Client-approved changes, time and pay data are prepared for the payroll provider.
Payroll operations & accounting support
Keep payroll visible in the books without blurring local responsibility.
A connected payroll rhythm
Payroll should inform the financial view, not sit outside it.
When payroll data is timely, reconciled and connected to the ledger, leaders can see labour cost, liabilities and cash commitments with greater confidence. We make that accounting rhythm dependable around the payroll system you already use.
This is payroll operations and accounting support — not a promise to replace your country-specific payroll provider, tax adviser or employment-law specialist.
The approved provider calculates pay, handles the configured payroll workflow and retains local statutory responsibility.
Payroll journals, clearing accounts, liabilities, cost allocation and financial reporting stay connected.
What the support covers
A clearer payroll accounting layer around the pay run.
The service is designed to reduce accounting friction while keeping local payroll compliance and payment authority in the right hands.
Input & calendar coordination
Coordinate the accounting-side checklist, agreed cut-off dates and the approved information the payroll provider needs.
Payroll journals & allocation
Post payroll expense, employer cost, benefit and liability entries into approved financial systems with the right coding context.
Clearing & liability reconciliation
Reconcile payroll clearing, tax and benefit liabilities against provider reports and the accounting record.
Payroll cost & cash visibility
Bring recurring payroll cost, labour trends and scheduled commitments into the reporting and cash conversation.
Clear ownership, safer delivery
We support the ledger. The right local party owns statutory payroll.
This boundary keeps the engagement useful for international businesses without implying a universal payroll-processing or local tax-filing service.
Finatomics supports
- Payroll journals and accounting entries
- Expense, benefit and liability reconciliation
- Cost-centre or department allocation
- Payroll provider coordination
- Payroll reporting and cash-planning inputs
Client / local provider retains
- Pay-run approval and employee payment release
- Statutory payroll calculation, filing and remittance
- Employment-law, HR and worker-classification advice
- Local registrations and official representation
- Provider-specific legal and compliance responsibility
Payroll accounting add-ons
Published starting points for the payroll accounting rhythm.
Prices are monthly add-ons to the relevant accounting scope. They assume one approved payroll provider and a regular payroll rhythm; provider fees, payments, filing and statutory payroll work are excluded.
The ledger layer
Payroll Ledger Foundation
Up to 10 active employees · one entity · up to 2 scheduled payroll cycles/month
- Payroll journal posting
- Clearing and liability review
- Monthly reconciliation
- Cash-planning input
The operating layer
Payroll Operations Support
11–30 active employees · one entity · up to 4 scheduled payroll cycles/month
- Foundation support
- Cost-centre allocation
- Benefit and liability reconciliation
- Payroll variance review
The controls layer
Payroll Controls & Reporting
31–75 active employees · one entity · regular payroll rhythm
- Controls and exception visibility
- Payroll-cost reporting
- Management accounting context
- Leadership cash and cost view
More than 75 active employees, multiple entities, multiple providers, irregular pay cycles, multi-country payroll or direct statutory payroll work require a qualified scope review. Any additional work is agreed before it begins.
For accounting practices
Add payroll workflow capacity without changing the client relationship.
For practices using an approved local payroll provider, Finatomics can support payroll journals, reconciliations, reporting and workflow capacity under your review process. Your practice retains client ownership, final review and regulated responsibility.
Build practice capacityPayroll support FAQs
A useful payroll layer begins with clear responsibility.
These answers describe the current provider-led support model, not a universal payroll-processing promise.
Not in this Phase 1 service. Finatomics supports the accounting operations around payroll. The client and approved local payroll provider retain pay-run approval, employee payments, statutory filings, remittances and local payroll responsibility.
Yes, subject to approved access and a clear working process. We map the provider reports, payroll journals, clearing accounts, liabilities and reporting rhythm around the systems already in use.
Yes. The published payroll tiers are monthly add-ons to the relevant accounting scope. The final proposal reflects active employees, pay cycles, entities, provider workflow, benefits and accounting complexity.
We start with a qualified scope review. Multi-country payroll, local filings, direct statutory work and unusual payroll cycles may require an appropriately qualified local provider and a tailored accounting coordination model.
Bring the payroll rhythm into view
Start with the provider, payroll cycle and ledger. We will help connect the rest.
Book a payroll scope meeting to discuss your provider workflow, employee band, payroll rhythm, accounting system and the visibility the business needs next.