Payroll knows what was paid.
But extracting clean management information from processing systems can become a manual reporting exercise.
Payroll intelligence, built by payroll
Your payroll data. Finally working together.
PayFacet turns disconnected HR and payroll data into clear workforce intelligence, payroll controls and decision-ready management reporting — without replacing the systems you already use.
Import. Refresh. Review. Understand. No replacement payroll system. No replacement HR system.
PAYFACET / EXECUTIVE648+12 this month
621.4+8.6 this month
£2.48m+1.9% vs prior
7Needs attention
Payroll run-rate trend
Workforce mix
Payroll controlThree current records require validation before reporting.
Forecast signalKnown starters add £42.6k to annualised payroll cost.
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Connect
Bring HR and payroll data together across your existing systems.
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Reveal
Expose the story behind cost, headcount, FTE, movement and exceptions.
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Predict
Model workforce cost, National Living Wage impact and known change.
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Act
Spot issues early and answer Finance with confidence.
Your business probably already has the data.
The problem is that payroll, HR and Finance often see different pieces of the same workforce. PayFacet creates one controlled reporting layer over the systems you already use.
HR knows the workforce.
Joiners, leavers, status, hours, departments and locations matter — but they may not reconcile neatly to payroll.
Finance needs the answer.
What changed? Why did cost move? What is the current run rate? What happens next? Those should not be three-hour spreadsheet questions.
Less spreadsheet manipulation. More useful answers.One controlled dataset. One consistent management view.
See every side of payroll.
PayFacet moves beyond processing outputs and turns payroll data into a management information environment for Payroll, Finance and People teams.
Payroll
Run rate, pay-cost analysis, movements, trends and entity views.
Workforce
Headcount, FTE, starters, leavers, composition, location and department.
Control
Data-quality checks, exceptions and records needing review before reporting.
Planning
Forecasting, known workforce changes and National Living Wage modelling.
History
Month-end snapshots and consistent trends without rebuilding old reports.
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Import
Load agreed HR and payroll exports into the configured client template.
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Refresh
PayFacet maps the sources into a consistent data model and updates reporting.
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Review
Resolve or understand exceptions before they reach management reporting.
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Understand
Use the Hub for current insight, drill-downs, history and forecasting.
Designed around the systems you already have
Keep your payroll system. Keep your HR system. Make both more useful.
PayFacet is implemented around your existing exports and reporting needs. The source systems remain the systems of record; PayFacet becomes the controlled intelligence layer that connects them.
Discovery → source mapping → configuration → reconciliation → user acceptance → training → deployment.
Choose the level of intelligence you need.
Start with clear payroll and workforce reporting, add forecasting and planning, or build around more complex organisations and source systems.
Core
Essential payroll & workforce intelligence.
£1,500 from
Founding-client implementation · support from £99/month
- Executive reporting
- Payroll analysis
- Workforce & FTE
- Data-quality controls
- Historical snapshots
- Employee lookup
Professional
Advanced intelligence, modelling & planning.
£2,750 from
Founding-client implementation · support from £175/month
- Everything in Core
- Forecasting
- NLW impact modelling
- Locations analysis
- Multi-entity reporting
- Multi-currency capability
Bespoke
Tailored intelligence for complex organisations.
£4,500 from
Founding-client implementation · support from £250/month
- Everything in Professional
- Custom integrations
- Custom executive KPIs
- Variance & budget modules
- Restricted manager views
- Additional data sources
Built by someone who actually runs payroll
Payroll intelligence shaped by real payroll work.
I’m Sam Houlden, a Payroll Manager with 15 years’ experience. I built PayFacet from a simple frustration: businesses already hold huge amounts of useful payroll and workforce data, but getting clear answers from it can be unnecessarily difficult.
PayFacet is the reporting environment I wanted to have myself — designed around multiple systems, changing workforces, reconciliations, exceptions, month-end questions and the inevitable last-minute request from Finance.
It isn’t another payroll system. It is the intelligence layer that helps the systems you already paid for work harder.
Questions worth asking.
PayFacet is an implementation and configuration service, not a generic off-the-shelf dashboard dropped on top of your data.
Which payroll and HR systems can PayFacet work with?
The standard approach uses agreed exports from your existing HR and payroll platforms. During discovery we review the available data, map it into the PayFacet model and agree any client-specific transformations or integrations.
Does PayFacet replace our payroll or HR software?
No. Your existing systems remain the source systems. PayFacet sits above them as a controlled reporting and intelligence layer.
How long does implementation take?
A typical implementation is expected to take around 2–4 weeks from receipt of complete source data, depending on source complexity, the number of entities/payrolls and stakeholder availability.
How is data quality handled?
The Hub does not simply make bad data look attractive. Validation and review rules identify records that do not meet the agreed expectations before they feed management reporting.
Can it support multiple entities, currencies or pay frequencies?
Yes. Professional and Bespoke implementations can support more complex organisational structures, including multiple legal entities, currencies and mixed payroll populations.
What happens when our source reports change?
Minor supported changes can be handled within the agreed support arrangement. New source structures, new integrations and new reporting modules are scoped separately so the product stays controlled and supportable.
Want to see what your payroll data could tell you?
Book a 20-minute discovery conversation. We’ll start with how you report today — not with a sales pitch.
Prefer email? hello@payfacet.co.uk