PAYROLL SOFTWARE

Embrace a connected, agile payroll experience.

Step into the future of payroll with a connected global payroll suite built to boost engagement, productivity, and automation—embedded in the leading AI platform for managing your people, money, and agents.

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Features

Streamline. Automate. Flex.

Our industry-leading solution helps drive efficiency and accuracy in your payroll processes, while providing the agility you need to respond to shifting regulations and organizational priorities.

Payroll management.

Reduce manual effort and simplify processes with a continuous calculation engine and AI agents built to improve payroll accuracy and compliance.

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Global payroll integration.

Manage your global payroll from one place with real-time integrations for 180+ countries through our network of trusted partners.

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Reporting and analytics.

Become a data-driven, strategic business partner through access to complete, real-time insights about workforce costs.

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Employee self-service.

Engage your employees with an AI-driven user experience that makes it easy to understand pay details and manage HR data.

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WHAT SETS US APART

Payroll performance that pays off.

Don’t just run your business—run it flawlessly. When your HCM and payroll are in one place, you can leverage automation to pay people accurately, on time, and compliantly so every pay period is right on the money.

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KEY CAPABILITIES

Payroll Agent

Elevate payroll with human-AI collaboration.

Payroll Agent anticipates compliance changes and delivers proactive intelligence, equipping your team for strategic work with trusted audit trails.

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GLOBAL PARTNERS

Manage payroll globally, process locally.

With payroll for Australia, Canada, France, UK and Ireland, U.S., and Workday Payroll provided by Strada, we offer payroll in more than 60 countries. Have workers outside of those areas? No problem. Our global payroll partners have you covered. With Workday, you can meet payroll requirements for 180+ countries with certified, bi-directional integrations—all while viewing and managing your workforce on a single platform.

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Tap into the power of AI.

Transform your payroll processes with Sana AI. Our AI and agents uplevel your work, automate manual processes, and attract new payroll talent—while keeping your sensitive information secure within Workday.

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Stay ahead of compliance.

Monitor regulatory changes with our compliance dashboard, gain insights from our customer community, and get recommended tools from our dedicated team of experts who constantly track regulatory changes so you always have what you need to succeed.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Payroll Software FAQs

  • What is payroll software?
  • What are the benefits of cloud-based payroll software?
  • Why do businesses use payroll software?
  • How does payroll software help with compliance, taxes, and regulations?
  • What are the features of efficient payroll software?
  • What do I need to run payroll software?
  • Can I run payroll software internationally?
  • How does payroll software integrate with your human resource information systems?

RESOURCES

Payroll resources for you.

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GuideWorkday GO Buyer’s Guide to Scaling HR and Finance SystemsRead Guide

InfographicPayroll Heroes to the RescueRead Infographic

GuideHCM and Payroll Buyer’s GuideRead Guide

ReportThe 26th Annual Sapient Insights Voice of the Customer: Core HR Systems SurveyRead Report