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== Summary of Responsibilities by Role ==
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==Cardholder roles and responsibilities==
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<!-- Before making purchases -->
! Role !! Key Responsibilities
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<b>Before making purchases</b>
| '''''Cardholder''''' || Make authorized purchases, record transactions in SAP, safeguard the card.    
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<ul>
| '''''Cost Centre Manager''''' || Approve requests, monitor budgets, oversee card use.
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  <li>Complete all mandatory training and forms.</li>
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  <li>Get the proper approval before making a purchase.</li>
| '''''Acquisition Card Coordinator'''''        || Provide training, process card applications, monitor misuse.
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  <li>Confirm the website is secure by checking for "https://" at the beginning of the web address if purchasing online.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<!-- Making purchases -->
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<b>Making purchases</b>
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<ul>
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  <li>Ensure that transactions aren’t split into 2 or more transactions to avoid limits set for purchases.</li>
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  <li>Claim provincial sales tax exemptions for each item.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<!-- After making the purchase -->
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<b>After making the purchase</b>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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<ul>
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  <li>Record the acquisition card purchases in SAP.</li>
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  <li>Verify the delivery of goods or services to the department.</li>
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  <li>Reconcile purchases in SAP before the end of the reconciliation period.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<!-- Security and dispute -->
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<b>Security and dispute</b>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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<ul>
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  <li>Notify the appropriate authorities of discrepancies or disputed items or in the case of loss, theft, unauthorized use or suspected misuse.</li>
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  <li>Protect your card information.</li>
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  <li>Inform the national acquisition card coordinator of changes to your business address or telephone number.</li>
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  <li>Destroy and dispose of the acquisition card and return any associated convenience cheques to the appropriate authority if you leave the department or if you’ve been requested to do so.</li>
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  <li>If you work in the National Capital Region, return the cheques to the national acquisition card coordinator.</li>
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  <li>If you work in the regions, return the cheques to the credit card manager.</li>
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  <li>Use the same acquisition card used for the original transaction when requesting refunds or credits.</li>
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  <li>Ensure that you do not exercise financial signing authority for the settlement of your own acquisition card statements.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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==Cost centre manager roles and responsibilities==
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<!-- Preparing the cardholder -->
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<b>Preparing the cardholder</b>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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<ul>
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  <li>Identify which employees should be cardholders and set reasonable credit limits based on how they plan to use them.</li>
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  <li>Ensure that the cardholder has taken the mandatory training.</li>
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  <li>Ensure that the employee has signed the cardholder acknowledgement of acquisition card responsibilities for an acquisition card form.</li>
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  <li>Ensure the cardholder has enough available credit to cover the purchase.</li>
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  <li>Provide the cardholder with guidance on the approvals they need before purchasing items.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<!-- Budgets and balances -->
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc; padding:10px; margin-bottom:10px;">
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<b>Budgets and balances</b>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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<ul>
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  <li>Provide the business management unit (or equivalent) with the budgets for the purchase of items and communicate them to the cardholder.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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<!-- Reporting and filing -->
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px solid #ccc; padding:10px; margin-bottom:10px;">
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<b>Reporting and filing</b>
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<ul>
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  <li>Appoint a cardholder delegate to reconcile transactions in SAP when the cardholder is on vacation, on sick leave, or away for any other reason.</li>
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  <li>Ensure that any misuse or abuse of the acquisition card is reported.</li>
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  <li>Certify monthly credit card statements for payment, filing or retention.</li>
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  <li>Provide information to the national acquisition card coordinator or corporate accounting directorate, as required.</li>
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  <li>Ensure that the acquisition card and any associated unused convenience cheques are returned to the national acquisition card coordinator upon an employee’s departure.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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</div>
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== Best Practices for Card Use ==
 
== Best Practices for Card Use ==
 
* Make purchases promptly after receiving proper approval
 
* Make purchases promptly after receiving proper approval
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