Payroll implementation and data preparation platform

Turn Every Client’s Workbook into
Payroll-Ready Data

Implementation and operations leaders at payroll software and service providers use Ingestro to transform client files from any source or format into clean, system-ready data. Get new clients to their first payroll run 60% faster, with data validated against local payroll rules before the parallel run.

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Legacy payroll system exportGlobal payroll history, 18 files
XLSM
Payroll setup workbookEmployees, bank details
PDF
Payslips and YTD registers48 pages, last pay period
HTTPS
HR system connectorStarters and leavers, daily
Pre-processing and mapping

Prepare your clients’ payroll data

Payroll fields mapped70/70
Pay codes mapped111
Mapping reused fromAgent memory
Agent suggestions applied10/11
Files merged5
New columns created6
Review

Apply country-specific rules

965 employeesPassed
Tax ID check digitsPassed
977 date formatsNormalized
5 duplicatesRemoved
10 social security numbersMissing
2 bank details (IBAN)Invalid
Delivery

Client data ready for the parallel run

Employee master dataReady
YTD balancesReady
Pay elements and pay codesReady
Exception reportSent to client
payroll-desk30Client data status

Ingestro agentapp11:23 AM

Client 10234 is ready for the parallel run: 965 employees, 111 wage types, and YTD balances through July. 12 employees await client input (10 missing social security numbers, 2 invalid IBANs). Exception report sent.

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Orchestrating hundreds of thousands of data workflows for global payroll & HR companies
Why payroll and HR leaders choose Ingestro

Get to first payroll run with less back-and-forth

Payroll operations and implementation leaders tell us collecting and fixing client payroll data is the biggest blocker to a faster first payroll run. Ingestro takes over the repeat work, so your consultants can advise clients instead of chasing them.

Implementation that scales

Ingestro turns messy incoming data into repeatable workflows. One global payroll template takes country rules on top, so you don’t need a separate importer for every country or pay code variant.

Payroll data you can trust

Ingestro checks client data against local payroll rules before upload, so problems surface before the parallel run, not during it. Fewer correction rounds mean a go-live date that holds.

Advisory time you get back

Ingestro agents can take on the VLOOKUP checks, pay code remapping, and other repetitive work. Your consultants review the results and focus on advising clients on their payroll setup.

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY

Lano cut payroll data import time by 90% across 170+ countries

With Ingestro, Lano transformed payroll data onboarding from a full working day to just one hour. By automating imports from clients worldwide, they freed their teams from manual data wrangling, ultimately speeding up time to value.

90% faster payroll data onboarding
Greater data quality through context-aware data processing
Improved ability to manage highly variable data across formats
Read case study

Ingestro handles the complex data preparation we couldn't scale manually, turning a full day of reformatting work into about an hour and helping us onboard more clients without adding headcount.

Anastasia Kuzmina

Senior Product Manager

Lano
How it works

Agents prepare the data. Your consultants support the clients.

Ingestro agents read whatever file a client sends, check it against your payroll rules, and prepare the files your payroll engine expects. Your consultants can focus on guiding clients to a successful go-live.

Accept any file clients throw at you

Clients send what they have: a multi-tab XLSX, a macro-enabled XLSM, a CSV, an XML, or a PDF. Ingestro reads each file as it arrives, so your consultants no longer have to wrangle customer files.

Connect to the systems your clients already use

Pull data straight from ADP, Workday, SAP and other HR and payroll systems, with no custom pipeline for every new client. Ingestro’s agents handle the different field names, formats and pay codes, so the data arrives in the structure your payroll engine needs.

Validate before upload, transform in plain language

Ingestro maps the client’s data to your payroll schema and checks tax IDs, IBANs, and pay code values the moment the file loads. Tell it in plain language what needs to change, and agents take care of it. The result is the separate upload files your payroll engine takes, such as master data, tax setup, pay elements, and payment details, in their required layout and column order.

Ask clients only for what’s missing

Send clients one exception report with only the employees that need their input and each issue explained. When they send it back, the correction round picks up where it stopped.

Automate more, with control and compliance built in

Many client contracts restrict how sensitive payroll data can be processed, so you decide how AI is used. Switch it off for a client, let it map from column headers only, or self-host with your own language model. Every step your agents build stays visible and logged, and consultants review before anything reaches your payroll engine.

Payroll implementation KPIs

Hit implementation targets faster with cleaner data

Ingestro tackles the slowest part of every implementation, preparing payroll-ready data, so you can reach first payroll sooner, free up consultant time, and keep clients happy.

Get to parallel run faster

Clients can send what they already have, so you spend less time chasing data. Ingestro flags issues on arrival, not at upload or in gross-to-net checks, which means fewer correction rounds before the parallel run.

Prepare data once, reuse the structure for every new client

Ingestro remembers the mapping per previous payroll system, so the next client from the same provider goes straight to review. Your consultants review flagged employees only, so each implementation takes fewer hours and one consultant can handle more clients.

Happier clients, fewer payroll data tickets

Your clients don't need to rebuild their data in a template. Fewer correction rounds mean fewer payroll data tickets, and onboarding becomes a reason clients stay instead of their first complaint.

Payroll by country or region

Local payroll rules, built into every implementation

Every country has its own tax IDs, social security rules, and export formats, yet payroll templates often share the same core. Ingestro models that core once and adds country-specific rules on top, so a new country is an extension, not a new project.

Payroll in Germany

The DLS covers tax. Your first payroll needs more.

Clients moving from a Steuerberater, Lohnbüro, or another payroll system bring a DLS export, Lohnkonto PDFs, Lohnjournale, and Excel sheets, each describing the same employees differently. Ingestro combines every source in one flow, maps each Lohnart to your system, turns free text into official codes, and checks every value against German payroll rules before it reaches your system.

Payroll checks built in for Germany
Steuer-ID (IdNr)
SV-Nummer
Beschäftigungsart & Daten
Steuerklasse (ELStAM)
Kirchensteuer
SV-Schlüssel (BGRS, PGR)
Krankenkasse
Pflegeversicherung
Minijob & Übergangsbereich
Vortragswerte
Lohnart-Zuordnung
Quellenabgleich
Germany payroll data guide
Stammdatenübernahme · Mandant 10234348 employees · source: DLS export + Excel from the previous Lohnbüro
#TPers.-Nr.TSteuer-IDTSV-NummerTLohnartTPLZTStraße
10011734 821 650 73919 170889 J 520Gehalt20259Lindenallee 4
20011886 095 742 71523 020281 W 027Gehalt50667Gartenweg 2
30011947 036 892 816folgtStundenlohn1067 → 01067Hauptstr. 11
40012057 549 285 01724 150590 M 039Weihnachtsgeld80333Karlstr. 9
50012165 492 781 03612 230491 B 018Dienstwagen 1%10115Parkweg 8
60012229 816 304 75228 140686 K 024Gehalt70173Bergstraße 15
Validations
SV-Nummer

Value is “folgt”, request from the client

Missing
PLZ

The leading zero in PLZ is restored

Fixed
Lohnart

Weihnachtsgeld mapped to Einmalzahlung

Fixed
Delivery
Payroll system346/348
Lohnarten38/40
VortragswerteReconciled
Exception reportSent to client
PAYROLL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

The FPS covers most clients. The exceptions cost the hours.

Most previous providers let clients download FPS data for every pay period, and HMRC defines what an FPS contains, so one flow can handle most of your clients. The hours go into leavers, NI letter changes, YTD figures, additional FPS submissions, and providers that only offer gross-to-net reports. Ingestro handles these cases in a reusable flow your implementation team runs without engineering.
Payroll checks built in for the UK
NI number (NINO)
Date of birth
Payroll ID
Tax code
NI letter
Directors
Student loans
Pension
Statutory pay
YTD values
Starters & leavers
Bank details
UK payroll data guide
Previous provider data · tax year 2026/27214 employees · FPS Months 1 to 6 + 1 IRIS report
#TEmployeeTNI numberTNI letterTPayroll IDTTaxable pay YTDTTax code
1J. PatelJT 41 82 63 CAUK00117£18,420.001257L
2S. O’NeillSN 72 05 18 AAUK00118£24,910.50S1257L
3M. KowalskiPW 33 90 47 BAUK00119£9,880.001257L
4R. HughesHR 52 19 07 DMUK00120£12,005.751257L
5E. WilsonEW 28 64 91 BAUK00118£21,360.001257L
6A. TaylorAT 63 18 42 CAUK00122£16,740.251257L
Validations
NI letter

Letter M after the 21st birthday

Invalid
Taxable pay YTD

FPS Months 1 to 6 differ from IRIS report

Invalid
Payroll ID

UK00118 is used by 2 employees

Invalid
Delivery
Payroll system212/214
YTD opening balancesReconciled
Payroll IDsNeeds attention
Exception reportSent to client
PAYROLL IN THE UNITED STATES

Every conversion starts from a different report

A mid-year conversion means loading YTD from whatever the prior provider can export: payroll registers, YTD and QTD summaries, tax reports, and PDF pay stubs. Ingestro turns them into employee, earnings, tax, and deduction imports in your system's load order, with validations for SSNs, taxable wages, and state codes before anything reaches payroll.
Payroll validations built in for the US
SSN & ITIN
State codes
Earnings codes
401(k) and benefits
Form W-4
Local taxes
Taxable wages
Wage base limits
Routing number (ABA)
FEIN & SUI accounts (EIN)
Deductions
YTD by quarter
US payroll data guide
YTD conversion · Q4 2026 go-live186 employees · source: prior provider register + census
#TEmployeeTSSNTRes./workTEarnings codeTYTD SS wagesTW-4
1A. Rivera***-**-4821CA/CAREG$41,250.002020+
2D. Chen012-48-3391CA/Calif. → CAOT$6,812.402020+
3K. Brooks482-12-3456NJ/NYREG$38,410.002020+
4T. Nguyen523-71-0094TX/TXREG$186,020.002020+
5S. Morgan531-84-7318WA/WAREG$29,640.002020+
6J. Davis347-26-9062IL/ILREG$34,280.502020+
Validations
SSN

***-**-4821, request the unmasked report

Missing
State

Calif. converted to the USPS code CA

Fixed
YTD wages

Exceeds the 2026 limit

Invalid
Delivery
Employee import183/186
Earnings codes22/23
YTD earnings and taxesReconciled
Exception reportSent to client
PAYROLL ACROSS EUROPE

Multi-country payroll, one import flow

Social secretariats in Belgium, gestorías in Spain, payroll bureaus in the Netherlands, and French payroll systems built around the DSN each hand over data in their own format, with their own IDs and collective agreement codes. Ingestro maps every source to your payroll structure, applies each country's checks, and imports only what has changed when monthly updates arrive.
Payroll checks built in for Europe
DNI/NIE and NAF (ES)
NIR (FR)
INSZ/NISS (BE)
BSN (NL)
Other IDs (IE, AT, CH, DK)
IBAN
Collective agreement
Tax withholding
Contract and hours
Leave and units
Name formats
Cumulatives
European payroll data guide
Employee import · 4 entities312 employees · Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands
#TEntityTEmployeeTID numberTAgreementTLeave
1ESRomero/de la Fuente, L.12345678ZConvenio 2800130501198122 días lab.
2FRMartin, C.2 85 07 75 115 042 12IDCC 1486CP N-1 18,5 j
3BEPeeters, J.85.07.30-033.28PC 20020 d + 6 ADV
4NLBerg, S. van den123456782Geen cao160 uur
5ESGarcía, M.87654321XConvenio 2800130501198122 días lab.
6NLJansen, R.111222333Geen cao144 uur
Validations
ID number

NIR key 12 doesn’t match

Invalid
Employee

Surname split into apellidos 1 and apellidos 2

Fixed
Leave

6 ADV days mapped to their own leave type

Fixed
Delivery
Employee import310/312
CumulativesReconciled
Agreement codes14/15
Exception reportSent to client
PAYROLL IN ASIA-PACIFIC

Onboarding runs on spreadsheets. Super and bank details stall it.

Payroll onboarding in Australia and New Zealand often runs on a field-mapping spreadsheet: every field from the HR or previous payroll system, plus whether it's mandatory, its format, and its valid values. Ingestro replaces the spreadsheet with a reusable flow, checks TFNs, IRD numbers, super fund and KiwiSaver details, and STP Phase 2 fields, and sends clean data to your API or staging tables.
Payroll checks built in for APAC
TFN (AU)
IRD number (NZ)
Super fund (USI)
Stapled super (AU)
KiwiSaver (NZ)
BSB and account (AU)
STP Phase 2 fields
Tax scale (AU)
Tax code (NZ)
Study loans (AU, NZ)
Leave balances
YTD values
APAC payroll data guide
New client go-live · AU entity132 employees · source: HR system export + previous provider YTD
#TEmployeeTTFNTSuper fund (USI)TBSBTBasisTAnnual leave
1L. Nguyen628 194 82160905115063003062-000F76.00 h
2J. Smith865 414 089STA0100AU083-170P7h 36m → 7.60 h
3P. Ryan385 280 84191385943850001033-000F38.00 h
4M. Kelly539 336 338 732-012P15.20 h
5A. Brown123 456 78260905115063003062-000F45.60 h
6S. Lee000 000 00091385943850001033-000P22.80 h
Validations
TFN

865 414 089 fails the ATO check

Invalid
Super fund (USI)

No fund chosen, check stapled fund with the ATO

Missing
Annual leave

7h 36m converted to 7.60 h

Fixed
Delivery
Payroll system130/132
Leave balancesConverted
YTD valuesReconciled
Exception reportSent to client
Payroll implementation calculator

See what payroll-ready data in less time means for your team

Three numbers from your implementation plan are enough. We apply what payroll teams typically see with Ingestro and show the time, capacity, and cost you get back.

Your payroll implementation numbers
clients

The number of new clients your team takes through implementation each month, from kickoff to first payroll run.

hours

The data onboarding time in your implementation plan: workbook clean-up, pay code mapping, payroll checks, and correction rounds with the client.

days

The calendar days in your current implementation plan, including data collection, setup, parallel run, and sign-off.

Your estimate per year
2.304Consultant hours back per year
1,4FTEImplementation capacity freed for more go-lives
172.800 €Value of consultant time back per yearAt an estimated 75 € per consultant hour

Time to first payroll

18 days faster
Today 60 days
With Ingestro 42 days

Both bars share one scale: the full track is 365 days.

Estimates based on your inputs and the assumptions below, not a guarantee of results. Recurring payroll inputs after go-live aren’t included.

How we calculate this
  • Consultant hours back per year = new clients per month × 12 × consultant hours on payroll data per client × 60%
  • Capacity freed = consultant hours back ÷ 1.600 productive hours per consultant per year
  • Value of time back = consultant hours back × 75 € estimated fully loaded consultant cost per hour
  • Days faster to first payroll = days from kickoff to first payroll run × 50% (share typically spent collecting and fixing client payroll data) × 60%

Assumptions: payroll data preparation takes 60% less time with Ingestro; half of the time to first payroll goes into client payroll data; 1.600 productive hours per consultant per year; 75 € per consultant hour. Platform fees and initial setup of your payroll templates aren’t included.

2.304 consultant hours back per year, 1,4 FTE, first payroll 18 days faster.

FAQ

Answers for payroll implementation & delivery teams

Do our clients need to change how they send payroll data?

Can we reuse mappings across clients from the same previous provider?

How does Ingestro handle country-specific payroll rules?

Who on our team uses Ingestro day to day?

What happens after go-live? Can I use the workflows with each payroll run?

Does our clients’ payroll data leave our environment?

We’re already building this in-house with AI. Why should I buy Ingestro?

Our client contracts don’t allow AI on payroll data. Can we still use Ingestro?

Can Ingestro deliver data directly into our payroll system?

Payroll implementation resources

Keep exploring payroll implementation best practices

Bring your client files. Leave with payroll-ready data.

A 30-minute demo of pay code mapping, payroll rule checks, and the client exception report, using your anonymized export, setup workbook, or YTD register.