Connect ADP and
QuickBooks with AI

Sync payroll data, employee records, and compensation expenses automatically between ADP and QuickBooks. Stop manually exporting payroll journals, reconciling wage accounts, or rekeying employee changes across systems.

No code required
Live in minutes
SOC 2 Type II

What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Sync ADP payroll runs to QuickBooks as journal entries automatically

Every time payroll processes in ADP, Redbird creates matching journal entries in QuickBooks with earnings, taxes, and deductions mapped to the correct GL accounts. Wage expense, payroll tax liability, and net pay are reconciled instantly without manual export and import.

Push new QuickBooks employees to ADP and trigger onboarding workflows

When a new employee is created in QuickBooks for payroll, Redbird automatically creates their profile in ADP with matching compensation, department, and tax details. HR can then complete benefits enrollment and compliance documents without duplicate data entry.

Update QuickBooks employee records when ADP compensation or status changes

Salary adjustments, title changes, terminations, and status updates in ADP automatically flow to QuickBooks employee profiles. Your accounting system always reflects current employee costs and active headcount without manual syncing.

Reconcile ADP payroll tax liabilities with QuickBooks accounts weekly

Redbird compares payroll tax liabilities recorded in ADP with corresponding accounts in QuickBooks and flags discrepancies. Finance teams get automated alerts when federal, state, or local tax balances don't match, preventing filing errors.

Generate consolidated labor cost reports combining ADP and QuickBooks data

Merge payroll data from ADP with project codes, classes, and locations from QuickBooks to analyze fully-loaded labor costs by department, job, or client. Redbird joins the datasets automatically and outputs formatted reports on your schedule.

Alert finance when ADP payroll entries don't match QuickBooks bank transactions

After each payroll run, Redbird verifies that bank transactions in QuickBooks match net payroll amounts from ADP. When discrepancies appear—due to failed ACH, manual adjustments, or timing differences—your team gets immediate notifications with details.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize ADP and QuickBooks with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird understands ADP's payroll structures, earning codes, and tax tables alongside QuickBooks chart of accounts, classes, and journal entry requirements.

AI that maps payroll to accounting automatically

Redbird's AI reads ADP's earning types, deduction codes, tax withholdings, and benefit contributions, then intelligently maps them to your QuickBooks GL accounts, payroll liability accounts, and expense categories. It handles multi-state tax jurisdictions, garnishments, pre-tax vs. post-tax deductions, and employer burden calculations. No manual field mapping required—Redbird learns your chart of accounts and maintains consistent categorization across every payroll cycle.

Earning code mapping
GL account matching
Multi-entity payroll
Tax jurisdiction handling
10×

faster than exporting payroll reports and manually creating journal entries

No more CSV downloads, spreadsheet reformatting, or manual GL coding of wage components

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from ADP and QuickBooks simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either ADP or QuickBooks.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from ADP into QuickBooks, or from QuickBooks back into ADP. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start from any payroll event in ADP or accounting change in QuickBooks, then automate what happens next across both systems.

ADP
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Payroll run completed

Fires when a payroll batch finishes processing in ADP with final wage, tax, and deduction amounts.

Trigger

Employee hired or terminated

Triggers when an employee's status changes to active or terminated in ADP.

Trigger

Compensation changed

Fires when an employee's salary, hourly rate, or compensation structure is updated in ADP.

Action

Create or update employee record

Add new employees to ADP or update existing profiles with compensation, department, and job details.

Action

Update employee department or location

Change an employee's organizational assignment, cost center, or work location in ADP.

Action

Export payroll detail report

Pull detailed payroll data including earnings, taxes, deductions, and employer costs for a specific pay period.

QuickBooks
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Employee created or updated

Fires when a new employee is added to QuickBooks or an existing employee profile is modified.

Trigger

Bank transaction recorded

Triggers when a new bank transaction appears in QuickBooks, including payroll ACH transfers.

Trigger

Journal entry posted

Fires when a manual or automated journal entry is created in QuickBooks.

Action

Create journal entry

Post a new journal entry to QuickBooks with debits, credits, and memo details for payroll or adjustments.

Action

Update employee compensation

Modify an employee's pay rate, salary, or pay schedule in QuickBooks payroll.

Action

Categorize bank transaction

Apply account, class, and location coding to a bank transaction in QuickBooks for proper expense tracking.

ADP
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QuickBooks

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop manually syncing payroll between ADP and QuickBooks. Redbird connects your HR and accounting systems so employee data, payroll journals, and compensation expenses flow automatically.

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