Payroll in the close
Payroll by department, tied to the bank and the books.
Orion reads each payroll run from your payroll system's register or from the payroll journals in your ERP, whichever your company uses, set up at onboarding. It shows gross pay, taxes and benefits by department, ties the funding to the bank line and the journal to the GL, and works out the accrual for days worked but not yet paid.
- Register read
- Funding tied to the bank
- Journal drafted
- Posted by a person
- Funding
- $612,480.22
- Bank line
- Oct 30 · matched
- Accrual, 1 day
- $28,450.00
From the run to the books
Every run, tied three ways.
- Register
- Gross pay, employer taxes, benefits and net pay, by department.
- Funding
- Matched to the bank line that paid it.
- Journal
- Drafted by department and account; a person posts it.
- Accrual
- Days worked and not yet paid at period end, worked out from the calendar.
- Budget
- Labor cost by department against plan.
Each run
Read, tie, journal, report.
- 01
Read
The run's register or journals, by department.
- 02
Tie
Funding to the bank line, totals to the register.
- 03
Journal
Drafted with its support, posted by a person.
- 04
Report
Labor cost by department, in budget and the overview.
Kept private
Payroll seen only by the people who should see it.
By department
Orion reports payroll by department and account.
Roles decide
Who sees payroll at all is set by your roles.
Your database
Payroll lives in your company's own database, behind its own login.
What Orion works out, and what is yours
Orion does the arithmetic. People sign.
Orion reads, ties and drafts on its own. Posting the journal, and who can see payroll, are a person's.
Orion matches, ties and calculates on its own, from the records already in your foundation. Every journal posted, every difference written off, every reconciliation signed off and every period locked is a person's decision, recorded with their name. Orion never moves money.
Orion works it out
- Reads each run by department
- Ties funding to the bank and the journal to the GL
- Drafts the payroll journal and the period's accrual
Always a person
- Posting the journal
- Who can see payroll
- Mapping departments and accounts
FAQ
Payroll in the close, run end to end.
Which payroll systems does Orion read from?
Orion reads payroll from your payroll system's register or from the payroll journals already in your ERP. Which one, and how it arrives, is set up with you at onboarding and checked on your own runs before the first close.
Does Orion run payroll?
No. Your payroll system runs payroll and your bank pays it. Orion reads each run, ties it to the bank and the GL, and reports it by department.
How is the payroll accrual worked out?
From the days worked and not yet paid at period end, on your pay calendar and the last run's cost by department. Orion drafts the accrual journal and a person posts it.
Who can see payroll in Orion?
Only the people your roles allow. Orion reports payroll by department and account, and it stays in your company's own database.
How does payroll show up in the close?
As tasks on the checklist: the funding tied to the bank, the journal posted and the accrual booked, each with its evidence, and labor cost compared with budget in flux.
Related in Orion
- Budget oversightActual against budget by department and account, with committed spend from Cortex, and every overrun shown before the close.View
- Bank feedsEvery account's statement lines in the foundation, matched to what Atlas, Cortex and the GL recorded.View
- Month-end closeThe close checklist and every task by period, with its owner, its status and the evidence behind it.View
- Your data stays yoursYour ledger, bank lines and payroll in your company's own database, with an append-only record of every change.View
See payroll in the close work on your own close.
Bring last month's close: the checklist, the reconciliations and the trial balance. We run it through Orion beside your team and show you where it would have tied, and give you an honest answer if the close is slow for a reason upstream that you should fix first.
Your close calendar, chart of accounts, thresholds, reviewers and sign-off order are yours, and they stay yours. Orion is configured to the way your team closes. You are not handing over a playbook or fitting into a template.