Review Payroll Runs
Review payroll run details before approval, payment, and payslip access.
Payroll run review is the control step between creating a payroll run and marking it ready for payment. Use it to confirm employees, salaries, adjustments, leave, attendance, and net pay before the run becomes operational.
Open A Payroll Run
- Open HRM > Payroll.
- Select the payroll run.
- Review the pay period, employee list, gross pay, deductions, adjustments, and net pay.
- Open unusual employee rows before approving.
- Add or correct approved adjustments before payment.
Do not mark a run paid until the finance or payroll owner confirms the payment process is complete.
What To Check
Before approval, confirm:
- pay period and payment date
- expected employee count
- new hires and terminated employees
- active salaries and salary components
- unpaid leave, attendance issues, and holidays
- approved payroll adjustments
- bank or payment readiness where your process requires it
- payslip availability after the run is finalized
If totals are wrong, fix the source employee, salary, leave, attendance, holiday, or adjustment record. Payroll should not be used to hide incorrect HRM source data.
After Payment
After payment, confirm the run status, payslips, employee visibility, and any finance handoff your company uses. Keep exported totals or payment references in the place your payroll owner expects.
If a mistake is found after payment, document the correction and follow your HR or finance policy for the next payroll cycle.
Review Exceptions First
Start payroll review with exceptions instead of scanning only totals. Check new hires, terminated employees, employees with unpaid leave, attendance corrections, manual adjustments, missing salaries, and unusually high or low net pay.
Then compare run totals with the previous period. Large changes should have an explainable source such as headcount, salary changes, unpaid leave, bonuses, deductions, or adjustments.
Approval Checklist
Before approval:
- Confirm employee count and pay period.
- Review exceptions and adjustments.
- Check leave, holidays, and attendance corrections.
- Confirm salary components are current.
- Compare totals with the previous run.
- Confirm payslip and payment process readiness.
Troubleshooting
If an employee is missing, check employee status, salary setup, employment dates, and payroll run filters.
If net pay looks wrong, review salary components, deductions, unpaid leave, attendance corrections, holidays, and adjustments.