Automated Zoho Payroll Journal Reconciliation
Every Monday, WebRun opens Zoho Payroll, takes each completed pay run, checks that its journal entry posted to the right expense and liability accounts on the Zoho Books side, records what matched in Notion, and drafts a Gmail note to the accountant listing any run whose journal is missing or misposted.
How do I check every Zoho Payroll pay run posted correctly to the books?
Every Monday WebRun opens Zoho Payroll, takes each completed pay run, and checks that its journal entry posted to the right expense and liability accounts on the Zoho Books side. It records the results in Notion and drafts a Gmail note to the accountant on any missing or misposted journal, so close is not a reconciliation hunt.
- Every pay run journal is checked the week it posts
- Misposted amounts show the expected account beside the actual one
- Unresolved mismatches carry forward instead of dropping off
Built for accountants · payroll administrators · finance managers · bookkeepers
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
payroll.zoho.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Zoho Payroll - check each pay run journal
payroll.zoho.com
WebRun opens Zoho Payroll to check each pay run journal. - Open Zoho Payroll and list the pay runs completed since the last check
- Open the journal entry created for each run
- Read the gross pay, employer contributions, deductions, and net pay totals
- Confirm each amount landed against the expense or liability account it should
- Flag any run whose journal has not posted to Zoho Books at all
- Post and edit nothing. WebRun reads the journals and leaves corrections to your accountant
Done when Every completed pay run has been checked against its posted journal entry.
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Notion - record what matched
notion.so
WebRun opens Notion to record what matched. - Keep one row per pay run with the period, total cost, and journal status
- Record which accounts each component posted to
- Mark rows clean, misposted, or not posted
- Carry unresolved rows forward so an old mismatch cannot fall off the list
Done when Notion shows the journal status of every pay run in the current period.
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Gmail - draft the mismatch note
gmail.com
WebRun opens Gmail to draft the mismatch note. - Write a short note naming each pay run whose journal is missing or in the wrong account
- Show the expected account and the account it actually reached
- List any run that has been unresolved for more than a week first
- Save it as a draft in Gmail for the accountant. WebRun sends nothing on its own
Done when A drafted mismatch note is waiting in Gmail, or every run reconciled cleanly.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it post or correct journal entries?
No. WebRun reads the pay run journals and reports what does not match. Posting an entry, moving an amount between accounts, or reprocessing a run stays with your accountant, and the mismatch email is left as a draft.
What counts as a mismatch?
Two things: a pay run whose journal never reached the accounting side at all, and a journal that posted but landed against the wrong expense or liability account. Both appear with the expected account beside the actual one.
Does it see payroll amounts for individual employees?
It works at the pay run level: gross, contributions, deductions, and net totals per run, not per employee. The output goes to Notion and a Gmail draft you control, never to a shared channel.
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