The phrase "a reporting line" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in organizational contexts to refer to the hierarchy or structure of reporting relationships within a company or team.
Example: "In our company, each department has a clear reporting line to ensure accountability and effective communication."
Alternatives: "a chain of command" or "a reporting structure".
A corporate reorganisation left a small division out in the cold without a leader or a reporting line to headquarters.
Santander's risk managers are grilled by the firm's executive committee every Monday, with their independence safeguarded by a reporting line to a vice-chairman.
It is worth going through the pain and challenges of figuring out how to do it from a budget and a reporting line perspective.
I ran the financing strategy organization globally, so there was a reporting line to me from the CFOs in each one of the businesses, and I could set the tone with this group too.
One can imagine that it was easier to get acceptance among the existing regional managers for a model that simply added a reporting line, compared to the alternative (i.e., the model introduced in 2015), which might have been interpreted as a "loss" of key resources and/or a reduced scope of responsibility for the regional managers.
The Panel considered the option of a direct reporting line to the Executive Board but concluded that such an arrangement would not significantly increase the EO's independence.
The risk department had a separate reporting line to the board to preserve its independence.
For generations managers lived with the happy fiction of dotted lines, indicating that a second reporting line was necessary if not formal.
He also suggested other initiatives should be introduced such as "a confidential reporting line for abused concessionary tickets".
Collins has already responded to this issue by giving these staff an additional reporting line to the Clinical Center director, NIH says. .
The city health center was chosen for the pre-test because the FHSIS report was required for the city health center but had an independent reporting line from that of the province.
