Automate HR to Xero Payroll sync
Modern watches your HR system, whether HiBob, BambooHR or Deel, and copies approved starters, leavers and pay changes into Xero Payroll, so nobody keys the same change twice.
TriggerWhen an HR change is approved
Steps4 steps, from trigger to sign-off
ControlPayroll manager approves each change
Free to start. No card needed.
The instruction
“When a starter, leaver or pay change is approved in Deel, update the matching employee in Xero Payroll with the start or end date, salary, hours and pay template. Check the change against the employee record and flag anything that does not match. Ask the payroll manager to approve each change before it is saved, and send a weekly list of differences between the two systems.”
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How it runs
4 steps from trigger to sign-off
- 01
Watch HR changes
Picks up approved starters, leavers and pay changes as they happen.
Deel
- 02
Map the fields
Matches HR fields to the Xero Payroll employee, pay template and leave settings.
Modern
- 03
Check for differences
Compares the change with the current payroll record and flags conflicts.
Xero
- 04
Approve and update
The payroll manager approves, then Modern saves the change in Xero Payroll.
Xero
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FAQs
Keep HR records in sync with Xero Payroll: FAQs
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HiBob, BambooHR, Deel and other HR systems Modern can connect to. The steps are the same for each.
Yes. Change the instruction to your payroll system and Modern keeps it in step the same way.
Modern flags the difference to the payroll manager instead of overwriting it, and includes it in the weekly differences list.