Automate payroll journal reconciliation in NetSuite
After every pay run Modern compares the payroll register in Workday with the payroll journal in NetSuite, line by line, and explains any difference before the period closes.
TriggerAfter each pay run closes
Steps4 steps, from trigger to sign-off
ControlPayroll manager approves correcting journals
Free to start. No card needed.




The instruction
“After each pay run closes in Workday, pull the payroll register by department and pay element. Compare it with the payroll journal in NetSuite for gross pay, employer taxes, benefits and net pay. Explain any difference over $100 and draft a correcting journal for the payroll manager to approve.”
Works with every major ERP




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How it runs
4 steps from trigger to sign-off
- 01
Pull the register
Reads the payroll register from Workday by department and pay element.
Workday - 02
Pull the journal
Reads the posted payroll journal and accounts from NetSuite.
NetSuite - 03
Compare line by line
Matches gross pay, taxes, benefits and net pay by department and account.
Modern
- 04
Approve corrections
The payroll manager approves correcting journals before Modern posts them.
NetSuite
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FAQs
Reconcile the payroll journal to the ledger: FAQs
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Workday, Deel, Xero Payroll and others that can export a payroll register. Modern reads the register and compares it with your ledger.
Usually mapping changes, late adjustments or new pay elements. Modern names the cause of each difference so it is quick to fix.
Yes. Modern compares the register with payroll journals in Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or NetSuite.