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User Roles & Permissions

Understanding the differences between Administrators, Accountants, Approvers, POs, and Payments

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Written by Ryan Goetz
Updated over a week ago

Vic.ai has several different types of User Roles, all with different access rights. These roles can be broken down into three different categories of Admins, Invoice/PO Matching, and Payments.
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A summary of the three categories are below, but for a full explanation for each role, visit the User Role further down this article.


Admin Roles

  1. Vic.ai Organization Administrator: Can add/remove/edit user permissions for their Organization. This includes all Companies belonging to the Organization.

  2. Company Administrator: Can manage Autonomous Approval Flows, PO Mismatches , and Configuration for the specified Company.

Role

Manage Users

See & Manage Approval Flows

See & Manage PO Mismatch Flows

Manage Configuration

Organization Administrator

X

X

X

X

Company Administrator

X

X

X


Invoice & Purchase Order (PO) Roles

  1. Accountant: Can access the Invoices tab, where Invoices and Purchase Orders are processed.

  2. Approver, Invoices: Can access the Invoices tab under Approval. Eligible candidate for Approval Flows

  3. Approver, PO Mismatches: Can access the PO Mismatches tab Approval. Eligible candidate for PO Mismatch Flows.

Role

Invoices tab

Invoices Tab under Approval

PO Mismatches tab under Approval

Accountant

X

Approver, Invoices

X

Approver, PO Mismatches

X


Payment Roles

  1. Payment Initiator: Can access the Bill Pay tab under Payments

  2. Approver, Payments: Can access the Payment Batches tab under Payments

Role

Bill Pay tab under Payments

Payment Batches tab under Payments

Payment Initiator

X

Approver, Payments

X


Vic.ai Organization Administrator (Org Admin)

The Org Admin has the ability to add/edit/remove user permissions for their organization, which is found in the Users section of the Admin tab. They can also manage approval flows, PO Mismatch flows, and change company-level settings within the Configuration section of the Admin tab.

NOTE: For more information on how to add/edit/remove users, please see the following article: User Management: Add, Edit, Remove Users


Company Administrator (Company Admin)

Company Admins can manage the following for the Companies they're an Admin for:

  • Autonomous Approval Flows

  • PO Mismatch Flows

  • Configuration

Note, for Group of Companies Configuration, there will be a Company Selector in the left-hand Navigation.


Accountant

The Accountant has access to the Invoices tab, which includes these high-level permissions:

  • Upload and edit invoices

  • Initiate or modify Vic.ai approval process

  • Post, Export, and Transfer invoices out of Vic.ai


Approver

The Approver has access to the Approver tab, which includes these high-level permissions:

  • Reject, modify, and approve invoices

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