Payroll Export: Calculated, Verified, Ready for Pay Run
Payroll export from Synel delivers payroll-ready data, not raw clockings. Hours are fully calculated, verified, and authorised before they leave the system, so your payroll receives clean net pay figures it can process immediately.
The reality today
Manual timesheet processing is a Friday afternoon nightmare. Raw clocking data needs converting to pay categories, overtime needs calculating, rounding rules need applying—all before the payroll deadline. Re-key it wrong and you underpay staff or overpay the wage bill. Your payroll system expects clean data, but all you have is messy attendance records.
The Solution
Payroll export from Synel passes finished pay data to payroll, not raw time. Hours are calculated, checked, and authorised first, so payroll receives numbers it can trust and process immediately, without rework or manual intervention.
Calculated Before Export
Rules engine converts raw clocking to net pay hours. Overtime, premiums, rounding—all processed before data moves.
No Manual Re-Keying
Direct export to payroll eliminates transcription errors. No spreadsheets, no copy-paste, no formula mistakes.
Errors Drop 90%
Automation reportedly reduces payroll errors by over 90%. Clean data in, accurate pay out.
Works with Your Payroll
Sage, SAP, Cascade, Oracle, Pegasus and more. API or file transfer—whatever your system needs.
Key Features
Everything you need, built in.
How Time & Attendance Works
From clocking in to payroll-ready data in a few simple steps.
Capture
Employees clock in/out via terminals, cards, or app. Raw attendance data captured.
Process
Rules engine applies rounding, categorises hours, reconciles absences. Net pay calculated.
Review
Managers review exceptions on Presence Information Panel. Fix problems before export.
Authorise
Timesheets authorised as permanent record. Audit trail of what was approved.
Export
Calculated data exports directly to Sage, SAP, Cascade, or other payroll system.
Built for Your Sector
About Payroll Export
The value isn't just moving data to payroll—it's processing it first. Synel's rules engine converts raw clocking times into calculated net pay hours, applying overtime thresholds, shift premiums, and rounding policies before anything reaches your payroll software. Sage, SAP, Cascade, and Oracle receive clean, verified data ready for the pay run.
Supported Integrations
Synel integrates with all major payroll and ERP systems: Sage, SAP, Pegasus, Cascade (Iris), Oracle, Earnie, and Stuffology. The Synel Open API provides flexibility for bespoke integrations with any system that accepts imported data. Export via real-time API sync or scheduled file transfer—CSV, Excel, or custom format.
From Raw Data to Net Pay
Standard payroll systems struggle with hourly workers. They can't handle complex shift differentials, break rules, or overtime thresholds—they're built for 9-to-5 salaried staff. Synel calculates the gross-to-net hours before export. An employee works 30 hours but gets paid for 42.6 weighted hours? The rules engine handles it. Payroll receives the answer, not the calculation.
The Export Workflow
Employees clock in via biometric terminals, cards, or mobile app—creating raw attendance data. The rules engine applies rounding policies, categorises hours into pay buckets (Basic, OT x1.5, Bank Holiday), and reconciles against absence records. Managers review exceptions and authorise timesheets. Then calculated data exports directly to payroll.
Exception Management
Before export, managers review the Presence Information Panel to catch problems—missed clock-outs, unusual patterns, unapproved overtime. Fix exceptions before they become payroll errors. Authorised timesheets create a permanent record of what was approved and when.
Absence Reconciliation
The system checks attendance against the Absence Management module automatically. Holidays and sickness are correctly coded for pay without manual cross-referencing. If someone was marked sick but also clocked in, the discrepancy gets flagged before export.
Why Payroll Companies Partner with Synel
Major HR and payroll companies like Iris and Cascade partner with Synel specifically because they don't want to build this complexity themselves. When they sell to clients with hourly workforce requirements, they rely on Synel to handle T&A and feed clean, calculated data back into their payroll engine.
End the Friday Afternoon Panic
Automating the transfer replaces manual timesheets and reportedly reduces payroll errors by over 90%. No more scrambling to calculate overtime before the deadline. No more re-keying data from spreadsheets. The rules engine does the maths, the export moves the data, and payroll runs on time.
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Time & Attendance FAQs
Common questions about time & attendance answered.
What payroll systems does Synel integrate with?
Synel integrates with major UK payroll and HR systems including Sage, SAP, Oracle, Iris, Cascade, Pegasus and ADP.
Our open architecture allows integration with virtually any system that can accept data imports or has an API. The system exports approved hours directly to these platforms, reducing administrative time and eliminating manual data entry.
What is a time and attendance rules engine?
A rules engine is the software logic that converts raw clocking data into accurate net pay. Unlike basic systems that just record start and finish times, Synel's rules engine automatically calculates shift differentials, overtime thresholds, grace periods and break deductions.
This ensures gross-to-net hours are calculated accurately before data is sent to payroll, eliminating manual calculations and spreadsheet errors.
The complexity of this logic is why major payroll providers like Iris and Cascade partner with Synel rather than building it themselves.
How does holiday accrual work for hourly workers?
Unlike salaried staff with fixed holiday allowances, hourly workers accrue entitlement based on hours actually worked.
Synel's rules engine calculates this automatically. It tracks actual hours, applies accrual logic and updates balances in real-time.
When holiday is taken, pay is calculated correctly using the 52-week reference period required by legislation. This complexity is why payroll companies partner with Synel rather than building accrual logic themselves.
Is Synel available as cloud or on-premise?
Both. You can choose SaaS (cloud-hosted) for easy scalability, automatic updates and reduced hardware costs. This is particularly useful for multi-site organisations.
Alternatively, choose on-premise installation if your organisation requires local server control and data sovereignty.
Both options provide the same functionality. The choice depends on your IT infrastructure preferences and policies.
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