Payroll Outsourcing Services in Kenya

Payroll Outsourcing Services in Kenya

Payroll outsourcing at ACCUREX takes the pay run off your desk without taking control away. Each run is calculated, reconciled, remitted and evidenced on PiPO HRIS, and you approve it before it is processed.

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Where payroll errors turn into penalties

Where payroll errors turn into penalties

Payroll runs against fixed statutory dates every month. A wrong deduction reaches the employee as a pay query, and a late remittance reaches the employer as a penalty, usually after the cycle has closed. Moving the run to a provider only helps if every figure can be traced, so ACCUREX keeps the working behind each pay run on record: the inputs, the calculation, the approval and the remittance.

What the payroll cycle covers

Outsourced payroll runs on PiPO HRIS, and the scope covers:

Gross-to-net payroll

Permanent, contract and casual staff, calculated from one set of pay rules.

Statutory deductions

PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, Housing Levy, NITA and HELB computed, filed and evidenced.

Digital payslips

Issued through the employee self-service portal.

A monthly payroll pack

Summary, pay register, variance report and statutory schedules.

Salary disbursement

Optional payment to bank or M-Pesa.

Audit support

Help with statutory audits and queries.

Multi-country payroll

Coordinated from Nairobi through vetted in-country partners.

The headcount, the pay frequency and the system used today are enough for a consultant to plan the migration.

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From data mapping to the monthly cycle

  1. Map the data

    Employee records, pay elements, deductions and statutory registrations are mapped from your current payroll.

  2. Set up the system

    Pay structures and statutory rules are configured in PiPO HRIS.

  3. Run in parallel

    The new payroll runs alongside your current method, and differences are explained before go-live.

  4. Go live and close each month

    You approve each run, ACCUREX processes it and files the returns, and the payroll pack follows.

Controls built into every pay run

Approval before processing

A client approval gate sits before every pay run.

Confidentiality by design

NDAs, role-based access and encrypted records protect salary data.

Audit evidence as a by-product

Each monthly cycle leaves the schedules and registers an auditor asks for.

Statutory dates the payroll calendar follows

Each authority sets its own remittance date, and a payroll calendar has to hold all of them:

PAYE

On or before the 9th day of the following month, with the return filed on iTax.

NSSF

On or before the 9th day of the following month, with returns filed on the NSSF self-service portal.

Housing Levy

The 9th working day after the end of the month, declared with the PAYE return on iTax.

HELB

The 15th day of the following month.

SHIF

The 9th day of the following month, according to an SHA statement reported in July 2026.

NITA levy

The 9th of the month since the 2024 change that aligned it with PAYE, as reported at the time.

The authorities set these dates and can change them.

What a consultant needs before data mapping

  • Headcount by employment type, and the pay frequency
  • Current payroll reports or exports, and the system in use
  • Statutory registrations for the employer
  • Salary structures, allowances and deductions
  • How salaries are paid today, by bank or M-Pesa
  • The countries involved, if staff are paid outside Kenya

Who outsources payroll

Employers looking for payroll services in Kenya include SMEs, multi-site businesses, NGOs and donor-funded programmes, and regional employers paying staff in more than one country. Payroll processing services suit them because the run, the returns and the evidence come from one provider and one system.

Payroll outsourcing questions answered

What does the monthly payroll pack contain?

A summary, the pay register, a variance report and the statutory schedules for the month. The variance report shows what changed since the previous run, and the schedules record what was remitted, so the pack doubles as audit evidence.

A client approval gate sits before every pay run, so nothing is processed until you have approved the figures. The approvers, the sign-off route and the cut-off date for changes are set out when the system is configured.

A parallel run processes payroll on PiPO HRIS alongside your existing method before go-live, and the results are compared. Differences are explained first, so the first live payroll does not carry unresolved errors.

Yes. PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, Housing Levy, NITA and HELB are computed, filed and evidenced as part of the cycle, and the statutory schedules in the monthly pack record what was remitted to each authority.

NSSF states that payments after the 9th attract penalties. SHA has said late SHIF remittances carry a penalty of 2 per cent of the outstanding amount for each month unpaid, as reported by Kenyans.co.ke in July 2026. Each authority sets its own penalties.

Payslips are digital and issued through the employee self-service portal. Employees see their own pay, and access to the wider payroll records is limited by role, which keeps salary information confidential.

Yes, as an option. Salary disbursement to bank or M-Pesa can be added to the service, or you can keep payment in-house and use ACCUREX for the calculation, the returns and the reporting.

Through NDAs, role-based access and encrypted records. Salary figures are visible only to the people whose role requires them, and the approval gate keeps the sign-off with your named approvers rather than with the provider.

Yes. The first stage maps your employee records, pay elements and statutory registrations from the current payroll, and a parallel run checks the new payroll against the old before go-live.

Multi-country payroll is coordinated from Nairobi through vetted in-country partners. A foreign employer that needs a legal employer in Kenya, rather than payroll alone, should look at Employer of Record.

Plan the move to ACCUREX payroll

Start with the headcount, the pay frequency and the system in use today. A consultant will map the migration and plan the parallel run.

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