How to Add Approval Flow to Pento

Adding a flow

The approval flow enables you to set up a list of people who will need to approve payroll before it can be submitted for final payment. If a user is added to the list, their approval is mandatory to confirm the payroll.

To enable the approval flow, please follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Settings from the left sidebar
2. Under the Payroll heading, select Approval flow
3. Toggle on Approval flow
4. Add approver from the dropdown box:

You can add as many approvers as you require.

All Approvers will need to approve the payroll before you are able to Confirm it. If any approvers are on leave, or unable to approve for any reason, you can remove them from the list, and re-add them once the payroll has been submitted.

When you are ready to submit the payroll for approval, you will need to follow the steps below:

1. Select Payrolls
2. Select relevant month
3. On the right of the employee list, select Review
4. Select Submit for approval

You will be able to see how many approvers are still outstanding

Tip - If you hover over Approvals: 0/1 you will be able to see which approvals are pending 

Frequently Asked Questions

Will approvers be notified once I have submitted the payroll for approval?

Once payroll has been submitted for approval, Pento will notify all approvers by email.

I have removed an approver, however, I am still unable to confirm the payroll

Please contact our support team who will be able to assist.

I have submitted the payroll for approval, can I make last-minute changes?

If you click Cancel approval flow you can make any necessary amendments to the payroll, you will need to re-submit the payroll for approval once you are happy with the changes.

We no longer require an approval flow, how can I switch it off?

1. Navigate to Settings from the left sidebar
2. Under the Payroll heading, select Approval flow
3. Toggle off Approval flow