20 Best Payroll Integrations for Accounting, HR, and More

Managing payroll for a globally distributed team is no small feat. With countless currencies, local compliance requirements, and manual data processes slowing things down, many businesses struggle to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness in payroll operations.

This challenge isn’t isolated—research shows that over 30% of companies take more than four days to complete payroll processing.

At Deel, we understand the complexities of cross-border payroll management because we’ve built solutions to handle them—seamlessly, globally, and efficiently. In this blog, we’ll spotlight 20 payroll integrations that can improve your payroll workflows by automating processes, optimizing employee payments, and ensuring compliance on a global scale.

With Deel’s 110+ integrations, from HRIS and accounting to expense management and FP&A tools, you can achieve faster pay runs, error-free reconciliations, and frictionless compliance.

Let’s explore how these tools can unify your payroll systems—no matter where you operate.

What is payroll integration?

Payroll integration is the process of connecting payroll software with other systems, such as HRIS, time-tracking tools, or accounting platforms, to enable seamless data sharing. This integration automates tasks like transferring employee data, hours worked, tax deductions, and benefits information, creating accurate and efficient payroll processing while minimizing manual input and errors.

HRIS integrations

Human Resources Information System or Human Resources Information Software (HRIS) functions as a people database, housing company and employee information such as contact details, employment history, compensation data, performance records, and organizational hierarchies.

Any prospective software worth considering must offer both basic and advanced functionalities such as:

• Payroll administration
• Employee database
• Hiring and onboarding
• Succession planning
• Performance management
• Employee self-service
• Localized compliance
• Analytics and reporting
• Time and attendance management

Workday

Workday provides unified real-time insights into all of your people, operational, and financial data so you can minimize risks, make sound decisions faster, and drive agility across the different aspects of your organization.

Integrating Workday into your existing operations will allow you to expedite payments, automatically sync employee data from different sources, and configure bonuses, allowances, PTO, and other payroll elements with precision.

Bear in mind that Workday integration requires a lot of technical knowledge and specialized expertise to set up correctly. So if you're looking for an HRIS that's ready to go out of the box, consider a different solution.

UKG

UKG streamlines employee onboarding, engagement, compensation, and management for large and multinational teams to boost convenience and productivity.

With the UKG integration, you can:

• Eliminate manual data tracking/entries, duplicated tasks, account reconciliation challenges, and payroll errors
• Instantly update changes to employee data like promotions, terminations, marital status, and new addresses
• Enable employees to submit and review banking details, tax forms, selected benefits, and other relevant information about their paychecks on their own
• Get an in-depth audit and on-demand reporting on payroll data as needed

SAP

SAP SuccessFactors is an enterprise platform that empowers you to create standout employee experiences and optimize your talent management processes by linking HR to all facets of your business, from payroll to sales performance.

SAP provides a variety of HR capabilities localized for over 100 countries which you can unlock by integrating the software with your current workflow.

• Decrease disputes and payment mistakes while increasing productivity with SAP's intuitive time-tracking solution
• Lower costs and harmonize employee data with centralized document management and consistent HR, benefits, and payroll processes
• Support continuous employee development with timely performance evaluations, personalized learning opportunities, and compensation review

Deel

With coverage in 150+ countries and built-in localization, Deel enables you to manage all HR admin compliantly regardless of where your workers are located. It also allows you to seamlessly connect 110+ apps, so you can maintain and streamline existing payroll processes by bringing all your favorite tools and people data into one platform, free of charge.

Deel’s capabilities and benefits include:

• Real-time synchronization of employee data across platforms
• Extensive customization options and process automations to suit your unique company structure or workflow
• Automatic notifications and recommendations based on changes in applicable local laws and regulations
• Pre-made templates for employment contracts
• Centralized expense management and time off reporting
• Comprehensive analytics for tracking diversity, workforce planning, and calculating costs at individual, departmental, and regional levels
• Electronic signatures and document management for filing out and accessing paperwork on the go

Accounting integrations

Staying on top of bookkeeping can be tricky and overwhelming when you're dealing with hundreds of employees, different countries, multiple currencies, and financial systems.

It is precisely these pain points that enterprise accounting software is built to address. While accounting solutions come in different packages, the basic features to look out for include:

• Invoicing and billing
• Payment tracking
• Account reconciliation
• Recording of transactions
• Management of general ledger
• Generation of financial statements

More advanced accounting integrations will also offer budgeting, forecasting, payroll, inventory management, project accounting, tax compliance, asset tracking, detailed analytics, trend analysis, mobile support, user-specific permissions, and role-based analytics and dashboards.

Netsuite

Netsuite gives you visibility into your transactions and financial performance. It helps ensure that no payment or expense slips through the cracks and you're compliant with local regulations, accounting best practices, and internal company policies.

With Deel's Netsuite integration, you can:

• Sync, store, and access all your financial records in one place
• Categorize employer of record (EOR) and contractor invoices and bill payments to the correct general ledger account
• Synchronize tax codes for each line item in an invoice for easier auditing and to comply with regulatory requirements
• Automate tedious and repetitive accounting tasks like data collection, journal entries, invoice generation, account reconciliation, and updating of payment information

Carta

Carta is the leading platform for end-to-end equity management. It delivers the tools and guidance you need to go from building your first cap table to scaling your company to IPO.

Carta's integration with Deel brings unparalleled convenience to the process of issuing, managing, and exercising equity options. You can automatically sync any type of equity event from your Carta account to Deel.

Deel then handles recording the transaction, calculating currency exchange rates, and withholding local taxes. This means that overseas workers won’t have to jump through hoops or wrestle with delayed USD transfers to exercise their options. They can now pay for their shares in their local currencies in just a few clicks.

Xero

Expedite bill payment and invoicing, predict future cash flow, monitor financial metrics, offset expense claims, manage your fixed assets, and accurately track project costs with Xero's accounting app.

Integrating Xero into your payroll process equips you to automatically conduct pay runs, reconcile account statements, and digitally capture, share, and store document data.

With support for over 160 currencies, instant currency conversions, and up-to-date foreign exchange rates, global payment challenges will be a thing of the past. You can even create custom account categories to sort expenses for comprehensive record-keeping.

See Also: Must-Have Features of Enterprise Payroll Solutions

ATS integrations

Applicant tracking systems (ATS) shorten the length of time it takes you to fill open positions and onboard new hires. Using an ATS platform, you can standardize your hiring process and source quality talent while making sure each candidate gets the same level of ease, care, and attention.

When shopping for an ATS to add to your workflow, prioritize tools that offer these key features:

• Data import and export
• Advanced resume analysis
• Centralized data hub
• Employer branding
• Mobile-friendly interface
• Robust search function
• Interview scheduling and management
• Task and messaging automation
• Recruiting reports and analytics
• Candidate relationship management

Greenhouse

Future-proof your company by assembling purpose-driven teams. Build scalable workflows, streamline collaboration, and make every step of your hiring process as engaging and effective as possible.

Greenhouse's ATS integration enables you to automatically sync and push candidate data—role description, offer letter, personal info, etc.—into your HRIS and payroll system. You won't have to waste time on unnecessary data entry, and you can customize which information gets transferred and where it's recorded.

Ashby

Ashby aims to help you achieve your ambitious hiring goals and run your processes on autopilot while retaining ultimate control over the candidate experience.

Integrating Ashby directly with Deel or your existing human resource management platform will allow you to extend the ATS’ capabilities to suit your organization's unique requirements, automatically sync recruitment data daily, and instantly kick off new hire onboarding once an offer is accepted.

Note: Deel also offers direct integrations with other popular ATS platforms such as Lever, JobAdder, Workable, JazzHR, and Teamtailor to support your organization's workflow.

Expense integrations

Expense software and integrations benefit your company by empowering your team to spend wisely and transparently, and making sure bill payments and reimbursements are settled on time and accounted for in payroll.

Some core features to look for when comparing expense management tools include:

• Digital audit trails
• Mileage tracking
• Receipt management
• Real-time spend visibility
• Data capturing and extraction
• Corporate card reconciliation
• Budget planning and forecasting
• Automatic approval processes
• Watertight security and compliance
• Intuitive and comprehensive dashboard

Expensify

Expensify is a full-service solution for managing and tracking expenses across your organization effortlessly. With this integration, you can set up expense categories to align with your payroll types and sync them to your payroll software so they can be settled during the next pay run, once approved.

Employees and contractors can tender expense requests and get reimbursed without chasing payments, while your team retains a clear record of your spending.

Brex

Stay on top of your finance operations while enhancing organizational efficiency with this AI-powered expense platform. Brex gives you hands-off control over all your spending, from per diem and travel bookings to bill payments and subscription charges.

Encourage judicious spending by allocating budgets and transaction limits and issuing corporate cards with auto-enforced controls and 24/7 fraud monitoring. Brex integration also speeds up accounting processes thanks to automated user management, receipts, compliance, and employer information updates.

Ramp

Ramp provides everything you need to manage spending for your global team: unlimited corporate cards, expense limits, custom controls, smart reconciliation, multi-currency support, and configurable approvals.

It streamlines administrative efforts by automatically verifying transactions, generating bills, and assigning them to the right expense categories for reimbursement. You won't need to enter data manually, worry about calculation mistakes, or work overtime to close your books at the end of the month.

All you have to do is integrate Ramp with your accounting and payroll system, then set up your policies, permissions, and preferred workflows, and the rest will be done for you.

Financial planning and analysis integrations

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) tools connect your financial data across payroll, accounting, CRM, and more. In return, you gain clearer insights into headcount costs, budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning decisions.

While FP&A solutions vary in terms of what they bring to the table, there are some defining components that any good option must have. They include:

• Scenario analysis
• Task automation
• Collaborative ability
• Financial modeling and forecasting
• Integrated financial planning
• Centralized data source
• Robust data visualization options
• Data encryption and role-based access
• Real-time analytics with custom dashboards and reports

Anaplan

Anaplan empowers you to make confident decisions, increase profitability, and understand the financial impact that strategic initiatives will have on your business. It helps you control payroll costs and optimize payroll operations to achieve set financial goals with less time and effort.

It's equipped with many features such as flexible models, detailed budgeting, real-time collaboration, corporate performance monitoring, and multi-dimensional scenario planning.

DataRails

Leverage AI to automate recurrent processes and transform the way you budget, forecast, analyze, and consolidate your financial data by adding DataRails to your payroll integrations stack.

This FP&A tool lets you work directly in Excel, reducing workflow disruptions and the need for data transfers. You can drill down into critical business metrics and insights, uncover trends in historical data, and relay them to stakeholders via easy-to-grasp visualizations.

Productivity integrations

Productivity tools enhance mobility and help your employees get on the same wavelength by improving communication and simplifying task assignments, progress tracking, and document sharing.

Be on the lookout for the following core features when selecting productivity software to integrate into your operations:

• Intuitive visual interface
• Collaboration tools
• In-app messaging
• Cloud-based access
• Mobile support and offline functionality
• Task management and organization
• Compatibility with third-party apps
• Strong privacy and security measures
• Ample personalization and customization options

Slack

Slack is designed for centralized communication. Integrating Slack into HRIS and payroll software like Deel will enable you to get notified about contracts, payments, expenses, and other important updates instantaneously.

That way you can swiftly issue approvals, take needed action, and share crucial information with your team. Best of all, you won't need to switch from app to app to do it, so workflow interruptions will be kept at bay.

Microsoft Teams

Connecting your HRIS or payroll software to Microsoft Teams allows you to manage your workforce and refine payroll and HR processes for maximum efficiency. You can automatically create or delete employee profiles for new and departing employees, and receive real-time notifications for contract updates, signings, approvals, and payments.

This integration also grants you the ability to set up channels for various teams, projects, or inquiries, ensuring that information is sent to the right people, without cluttering general communication channels.

SSO integrations

Ramping up productivity and maintaining a competitive edge in today's business landscape requires lots of technological assistance. In addition to company-wide collaboration tools, each team has various software solutions that enable them to get work done.

Normally, this would mean provisioning dozens of profiles and passwords that employees will need to remember and keep track of to gain access to their tools and data.

SSO tools eliminate this complication by allowing employees to use a single set of login credentials for all their applications. It becomes easier and faster for your IT team to resolve tickets, control access to applications, monitor app usage trends, and safeguard sensitive data.

With that in mind, these are some essential criteria to look for in SSO software to see to it that you end up with the best solution for your enterprise:

• User-friendly experience with mobile support
• Advanced security and authentication protocol
• Scalable infrastructure
• Global regulatory compliance
• Conditions access policies
• Comprehensive audit trail, report, and analytics
• Extensive ready-made and custom app integrations

Okta

Okta's easy-to-integrate SSO platform is compatible with over 7,000 applications and identity providers, allowing you to scale effortlessly and securely manage and authenticate access regardless of the tools you use.

With cloud and mobile support, your employees, contractors, and partners can stay on top of their game and drive innovation from anywhere, on any device.

OpenID Connect

OpenID Connect is an identity authentication protocol that simplifies the user verification process and ends the need to set, store, and manage multiple passwords. It helps you create a uniform system for authenticating and authorizing your employees’ access to company-related digital services.

OneLogin

OneLogin's identity and access management platform enables users to securely sign in to their corporate apps in the cloud and beyond with one click. It provides capabilities for protecting data while enhancing workforce productivity such as multi-factor authentication, password policies, social login, application launch links, delegated administration, and multiple login functionality.

Note: In addition to the above, Deel offers other alternative SSO integrations, including SAML, JumpCloud, and Azure AD.

Custom integrations

Implementing custom integrations can dramatically increase organizational efficiency, by reducing double work or manual data entry. You'll be able to connect various tools, websites, or platforms, and share data across your entire infrastructure in ways that align with your unique requirements and workflows.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) make custom integrations possible, of which there are plenty to choose from. Some essential capabilities include:

• Security against common system vulnerabilities
• Comprehensive documentation
• Scalable infrastructure
• Responsive, quality support
• Strong authentication and authorization mechanisms

Deel API

Deel's powerful API is everything you need to optimize your finance, HRIS, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and create flexible solutions that seamlessly merge and streamline your existing processes.

It's designed to scale with you as you grow, so you never have to worry about experiencing difficulties managing large-scale data.

Deel API provides a rich spectrum of features and functions to drive efficiency across your organization and give your teams unhindered access to the technology they need. They include:

• Dedicated support throughout the implementation process and beyond
• Development tools for custom app and integration builds
• Detailed documentation
• Capabilities for provisioning, managing, and de-provisioning users
• Advanced automations for global payroll and workforce management
• Fully customizable solutions for creating cohesive experiences for your teams
• Compatibility with a wide range of platforms from in-house systems to third-party software

Facilitate fast, error-free global payroll processes with Deel

The right payroll integrations can be game-changing for your business, improving efficiency, freeing up precious resources, and minimizing the risk of errors, which translates into significant cost savings.

You can automate time-consuming payroll and HR processes by incorporating HRIS, accounting, SSO, expense, productivity, ATS, and financial planning and analysis integrations into your workflow.

Deel Global Payroll software helps you navigate the complex domain of running remote, hybrid, and globally distributed teams by handling local compliance, tax reporting, and payment delivery for your enterprise.

With powerful API and a growing library of pre-built app integrations, Deel delivers unmatched flexibility for cross-border, cross-entity hiring and payroll management.

Ready to streamline your payroll setup? Schedule your free demo to learn more about what Deel Global Payroll can do for you.