Though being ranked next to the Kanjo-bugyo post in the Kanjo-sho office, this post was not under the Kanjo-bugyo post but under Roju's direct supervision (the second-highest post in the Bakufu government).
勘定所内では勘定奉行に次ぐ地位であったが、勘定奉行の次席ではなく老中直属の機関である。