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Manage Payroll user accounts

  • Updated on Jun 23, 2026
  • Published on May 18, 2026
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If you are an administrator, you are able to create, edit, and delete other users.

Access payroll users

  1. Select Settings > Manage users.

  2. Select the Payroll access users tab.

If you are a Bureau user, you can also impersonate other users. See Bureau user management & impersonation.

Create a payroll access user

Use this to add a user with payroll access who does not have an existing HR account in Cintra People.

  1. From the Payroll access users tab, select Create payroll user.

  2. Enter the user's Forename, Surname, and Email.

  1. Select a user role from the Payroll section. Hover over the ⓘ icon next to each role for a description.

Note: If you are using Cintra People Payroll as a standalone product, you can assign a user role from the Groups section instead of the Payroll section. See Cintra Groups.  

  1. Optionally assign an Additional role (Payment Authorisation or Payroll Approval).

  2. Optionally assign an Admin role:

    • User Administrator: can create and manage user accounts, change user roles, and manage payroll access.

    • HR Manager: handles HR onboarding and employee management (in the integrated Cintra People solution).

    • Expenses Manager: relates to the Expenses product, a future addition to Cintra People.

      • The HR Manager and Expenses Manager roles only need to be assigned to the initial user in each of these modules. After this, user roles can be assigned in the respective modules.

  3. Select the payrolls to assign from the Assigned payrolls dropdown.

    • If you are selecting payroll permissions, you must add at least one payroll.

  4. Select Create. The user will receive a welcome email with login instructions.

Edit a payroll access user

From the Payroll access users tab, select the user from the Payroll access users list.

As well as changing access / permissions, the user’s name or contact details, you can also reset their authentication (e.g. if they lose their phone). See Reset a user’s authentication.

Delete a payroll access user

  1. From the Payroll access users tab, select the user from the Payroll access users list.

  2. Select Delete user.

  3. A confirmation prompt appears. Select Delete to confirm.

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