In Payhawk, each role comes with specific permissions that control access and responsibilities.
The following table lists the permissions assigned to each Payhawk role.
Permission | Employee | Accountant | Admin | IT Admin | Senior AP Specialist | Auditor |
View dashboard | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View own expenses | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View all company expenses | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View all company expense reports | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Create and submit expenses | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Merge expenses | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Submit others' expenses | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage company expense reports | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View own cards | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View all company cards | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View other teams' cards | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View all company linked cards | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x | ✔ |
View spend policies | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage own cards | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Manage company cards | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage team cards | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage card linking | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage spend policies | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
View available funds | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View company cards | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View reimbursements employee bank details | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
View external bank accounts | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Configure reimbursement bank details | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Manage external bank accounts | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage low balance alerts | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Add bank account currencies | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage reimbursement details | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Create external bank accounts | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Create balance withdrawal requests | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Delete external bank accounts | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View purchase orders | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View company purchase orders | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Create and edit purchase orders | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Configure submitted purchase orders | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View budget data | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage budgets | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
View suppliers | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Export suppliers | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage suppliers | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View own subscriptions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View others' subscriptions | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ |
Configure expense notifications | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Update others' subscriptions | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
View employees | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View Teams fields | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View Teams page | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Get employees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View Assistants | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage employees | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Change email | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x |
Manage invite with SMS | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage team members | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage Assistants | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Download expense reports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View and schedule exports | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View export templates and mappings | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Configure export settings | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Configure and perform bulk import | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View expenses archive | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
View Developer API access | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ |
View external integrations | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View travel trips | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View comments | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View settings | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
View SSO settings | x | x | ✔ | x | x | ✔ |
View Labs features | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ |
Use global search (HawkSense) | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x | ✔ |
Manage compliance and KYC | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Delete KYC documents | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Configure account | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x |
Manage Developer API access | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x |
Manage external integrations | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | x | x |
Plan and submit business trips | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Configure expense fields | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Manage tax rates | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Configure expense field suggestion source | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Manage expense report settings | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Configure custom fields | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Configure supplier custom fields | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage expense types visibility | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Configure per diem | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Configure mileage | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage expense workflow | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Configure expense validation rules | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage card fund requests | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage card request workflow | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Configure purchase order settings | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Manage purchase order workflow | x | x | ✔ | x | ✔ | x |
Create comments | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | x |
Delete others' comments | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Update workflow fallbacks | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Manage Payhawk subscriptions | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
Configure onboarding checklists | x | x | ✔ | x | x | x |
