Payroll Command

Monthly payroll runs, variance control, statutory deductions and branch cost allocation.

Payroll (MTD)

₦268.4M

Employees paid

1,246

Exceptions

Overtime cost

₦18.4M

Payroll run — August cycle

Cut-off 25 Aug

01 · Timesheets

98%

collected

02 · Variance check

exceptions

03 · Approvals

pending

04 · Statutory

₦42.1M

PAYE + pension

05 · Bank file

Draft

awaiting sign-off

06 · Payslips

—

not issued

Payroll cost by site

Month to date

Site	Employees	Base pay	Overtime	Deductions	Net cost
Wuse 2	332	₦68.2M	₦4.9M	₦11.4M	₦61.7M
Gwarinpa	301	₦61.4M	₦6.2M	₦10.6M	₦57.0M
Apo	180	₦39.8M	₦3.1M	₦6.8M	₦36.1M
Central Warehouse	224	₦46.2M	₦3.4M	₦7.9M	₦41.7M
Head Office	179	₦52.8M	₦0.8M	₦9.2M	₦44.4M

Payroll runs & adjustmentsPAYROLL AUTHORISED

Enter adjustments and approve the run · acting as HR Manager · click any row to open the record

Reference	Period	Site	Employee (optional)	Item type	Amount (₦)	Status	Record
PAY-1000	August 2026	Head Office	—	Base run	268400000	Awaiting approval	View record →
PAY-1007	August 2026	Gwarinpa Supermarket	Grace Otu	Overtime	42800	Draft	View record →
PAY-1014	July 2026	Wuse 2 Supermarket	—	Bonus	1850000	Paid	View record →

Payroll (MTD)

₦268.4M

Employees paid

1,246

Exceptions

Overtime cost

₦18.4M

Weekly change

+2.4%vs last week

Payroll item coverage

91%+3pp

Operational workspace — what is happening

Payroll status board

Live

Employees in run

1,284

Ready to pay

1,246

On hold

Missing bank data

Overtime claims

Approvals pending

Payroll variance register

vs last month

Item	Last month	This month	Variance	Driver	Status
Base pay	₦262.1M	₦268.4M	+2.4%	41 new hires	Expected
Overtime	₦15.6M	₦18.4M	+17.9%	Warehouse night pick	Investigate
Allowances	₦9.2M	₦9.6M	+4.3%	Transport review	Expected
PAYE	₦26.8M	₦27.9M	+4.1%	Pay increase	Expected
Pension	₦13.8M	₦14.2M	+2.9%	Headcount	Expected
Deductions / loans	₦4.1M	₦5.2M	+26.8%	Staff loan uptake	Investigate

Payroll activity feed

Live feed

Timesheets locked08:15
98% collected across all sites
Variance flagged09:40
Overtime +17.9% month-on-month
Payment held11:20
14 employees missing bank details
Statutory computed13:05
PAYE ₦27.9M, pension ₦14.2M
Approval requested15:35
Finance sign-off for bank file

Payroll work queue

6 in queue

Resolve 18 payroll exceptions

People Ops

Open

Collect 14 bank mandates

People Ops

Open

Approve 94 overtime claims

People Ops

Open

Sign off statutory returns

People Ops

Open

Generate bank file

People Ops

Open

Issue payslips

People Ops

Open

Analytics workspace — why is it happening

Payroll trend — last 7 days

Last 7 days

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

Payroll composition

Base pay74%

Overtime7%

Allowances6%

Pension5%

PAYE8%

Payroll cost by department (₦M)

Sales floorCashieringWarehouseAdminPharmacySecurity

Payroll ranking

Ranked

Head Office

Lowest variance

92%

Wuse 2

84%

Apo

76%

Warehouse

Overtime driven

64%

Gwarinpa

Highest variance

58%

Payroll heatmap — site × period

Heat map

	Base	Overtime	Allow.	PAYE	Pension	Net
Wuse 2	90%	93%	56%	67%	53%	42%
Gwarinpa	93%	57%	67%	97%	97%	46%
Apo	57%	93%	96%	72%	49%	57%
Warehouse	58%	42%	93%	67%	53%	81%
Head Office	92%	67%	41%	66%	94%	66%

Payroll scorecard

Multi-factor

Management workspace — exceptions & approvals

Exception centre

3 open

18 employees on payment holdPeople Ops

Missing bank or tax data blocks payment

Overtime up 17.9%People Ops

₦2.8M above budget, mostly warehouse nights

Staff loan deductions up 27%People Ops

Rising loan uptake needs an affordability check

Pending approvals

Awaiting sign-off

94 overtime claims
Branch managers
Review
Bank file release
Finance Director
Review
6 salary adjustments
Compensation
Review

Manager action queue

Assigned

Action	Owner	Due	Priority
Clear payment holds	Payroll	20 Aug	Low
Investigate overtime variance	Finance	14 Aug	Medium
Review loan affordability	HR Manager	31 Aug	Medium

Escalations

Routed upward

Escalation — 18 employees on payment holdEscalated

Missing bank or tax data blocks payment

Watchlist — Overtime up 17.9%Escalated

₦2.8M above budget, mostly warehouse nights

Executive intelligence — what to do next

Executive summary

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August payroll stands at ₦268.4M with 1,246 of 1,284 employees ready to pay. The run is clean apart from an unbudgeted ₦2.8M overtime increase and 18 records blocked by missing data.

Health score

Stable

Opportunity score

Stable

Risk score

Critical

Confidence

Stable

Key insights

Warehouse night pick generates 41% of all overtime cost.
Head office shows the lowest month-on-month variance at 0.6%.
Every held payment traces back to incomplete onboarding data.

Business risks

Payment failure

18 employees will miss payday without immediate data fixes.

Cost overrun

Overtime is tracking ₦8M above the annual plan.

Growth opportunities

Overtime to relief conversion

Relief hires cost 38% less than overtime.

Straight-through processing

Automated variance checks would cut the run by two days.

Performance highlights

Payroll (MTD)

₦268.4M

Employees paid

1,246

Exceptions

Overtime cost

₦18.4M

AI recommendations

Confidence weighted

Freeze discretionary overtime

Require pre-approval above 8 hours a week.

89%

Complete bank mandates at onboarding

Removes the recurring hold list.

92%

Automate variance thresholds

Flag anything above 10% automatically.

80%

Forecast

Projected payroll item volume and coverage for the coming week.

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Recommended actions

1.Review payroll exceptions
2.Approve pending payroll item items
3.Publish payroll update