Connect Workday and
Xero with AI

Sync workforce data, automate payroll reconciliation, and keep financial records accurate across your ERP and accounting platform. Stop manually exporting headcount reports, reconciling compensation data, and updating budget allocations between 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 payroll totals from Workday to Xero for automated reconciliation

Every pay period, push payroll summaries from Workday to Xero as journal entries. Automatically reconcile compensation expenses, taxes, and benefits against bank transactions. Eliminate manual export-import cycles and ensure your books reflect actual payroll costs.

Allocate department headcount costs from Workday to Xero budget tracking

Map Workday organizational units to Xero tracking categories and sync headcount-based cost allocations. Update departmental expense budgets based on current staffing levels and compensation bands. Keep cost centers accurate without spreadsheet transfers.

Push contractor payments from Xero to Workday for workforce reporting

Capture contractor invoices and payments processed in Xero and sync to Workday as contingent worker records. Unify total workforce spend reporting across employees and contractors. Maintain complete labor cost visibility in your ERP.

Alert finance when Workday headcount changes impact Xero budget allocations

Monitor new hires, terminations, and org changes in Workday that affect departmental budgets. Trigger notifications to update corresponding tracking categories and budget lines in Xero. Catch budget variances before month-end close.

Generate consolidated workforce cost reports combining Workday and Xero data

Pull employee compensation from Workday and contractor spend from Xero into unified labor cost analysis. Break down total workforce investment by department, location, and time period. Deliver executive reports without manual data gathering.

Sync Xero invoice approvals back to Workday for expense management tracking

When bills are approved in Xero, update related purchase orders or expense records in Workday. Maintain audit trails across both systems for vendor payments tied to headcount or departmental budgets. Close the loop on procurement workflows.

Live in four steps

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

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Workday 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 understands Workday's organizational hierarchies and compensation structures alongside Xero's chart of accounts, tracking categories, and journal entry requirements.

AI that speaks both ERP and accounting

Redbird maps Workday worker types, cost centers, and payroll components to Xero's account codes, tracking categories, and transaction types. The platform understands how to translate supervisory organizations into department allocations, roll up compensation across pay groups, and format journal entries that match your accounting standards. No need to build custom field mappings or write transformation logic—Redbird interprets the schema differences between enterprise HR and SMB accounting automatically.

Organization hierarchy mapping
Payroll component translation
Multi-currency reconciliation
Tracking category automation
10×

faster than exporting Workday payroll reports and manually creating Xero journal entries

No CSV downloads, spreadsheet reformatting, or manual data entry between systems

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Workday 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 Workday 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 Workday into Xero, or from Xero back into Workday. 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 runs, org changes, invoices, or bank transactions in either Workday or Xero.

Workday
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Payroll run completed

Fires when a payroll batch is processed and finalized in Workday.

Trigger

Employee hired or terminated

Triggers on any worker status change affecting headcount and cost allocations.

Trigger

Organization structure updated

Detects changes to supervisory orgs, cost centers, or department assignments.

Action

Export payroll summary

Pull payroll totals, tax withholdings, and benefit deductions by pay group or period.

Action

Query headcount by department

Retrieve current employee counts, compensation totals, and FTE by organizational unit.

Action

Update worker record

Modify contingent worker details or expense allocations based on external data.

Xero
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Invoice created or paid

Fires when a new bill is entered or payment is processed in Xero.

Trigger

Bank transaction reconciled

Triggers when a bank feed item is matched to an invoice or expense.

Trigger

Budget variance detected

Detects when spending in a tracking category exceeds budget thresholds.

Action

Create journal entry

Post payroll expenses, cost allocations, or accruals to specific accounts and tracking categories.

Action

Update tracking category

Modify department or project tracking tags based on organizational changes.

Action

Generate financial report

Pull P&L, balance sheet, or custom reports filtered by tracking dimensions.

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Xero

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop manually syncing workforce costs between Workday and Xero. Let Redbird automate payroll reconciliation, budget tracking, and financial reporting across your ERP and accounting systems.

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