Xero
HR Technology / SaaS
HR SaaS: Xero + Payroll Provider Integrations Across ANZ and South Africa
HR management SaaS product company (Aus, NZ, South Africa)
Payroll sync failures
Down 85%
Manual CSV imports
Eliminated
Active users supported
100,000+
Customer churn linked to integrations
Cut by 50%
Challenge
The HR platform served a heavy user base that needed employee records, leave balances, and payroll journals synced reliably with Xero alongside other regional payroll providers, without manual CSV imports or duplicate entries.
Solution
- Built a unified Xero connector using the Xero API with multi-tenant OAuth 2.0 authentication
- Mapped employee, pay-run, and leave data between Xero and regional payroll providers
- Implemented real-time sync with queue-based retry logic and error reconciliation dashboards
- Designed country-aware templates for Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa compliance
Technologies
Xero API
OAuth 2.0
Node.js
Redis
AWS Lambda