affiliate-payout-auditlisted

Audit an affiliate or partner commission payout run for accuracy before money is disbursed - per-line rate and tier recomputation, double-counted conversions, clawback and validation windows, period cutoff, currency, rounding, and tax-form status, delivered as an audit report with severities and recommended holds. Covers B2B SaaS recurring revenue-share and B2C ecommerce order-level CPA programs. Use whenever the user mentions an affiliate payout audit, commission accuracy, payout reconciliation, overpaid or underpaid affiliates, or a pre-disbursement review, even if they never say audit. Do NOT use for spotting fraudulent affiliates - use mbfinotti/partnerships-skills@affiliate-fraud-detection instead.
mbfinotti/partnerships-skills · ★ 1 · AI & Automation · score 75

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# Affiliate Payout Audit Audit one affiliate/partner commission payout run before release: recompute the math, verify the rules, and report findings with recommended holds and corrections. Assume the activity already passed fraud screening - this skill checks whether the payout is _correct_, not whether it is _legitimate_. No named, affiliate-native reconciliation framework exists; platforms ship locking and dispute mechanics, not a methodology. The method here borrows openly from adjacent finance disciplines: - **Account reconciliation** (preparer/reviewer). - **Three-way match** - platform export vs billing/order system vs CRM, the affiliate analogue of PO/receipt/invoice. - **Revenue assurance**. - **Segregation of duties / four-eyes (maker-checker)**. - **SOX ICFR / COSO** - where the program sits inside a public company. Say this plainly to the user; never present a branded framework. ## Interview Ask before auditing anything. One question per message; offer multiple-choice answers when possible. Skip anything the user already answered. - B2B SaaS recurring revenue-share, B2C ecommerce order-level CPA, or both? - Commission structure in force: rate model, tier method (marginal or retroactive), per-partner-type overrides, promo/bonus windows, new-customer gating, sub-affiliate overrides, grandfathered legacy rates? - Payout cadence, and this run's exact period boundaries - dates and timezone? - Which data exports exist, and what is the internal source of truth: bil