Payroll Integrations Are Live: Real-Time Workforce Data, Zero Spreadsheets

For most companies, payroll is one of your biggest expenses.
It’s also the most volatile. People come and go. Salaries change. Roles shift. Benefits get adjusted.

And yet—when it's time to build the budget or forecast headcount, Finance is stuck chasing last month’s data. HR’s system doesn’t talk to your planning tool. Payroll lives in a spreadsheet. And getting a clean import? That’s a project in itself.

At Centage, we think that’s backwards. Workforce planning should be the most connected part of your budget—not the slowest.

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That’s why we built direct Payroll Software Integrations.

You can now bring real-time payroll data directly into Centage with just a few clicks. No more clunky file transfers. No more guesswork. No more "who owns this number?" conversations.

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What’s New: Seamless Payroll Integrations in Centage

Whether you're managing a lean team or scaling across departments and entities, getting your headcount and salary data right shouldn't be hard.

Here’s how our new integration makes it effortless:

Step 1: Connect Your Payroll Provider

Choose from leading providers like ADP, Paylocity, UKG, BambooHR, or Paycor.
Use more than one? No problem—you can integrate with multiple systems simultaneously.
Don’t see yours? We’re adding new ones constantly—just let us know.

Step 2: Secure, Credentialed Sync

Authenticate your payroll system using encrypted credentials. Our connection uses enterprise-grade security protocols to ensure your data stays safe and compliant.

Step 3: Customize Before You Import

Review and tailor your dataset before it hits your planning model. You can adjust:

• Employee-level compensation
  
  
• Planned hours or FTE status
  
  
• Benefit costs
  
  
• Department or role mapping
  
  
• Future-dated changes
  
  

This isn’t a dumb import—it’s an intelligent planning handoff.

Step 4: Load into the Personnel Module

Once imported, everything lives in Centage’s purpose-built Personnel Planning module. From there, you can:

• Forecast salaries, bonuses, and taxes with real-time data
  
  
• Run hiring/firing/attrition scenarios
  
  
• Compare workforce cost vs. revenue by department
  
  
• Spot changes before they wreck your forecast
  
  

Why It Matters (Especially If You're in Finance or HR)

Stop the Back-and-Forth
When Finance and HR operate in silos, everyone loses. Our new integrations create a shared foundation between departments—no more "who has the right file?"

Trust Your Numbers
Built-in validation rules and approval workflows ensure that what comes in is accurate. You can track changes, prevent errors, and avoid “gotchas” during budgeting season or audits.

Adapt Faster, Smarter
The economy moves fast. So does your headcount. This integration lets you instantly reflect organizational changes in your plan—without waiting for the next payroll export.

Plan at the Speed of Change
From seasonal hiring to restructuring, our new payroll integrations help you build agile workforce plans that reflect what’s happening now—not last quarter.

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Built for Finance Teams Who:

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning
  
  
• Struggle to keep up with HR’s latest headcount moves
  
  
• Are tired of reconciling payroll data across 10 spreadsheets
  
  
• Need visibility at the employee-level for cost rollups
  
  
• Want to build plans they (and their exec team) can trust
  
  

See It In Action:

‍Book a demo to get a walk-through of the integration, how it syncs, and how Finance teams can use it to build better, faster headcount plans.

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Kate Drenckhahn

VP of Product

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