MONTHLY PAYROLL WORKFLOW

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Initiating the Workflow

Select the relevant Pensioner Client.

Go to Batches  Batch Management and select the “Member Payments Workflow – Monthly” batch.

Complete the required parameters.

Client - This field will default with the selected Client.

Payment Date This will be the date payment is expected to be made.

Accounting Date This will be the month end date.

Include 13th Chq? This field must always be “No”.

Adhoc Payments This field must always be “No”.

Select “Save” and “Execute.”

The Workflow Process

The workflow will now start. Follow the guided steps as illustrated in screen snippets below.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The first 3 steps of the workflow allow additional deductions, such as insurance policy payments, to be loaded. This is not a requirement at all clients. Should these steps not apply, complete the steps as a formality.

Step: (Workflow Start – Normal)

Click on the “Check Deduction Files” button to start the workflow process.

Step: (Deduction Import)

Click on the “Done” button to complete the step. An Excel report will populate. IGNORE THIS REPORT.

Step: (Confirm Deduction Files)

Click on the “Yes” button to complete the step. An html report will populate. IGNORE THIS REPORT.

Step: (Member Payments Accrual)

Click on the “Done” button to start the accrual calculation process.

An excel report will populate. Check the report to ensure that the member payments and tax has calculated correctly. If not, ensure that the necessary corrections are done on the member record and the accrual step is run again.

Step: (Variance Report)

Click on the “Done” button to continue to next step. The Variance Report will populate.

Check the variance report and ensure all data is correct.

Step: (Confirm Accrual)

Select the “YES” option to proceed to the next step.

The “NO” button will start the workflow from the beginning.

A report will populate confirming whether the accruals have been completed successfully or not. Please take special note of the report. DO NOT continue if the confirmation was not successful.

Step: (Accrual Completed)

Select Yes to continue with the workflow. This option will write up the payments for the Members and the Creditors.

Select No to redo the accrual and confirmation.

A report will populate containing the payments written up.

Step: (Make Payments)

The final step in the workflow acts as a reminder to the user to go to the Payment Management screen at a Parent Level and release the payments to the Members.

The workflow will now close.

Making a Payment

The user must remember to go to Accounts  Cashflows  Member Payments Payable – Creditors to ensure that the Creditors are paid.

The user must also remember to go to Accounts  Payment Management to ensure that the Members are paid.

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