Overview
Unified payroll, benefits, finance, and workforce reporting in ADP Workforce Now with automation and shared data that teams could run confidently.
ADP Workforce Now became the connective tissue across HR, recruiting, and finance. Automated workflows cut down repetitive data entry, and integrations with Sage Intacct ensured payroll, expenses, and GL postings stayed aligned.
Power BI dashboards gave executives instant visibility: headcount, hiring velocity, turnover, and payroll allocations in one place. The organization replaced spreadsheet chaos with a system people trusted.
Impact
35% faster
Onboarding cycle time
First quarter
Real-time headcount & payroll
Leadership visibility
Power BI + ADP
ADP ↔ Sage Intacct live
Cross-system sync
Payroll, benefits, GL
35% faster onboarding in the first quarter
Leadership saw real-time headcount and payroll insight for the first time
Payroll, benefits, and GL postings stayed aligned without weekly reconciliation fire drills
What shipped
Integrated ADP with Sage Intacct to synchronize payroll, benefits, and GL entries.
Built Power BI dashboards for HR and finance leaders to monitor headcount, hiring velocity, and compensation trends.
Automated onboarding workflows reduced manual touchpoints across departments.
Replaced spreadsheet-driven headcount reporting with a trusted system of record.
Journey
**Map the handoffs:** Documented where HR, recruiting, and finance re-keyed the same employee data.
**Connect the systems:** Wired ADP to Sage Intacct so payroll and GL stayed in lockstep.
**Automate onboarding:** Cut manual touchpoints that delayed day-one readiness.
**Surface the scoreboard:** Power BI gave executives one view of headcount, hiring velocity, and compensation.
Lessons
HR and finance share one spine
Headcount only becomes trustworthy when payroll, benefits, and GL read from the same events.
Automate the boring path
Onboarding delays usually live in handoffs, not in the HCM license itself.
Dashboards need owners
Real-time insight sticks when HR and finance co-own the definitions behind the charts.
Reflection
Spreadsheet chaos ended when ADP became connective tissue—not another silo—between recruiting, HR, and finance.
Next steps
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