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invoice dispute workflow · Xero

Dispute and exception routing for recruitment agencies with Xero.

Connect Xero, encode the rules your team already follows and move every open invoice toward a documented outcome.

Map this workflow
SourceXero organisation
Policy triggera reply, ledger note or team member flags an exception
Accountable ownerrecruitment consultant and credit controller

Operational fit

Built around how recruitment agencies actually bill.

Invoice pattern

placement fees, staged payments and rebate-linked invoices.

Relationship context

consultants remain close to both hiring managers and candidates.

Primary risk

rebate periods and start-date changes can alter what should happen next.

Exception route

hold follow-up when a start date, rebate or replacement discussion is open.

One controlled route from signal to outcome.

separate operational exceptions from ordinary late payment and assign ownership. No collection sequence continues while a qualifying dispute is open.

  1. 01

    Classify the exception

  2. 02

    Pause the affected action

  3. 03

    Assign an accountable owner

  4. 04

    Resume only after a recorded resolution

Xero data contract

Use the ledger as truth. Add the decision layer it lacks.

DueHello monitors receivables from the connected organisation and evaluates each next action against the configured policy. Connect the organisation, choose the accounts and invoice states in scope, then validate sender and approval rules.

Fields in scope
contact and invoice number
currency, total and amount due
issue date and due date
status and organisation

Evidence remains attached to the decision.

For this workflow, DueHello keeps exception category, owner and timestamps, resolution note. The team can see what happened without reconstructing it from inboxes.

Evidence 01

exception category

Evidence 02

owner and timestamps

Evidence 03

resolution note

Questions before you put it into production.

How is dispute and exception routing used by a recruitment agency?+

DueHello monitors placement fees, staged payments and rebate-linked invoices, applies the configured receivables policy and records why each action was sent, paused or routed to recruitment consultant and credit controller.

What data does DueHello use from Xero?+

The workflow uses contact and invoice number, currency, total and amount due, issue date and due date, status and organisation. DueHello monitors receivables from the connected organisation and evaluates each next action against the configured policy.

What stops the dispute and exception routing workflow?+

The workflow stops or changes route when the exception is resolved, rejected or moved to an agreed owner. DueHello then hold follow-up when a start date, rebate or replacement discussion is open.

Does DueHello replace the finance or account team?+

No. DueHello performs the permitted follow-up and brings exceptions to the accountable person with the context and evidence needed to decide.

Map this against real invoices.

Bring one month of placement fees, staged payments and rebate-linked invoices. We will map the policy, exceptions and Xero data route with your team.

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