Connect ADP and Xero with AI

Automate payroll journal entries, employee expense tracking, and financial reconciliation between your HR and accounting systems. Stop manually exporting payroll data, rekeying employee expenses, and reconciling payroll accounts across platforms.

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 payroll journal entries from ADP to Xero automatically

Every pay run in ADP automatically generates corresponding journal entries in Xero with proper account coding. Payroll expenses, tax liabilities, and benefit deductions post to the right GL accounts without manual data entry or reconciliation errors.

Route employee expense reimbursements from Xero back to ADP payroll

When employees submit expense claims in Xero, automatically create reimbursement records in ADP for the next payroll cycle. Ensure employees get paid back on time while maintaining accurate expense tracking in your accounting system.

Reconcile payroll tax liabilities between ADP filings and Xero accounts

After each ADP tax filing, automatically verify that tax liability accounts in Xero match filed amounts. Flag discrepancies for finance review and maintain audit-ready records of all payroll tax obligations across systems.

Sync new hire data to create Xero payroll records automatically

When new employees are onboarded in ADP, automatically create corresponding employee records in Xero with correct pay rates, tax settings, and bank details. Eliminate duplicate data entry and ensure payroll systems stay synchronized from day one.

Alert finance when ADP payroll costs exceed Xero budget thresholds

Monitor actual payroll costs from ADP against department budgets and forecasts in Xero. Automatically notify finance leadership when labor costs trend above budget, with detailed breakdowns by department, location, or cost center.

Generate consolidated labor cost reports combining ADP and Xero data

Combine payroll data from ADP with project costs, contractor payments, and benefits expenses from Xero into comprehensive labor cost reports. Break down total workforce spend by department, project, or initiative without manual spreadsheet consolidation.

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 Xero 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 AI understands the complex relationship between ADP's payroll structures and Xero's chart of accounts, automating the translation between HR data models and financial accounting standards.

AI that understands payroll accounting and GL structure

Redbird maps ADP's pay codes, deduction categories, and earning types to your Xero chart of accounts automatically. Our AI understands payroll journal entry structure, handles multi-entity payroll consolidation, and maintains proper account coding for wages, taxes, benefits, and employer contributions. It recognizes when ADP batch IDs need to reconcile with Xero transaction references and ensures audit trails remain intact across both systems.

Pay code mapping
Tax liability tracking
Multi-entity payroll
GL account coding
10×

faster than exporting payroll reports and manually posting journal entries

No CSV downloads, manual GL coding, or month-end payroll reconciliation spreadsheets

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from ADP and Xero 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 Xero.

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 Xero, or from Xero 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 automations from payroll events in ADP or financial transactions in Xero, then take action across your entire stack.

ADP
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Payroll run completed

Trigger when a payroll batch is processed and finalized in ADP.

Trigger

New employee added

Trigger when a new hire is created in ADP Workforce Now.

Trigger

Employee data updated

Trigger when employee compensation, department, or status changes in ADP.

Action

Create payroll adjustment

Add off-cycle payments or adjustments to upcoming payroll runs in ADP.

Action

Update employee record

Modify employee pay rate, department assignment, or bank details in ADP.

Action

Pull payroll cost report

Extract detailed payroll expense data by department, location, or earning code from ADP.

Xero
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Bill payment processed

Trigger when contractor payments or benefits invoices are paid in Xero.

Trigger

Expense claim submitted

Trigger when an employee submits an expense for reimbursement in Xero.

Trigger

Budget threshold exceeded

Trigger when department spending surpasses budgeted amounts in Xero tracking categories.

Action

Create journal entry

Post payroll accruals or adjustments with proper account coding to Xero general ledger.

Action

Update tracking categories

Apply department or project codes to transactions for accurate cost allocation in Xero.

Action

Generate financial report

Pull P&L, balance sheet, or custom labor cost reports from Xero with current data.

ADP
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Xero

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop manually reconciling payroll between ADP and Xero. Redbird AI automates the flow of payroll data, journal entries, and employee information so your finance team can focus on strategic work instead of data entry.

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