In Deel, Organization Admins play a key role in managing various aspects of the platform, from member management to integrations and billing. However, not all admin roles have the same level of access or responsibility.

In this article, we’ll outline the different admin roles in Deel and their specific permissions to help you understand which role best suits your needs.

In this article

• General Deel Org Admin Roles

• Engage Admin Role

• Deel IT Admin Roles

General Deel Org Admin Roles

Deel offers four unique roles for org admins:

• Organization Admin: The highest level of visibility and permissions. Can manage all aspects of the organization. This includes everything from members, billing, group management, and other organization-wide settings, including the ability to create, view, and manage Deel IT functions.

• IT Developer Admin: Can build apps using Deel's API or subscribing to webhooks. They can also set up any native integration.

• Integrations Admin - People: Can only set up HR, ATS and SSO integrations for the organization. Some examples include Azure AD, OneLogin and Okta.
   
• Integrations Admin - Bookkeeper: Can only set up accounting or expense integrations for the organization. Some examples include NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero.

Clients can find a comprehensive breakdown below of what each manager role is permitted and unable to do within the group.

[ACCORDION] Organization Admin

The highest level of visibility and permissions. Can manage all aspects of the organization. This includes everything from members to billing and other organization-wide settings.

People and Contracts

✅Manage contracts: Can view all personal and employment sensitive information, create, edit and set end dates for contracts.

Payroll and Payments

✅Pay invoices: Can pay invoices for any employees and contractors. 

✅Adjust payment and payroll items: Can add or edit payment items, such as expenses, bonuses and milestones. 

✅Submit payroll report: Can review and submit payroll report for direct employees. 

✅Approve payroll and payment items: Can approve items such as expenses, bonuses and paid-time-off requests. 

Analytics and Reports

✅View existing reports: Can view all reports available, such as headcount by country, payments summary and invoices summary. 

✅Create custom reports: Can create custom reports based on available data. 

Taxes

✅File 1099-NEC tax form to the U.S Internal Revenue Service: Can edit contractor's total pay and file tax forms to the IRS. This feature is only available to US-based entities.

Apps and Integrations

✅ Set up ready-to-use integrations: Can connect ready-to-use integrations with apps such as BambooHR, Roots, and Slack.

✅Manage custom integrations: Can create new API access tokens, sandbox accounts or webhooks to create custom integrations.

Group Settings

✅Manage group settings: Can add, edit, or delete groups. The only admin role that can add new groups.

✅Manage group admins: Can add, edit, remove, or delete group admins.

✅Set preferred payment methods: Can select preferred payment methods for the group.

Organization Settings

✅Manage organization details: Can edit organization name, logo and social media.

✅Manage customized subdomain: Can add, edit and delete a custom URL mirrored to the organization subdomain.

✅Manage organization admins: Can add, edit roles, and remove admins from all groups and entities.

✅Manage custom fields: Can add, edit, and delete customized attributes to contracts (such as employee ID, project code, etc).

✅Manage custom expense categories: Can add, edit and delete custom expense categories (such as business travel).

✅Manage milestone contract settings: Can enable the contractor to add milestones or mark milestones as complete.

✅Manage custom document types: Can add, edit and delete custom document types.

✅Manage bank guarantees, payment and refund methods: Can add, edit and delete credit, debit or other payment and refund methods.

Perks and Extras

✅View all perks and extras: Can view all perks and extras available in the platform, such as plugins and hiring tools.

[ACCORDION] IT Developer Admin

Can build apps using Deel's API or subscribing to webhooks. They can also set up any native integration.

Apps and Integrations

✅ Set up ready-to-use integrations: Can connect ready-to-use integrations with apps such as BambooHR, Roots, and Slack.

✅Manage custom integrations: Can create new API access tokens, sandbox accounts or webhooks to create custom integrations.

Organization Settings

✅Manage customized subdomain: Can add, edit and delete a custom URL mirrored to the organization subdomain.

Perks and Extras

✅View all perks and extras: Can view all perks and extras available in the platform, such as plugins and hiring tools. 

❌Integrations Admin cannot do the following:

❌Manage organization details: Cannot edit organization name, logo and social media.

❌Manage organization admins: Cannot add, edit roles, and remove admins from all groups and entities.

❌Manage custom fields: Cannot add, edit, and delete customized attributes to contracts (such as employee ID, project code, etc).

❌Manage custom expense categories: Cannot add, edit and delete custom expense categories (such as business travel).

❌Manage milestone contract settings: Cannot enable the contractor to add milestones or mark milestones as complete.

❌Manage custom document types: Cannot add, edit and delete custom document types.

❌Manage bank guarantees, payment and refund methods: Cannot add, edit or delete credit, debit or other payment and refund methods.

[ACCORDION] Integrations Admin - People

Can only set up HR, ATS and SSO integrations for the organization. Some examples include as Azure AD, OneLogin and Okta.

Apps and Integrations

✅ Set up HR, ATS and SSO ready-to-use integrations: Can connect ready-to-use integrations with apps such as Azure AD, OneLogin and Okta.

Organization Settings

✅Manage customized subdomain: Can add, edit and delete a custom URL mirrored to the organization subdomain.

❌Integrations Admin - People cannot do the following:

❌Manage custom integrations: Cannot create new API access tokens, sandbox accounts or webhooks to set up custom integrations.

❌Manage organization details: Cannot edit organization name, logo and social media.

❌Manage organization admins: Cannot add, edit roles and remove admins from all groups and entities.

[ACCORDION] Integrations Admin - Bookkeeping

Can only set up accounting or expense integrations for the organization. Some examples include NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero.

Apps and Integrations

✅ Set up accounting and expenses ready-to-use integrations: Can connect ready-to-use integrations with apps such as NetSuite, QuickBooks and Xero.

Organization Settings

✅Manage customized subdomain: Can add, edit and delete a custom URL mirrored to the organization subdomain.

❌Integrations Admin - Bookkeeping cannot do the following:

❌Manage custom integrations: Cannot create new API access tokens, sandbox accounts or webhooks to set up custom integrations.

❌Manage organization details: Cannot edit organization name, logo and social media.

❌Manage organization admins: Cannot add, edit roles and remove admins from all groups and entities.

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Engage Admin Role

Engage offers one unique admin role:

• Engage Admin: Can view, modify, delete, and manage all Engage resources and settings on Deel
   

Deel IT Admin Roles 

Deel IT offers four unique roles for org admins.

Please note that Deel IT admin permissions alone do not enable the admin to add workers nor manage workers (people).

• Deel IT Admin: Can only view Deel IT and all associated functionality.

• Deel IT Admin + Approver: Can manage assets (create, edit, delete), create orders within policy defaults, and manage worker requests (approve, decline).

• Deel IT Admin + Approver + Manager: Can create orders and alter the policy defaults, has ability to end leases and agreements, manage devices (end-of-life actions, transfers, clearances etc), and manage device MDM.
• Deel IT Admin + Approver + Manager + Configurer: Can manage IT policies (create, edit, manage workers, change settings), can view Deel IT financial settings and credit allowances, and can submit requests for Deel IT add-ons.

Also, all Deel Organization Admins will be able to take action (configure, manage, view, and approve) on all Deel IT platform functions.

Use this table to understand the Deel IT admin roles and what they can do: