What is delegated authority?

The level of financial approval or Scheme of Delegated Authority (SoDA) in M Group Services sets strict authorisation limits upon all employees and their authority in relation to a variety of business activities including financial agreements, client contracts, subcontracts, supply agreements, engagement of legal and professional and consultancy services and payments associated with these activities.

Once determined for a given employee the designated value is assigned to an employee to allow payments to pass through the main Oracle system and specialist modules for procuring goods, services and/or application for payment by our supply chain.

The approval process is overseen by the Group General Counsel and the Company Secretary in the Group Legal Department as well as Finance Directors within the business.

Where is this recorded in Oracle? 

In Oracle this approval value is held on the employees’ assignment page and is more commonly known as the Oracle ‘Job’ value.

This field in the current M Group configuration performs two distinct tasks:

It holds the job function code (7th string from chart of Accounts) for financial reporting and as this note and

If applicable to that individual, it confirms the financial approval value of an employee relative to the Scheme of Delegated Authority (SoDA) 

Changing an Employee's Delegated Level

To change an employee's delegated level, please follow the new process attached (updated July 2026)

Scheme of Delegated Authority (SODA) Levels

SODA Levels are within the document attached