Roles and permissions
Roles and Permissions You Can Trust
Give each person exactly the access they need, scoped to the whole organisation, a department, their own team or just themselves, and checked on the server for every request.
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Built-in roles
Sensible roles from day one
Organisation admin
Runs the whole organisation and is the only role that approves and releases pay runs.
HR manager
Organisation-wide HR authority, including raising leave on behalf of an employee.
HR executive
Organisation-wide read access plus a small set of delegated approvals.
Accountant
Reads payroll and expenses and can approve, but cannot release payment.
Manager
Sees and approves only their own reporting line.
Employee
Self-service for their own records and requests.
Custom roles
Create your own, safely.
- New custom roles start with no permissions; access is granted deliberately
- Every role is scoped to everyone, a department, a reporting team or just the individual
- Grant or remove single permissions for one person as an exception
- Permissions are checked on the server for every request

Approvals
Approval chains you control
Who approves
For each type of request, choose the requester’s manager chain, anyone holding a permission, or a named person.
Money needs a person
Actions that release money cannot be set up to skip a human approver.
Approvals inbox
Everyone sees what is waiting on them, with a link to the record where the decision is made.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can managers see employees outside their team?
Not when their role is scoped to their reporting team. A team-scoped manager only sees their own reporting line.
Can I create custom roles?
Yes. Custom roles start with no permissions and you choose exactly what to grant, with a scope for each.
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