Running a business

Payday, prepared by your team and approved by you.

Set up staff and regular vendors once and pick a pay date. A preparer can build the pay run without seeing your balance. You see what changed and approve with one PIN.

For: Salons, kitchens, shops and larger teams

1. Ngozi prepares the November run

Ngozi is the payroll preparer. She cannot see the balance or pay anyone.

Add Kelechi, new chef, starts 15 Nov (half-month suggested) One-off bonus of ₦20,000 for Adaeze

2. The owner reviews

Waiting for Ngozi to send the run.

What it does

Scheduled salary and vendor payments

Monthly, weekly or one-off schedules. zillipay pays everyone on the day after one approval, with a reminder and a top-up alert if the balance is short.

For: Businesses
Example: A restaurant pays 13 staff on the 28th and three vendors every Friday.

Payroll home with the next pay run waiting for approval and two pay schedules

Invite a payroll preparer

An HR or accounts person gets their own login to prepare payroll. They never see your balance and cannot pay anyone without you.

For: Teams
Example: Lumi's bookkeeper prepares the salon's pay run from home.

Payroll preparers list with one active preparer and one invite

Prepare and approve pay runs

The preparer sends the run to you. You see only what changed since last month, including new bank details, and approve or send it back.

For: Owners
Example: An owner spots a changed bank account in the review and asks about it before approving.

Review pay run with the total, pay date, people and a changes-since-last-month list

Staff changes in payroll

Joining and leaving dates with part-month suggestions, raises from a chosen date and one-off bonuses or deductions.

For: Businesses
Example: A new chef starts on the 15th and the run suggests half a month's pay.

Edit schedule screen with a monthly salaries run on the 28th

See zillipay in action

Send money, approve payouts and run payroll with example people and amounts.

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