Expense management and payment approval software for Nigerian enterprises.
Maker-checker on every payment, with the invoice and the approval on one record.
Nigeria's 2025 tax reform widened input VAT recovery to services and fixed assets, and the Nigeria Revenue Service is moving VAT invoices onto e-invoicing, starting with large taxpayers. Creodata routes every supplier invoice, petty cash and cashbook payment through your approval matrix, keeps the invoice with the decision and posts it to Business Central.
Payment approval controls for Nigerian organisations, mapped to the system.
Internal audit, external auditors and the tax authority ask the same questions of every payment: was it authorised by the right person, was authority separated from payment, and is the VAT invoice on file? Each control maps to a capability of the expense management system.
Apply the delegated authority in your approval policy
Each supplier invoice, petty cash or cashbook payment routes through the chain set for its department and request type, for example Head of Department, Finance Reviewer and CFO, with an amount threshold deciding how requests are split.
Separate who asks, who approves and who pays
Submitter, Approver, Finance Reviewer, CFO and Admin are distinct roles with their own queues, and every user signs in through Microsoft Entra ID.
Keep a valid VAT invoice behind every input VAT claim
Every invoice and receipt is attached to its request and stored in SharePoint Online, linked to the approval and the ledger entry. Finance can require the supplier VAT invoice or e-invoice document before a request is approved. The system keeps the document; it does not connect to or validate against the tax authority's system.
Pay only what was approved
Payment follows final approval. M-Pesa B2C and B2B payment is built in for Kenya. Paying out over NIP bank transfers or a payment provider is an integration we scope with each organisation; approvals, documents and posting work the same either way.
Approvals within agreed timelines
Durable orchestration watches every pending approval and escalates overdue items to the next approver, recording the escalation against the request.
Books that match what was approved and paid
Approved items post to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central over OData with their SharePoint documents linked, so nobody re-keys a voucher.
Handle staff and supplier data under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023
Access is by role through Microsoft Entra ID, documents sit in SharePoint Online in your Microsoft 365 tenant, and each approval, escalation and posting is recorded against its request.
This maps software capability to common finance controls; it is not audit or tax advice. M-Pesa payment is built in for Kenya; other payment rails and ERPs are confirmed per organisation during scoping.
For Nigerian organisations that must show who authorised every payment.
Payment approval software earns its place where a missing signature or invoice becomes an audit finding.
Internal expense and supplier payments at Nigerian banks and financial institutions, under delegated authority and maker-checker, with evidence auditors accept.
Programme and field payments in Nigeria, each traceable to its approval and its documents for donor audits.
Office payments and disbursements authorised and documented before money leaves.
Different chains per department and request type, one audit trail across the organisation.
Guides and pages for finance teams in Nigeria.
Frequently asked questions.
Is this expense management and payment approval software available in Nigeria?
Yes. Creodata is a Nairobi software company, and the system runs on Microsoft Azure, so Nigerian organisations use the same approval chains, SLA escalation, SharePoint documents and Business Central posting as Kenyan ones. Chains, request types and thresholds are configured per organisation.
Does it support maker-checker and delegated authority?
Yes. Requesters, approvers, finance reviewers, the CFO and administrators are separate roles with their own queues, and chains are resolved by department, request type and amount, so each payment reaches the authority your policy sets.
Does it integrate with the NRS e-invoicing platform (MBS)?
No. The system does not connect to the MBS or validate invoices. It keeps the supplier's invoice with each request, and finance can make that document a condition of approval, so every input VAT claim has its evidence on file.
Can it pay suppliers by bank transfer?
M-Pesa payment is built in for Kenya. In Nigeria, payment through your bank over NIP, or through a payment provider, is an integration we scope with each organisation. Approvals, documents and Business Central posting work unchanged.
Can approval thresholds be set in naira?
Approval chains and the amount thresholds that split requests are configured per organisation. Our reference configuration is in Kenya shillings; confirm naira amounts, and any multi-currency or multi-entity set-up, with us during scoping.
Where is our data held?
The system runs on Microsoft Azure, and documents are stored in SharePoint Online in your own Microsoft 365 tenant. Access is by role through Microsoft Entra ID. Map this against your obligations under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 with your data protection officer before you go live.
How much does expense management software cost in Nigeria?
We quote per organisation. The price depends on the number of users and entities, the request types and approval chains you need, and the integrations involved. Ask every vendor for a three-year total cost on the same basis, covering licences, implementation, payment and ERP integration, hosting and support, so the quotes can be compared.
See a payment move from request to approved, paid and posted, for Nigeria.
Your approval matrix and your request types, in a live demo of the expense management system.