03 · Rebates

Every rebate, every kickback, in the open ledger

Transparency, accountability, and real-time visibility — applied to the rebate flow that usually hides in spreadsheets. When a vendor pays a rebate, Origen posts it to an open ledger visible to finance, the assigned PM, and the auditor, with the PM's share auto-calculated from policy.

Why transparent rebates?

In most procurement systems, volume bonuses and supplier rebates quietly accrue to whoever shouts loudest at quarter-end. That opacity is exactly where margin leakage hides. Origen makes three changes:

  • Posted on receipt. Every rebate writes to sq_incentive_ledger with the vendor, PM, project and amount.
  • PM share split out. The default share is set in policy and applied automatically — no spreadsheet, no quarter-end argument.
  • Visible to four parties. Finance, the PM, the auditor and the executive dashboard all see the same ledger row.

Tied to confirmed alerts

If a confirmed alert exposes a kickback — i.e. a vendor paid a rebate that wasn’t in the contract — the rebate row links back to the alert that surfaced it. The chain is auditable end to end, and finance can hold the invoice until the rebate is returned to the org.

Live ledger · this month

Tema-Aflao Phase 2

  • Petro-Gold Ltd

    PM share · GHS 1,860

    GHS 12,400
  • Volta Lumber

    PM share · GHS 930

    GHS 6,200
  • Accra Steel Co.

    PM share · GHS 2,810

    GHS 18,750
Monthly totalGHS 37,350