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# Create a custom user role

> Learn how to create a custom user role.

Learn how to create a custom user role.

You can use the standard Zuora roles, or create a custom role for your users.

Click your user name at the top right and navigate to **Admin settings user role mngt**.

From the **View Role List of** list, select the product for which you want to create a custom user role.

Click **Add new role**. The New Role page appears. Here you can fill in **Basic Information** for the custom role.

Enter the role name and an optional description for the custom role.

Select the permissions that you want to set for the role. See one of the following role types for a description of associated permissions:

* [Billings roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/billing-roles)
* [Finance roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/finance-roles)
* [Payments roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/payments-roles)
* [Platform roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/platform-roles)
* [Commerce roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/commerce-roles)
* [Reporting roles](/docs/platform/security-and-identity/administrator-settings/user-roles/reporting-roles)

Click **save**.