Payroll
Run payroll in ERPNext, including Kenyan statutory deductions.
Part of ERPNext HR & Payroll Officer learning path
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- HR Essentials (coming soon)
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What You'll Learn
- ✓Explain how payroll runs, from salary structure to bank payment
- ✓Set up salary components for earnings and deductions
- ✓Build salary structures and assign them to employees
- ✓Set up Kenyan statutory deductions: PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and the Housing Levy
- ✓Process monthly pay with Payroll Entry, and review and correct salary slips
- ✓Recover employee advances through payroll
- ✓Post payroll to the accounts and pay salaries through the bank
- ✓Produce statutory returns and payroll reports, and close each payroll month cleanly
Course Content
10 lessons when complete · 0 live now
- 1Coming
How Payroll Works in ERPNext
From salary structure to bank payment.
- 2Coming
Salary Components
Earnings and deductions, and how they are calculated.
- 3Coming
Salary Structures and Assignments
Pay grades and who is on which structure.
- 4Coming
Statutory Deductions in Kenya
PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and the Housing Levy.
- 5Coming
Running Payroll
Process a month's pay with Payroll Entry.
- 6Coming
Reviewing Salary Slips
Check slips, fix errors and add one-off pay.
- 7Coming
Recovering Advances Through Payroll
Deduct employee advances from salary.
- 8Coming
Posting Payroll and Paying Salaries
The accounting entries and the bank payment.
- 9Coming
Statutory Returns and Payroll Reports
The reports you file and the ones you check.
- 10Coming
Payroll Month-End Checklist
Close each payroll month cleanly.
About This Course
Payroll runs in the separate HRMS app (Frappe HR), alongside ERPNext. This course shows you how to run it from salary structure to bank payment, including Kenyan statutory deductions.
You'll set up salary components and salary structures, assign them to employees, and apply PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and the Housing Levy. You'll process a month's pay with Payroll Entry, review salary slips, recover employee advances, and post payroll to the accounts and the bank.
You finish with the statutory returns and payroll reports, and a month-end checklist that closes each payroll month cleanly.
Prerequisites
- •HR Essentials
Who This Course Is For
- →Payroll officers and payroll accountants
- →HR officers who prepare payroll
- →Small business owners who pay staff
- →Consultants setting up payroll for Kenyan clients
10 more lessons are being recorded. You get every new lesson as it is added.
It opens with an early-bird price: 50% off. The price goes up a little with every new lesson and reaches the full price when the course is complete, so the sooner you join, the less you pay.
This course includes
- ⏱About 4h 10m of video when complete
- 🎬10 lessons, 0 live now
- ♾️Full lifetime access
- 📱Access on all devices
- 🏆Certificate of completion
Your Instructor
Karani Geoffrey
ERPNext Architect & Implementation Consultant · 17+ Years in ERP
Karani Geoffrey is the founder of UPEO Academy and a leading authority on ERPNext implementation in East Africa. With over 17 years of hands-on experience deploying ERP systems across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and financial services, Karani has guided hundreds of organisations through complex digital transformation journeys.
He is a certified Frappe/ERPNext developer and has built custom Frappe applications for multinational clients. His practical, no-nonsense teaching style bridges the gap between business strategy and technical execution - helping learners not just understand ERPNext, but master it.