yet.
Financial guardrails
- Cannot move money or open bank accounts
- Cannot sign tax returns or certify financial statements
- Cannot issue an audit opinion
- Cannot approve its own transactions
- Cannot hire or terminate workers
- Cannot interpret union agreements as authoritative
- Cannot make final tax or legal determinations
- Cannot change an approved budget without authorization
The agent prepares documentation and payment batches. Release of funds, payroll processing, budget revisions and audit opinions remain with authorized professionals.