A Role Identifier is a number that’s been introduced with Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) to make it easier for you to record concurrent service.

It’s required for each contract an employee holds under an establishment and remains the same for the length of the contract, even if you change payroll providers.

If you’ve yet to on-board to MCR, you’ll be asked to add Role Identifiers to each of your member records on your first monthly submission. If there are any issues with the initial identifiers you’ve provided, please don’t change them as this can trigger missing service files. Instead, please contact out MCR team (This link opens in a new window). 

Please ensure you read our MCR Guidance (PDF, 1.6 MB) (This link opens in a new window) before you create a Role Identifier. You can also see simple examples of how they work in our guide (PDF, 84 KB) (This link opens in a new window).