See the bureau before opening every payroll
See which client payrolls need attention, which are approaching deadlines and which are waiting for approval.
Payroll review and assurance for bureaux
Spend less time checking everything. Focus on what needs attention.
SecondProof runs the agreed checks across the payroll and brings the exceptions to the reviewer, so your team can spend less time rechecking items that match expectations. It compares what should have happened with what was actually processed and keeps the reason for each decision with the payroll — without replacing the software used to calculate it.
✓Payroll assurance. A higher standard.
Built from payroll experienceCreated by Alex, with 10+ years in payroll including bureau work.
Works with your payroll softwareSecondProof reviews the outputs; it does not replace the system that calculates payroll.
Web-based applicationDesigned to run securely in your browser, with no desktop application to install on each computer.
Your payroll softwareCalculate payrollSecondProof checks and reviewApprove payroll
Why SecondProof?
Reports show payroll data. SecondProof helps you check what should have happened.
Payroll reports are still useful. SecondProof adds the part that is often left to the reviewer: what this client or employee was expected to receive, what needs a closer look, why an item was accepted, whether a changed payroll only includes expected changes and what needs to be remembered next month.
Reports & existing checks
Give the reviewer information to work through.
- Show payroll values, movements and configured checks
- Can require the reviewer to work through the whole report to decide what actually needs attention
- Rely on the reviewer knowing what matters for each client
- Can leave explanations and supporting information fragmented across emails, notes and spreadsheets
- Can mean checking a revised payroll again manually
SecondProof
Shows reviewers what needs checking and keeps the decisions with the payroll.
- Checks what the bureau, client, group or employee is expected to receive
- Keeps matched items out of the way and brings the exceptions that need judgement into one review
- Keeps evidence, explanations and reviewer decisions together with the payroll
- Checks that a revised payroll only includes expected changes and carries relevant items into the next payroll
Saved mappingsLess setup every month
Known file layouts can be reused instead of mapping the same payroll columns again.
Matched checksLess line-by-line checking
Items that match the agreed expectation can stay out of the way while you focus on what needs attention.
One review historyLess searching for context
Explanations, evidence and decisions stay together rather than being split across email, notes and spreadsheets.
Revised payrollsLess broad rechecking
Check whether the revised payroll contains only the changes you expected, rather than starting the review again.
See the product in context
See a payroll move through SecondProof.
Choose a stage to see how the review moves from payroll output to investigation, sign-off and the next run.
Step 01 of 06
Start with the payroll, not another checklist.
Once the payroll is ready, SecondProof applies the checks already set for that bureau, client and employee population. Saved mappings reduce repeat setup on returning payrolls.
The review opens with the payroll status and the items that still need attention.
Built for payroll bureaux
Manage the review across clients, not just one payroll at a time.
SecondProof is designed for teams handling a higher volume of clients or more complex client-specific checks, where it becomes harder to know which payrolls need attention, keep checking consistent and hand work over clearly.
Keep checking consistent
Use common bureau checks while still allowing the things that are different for a particular client, group or employee.
Keep client knowledge with the payroll
Recurring expectations, explanations and evidence stay available even when work moves between processors or reviewers.
Make review easier to hand over
Another reviewer can see what needed attention, what was decided and what still needs to happen without reconstructing the story elsewhere.
Keep the knowledge with the payroll
Remember what should happen — and what needs to happen next.
SecondProof can hold common bureau checks, client-specific changes and employee or group expectations, then keep relevant future items visible for the payroll they belong to.
Checks & expectations
Set the things that matter for this bureau, client or employee.
Next payroll
Keep known changes and carried-forward items visible for the next run.
Built from payroll experience
Created by someone who has done the work.
SecondProof was created by Alex Healy, Founder, with more than 10 years' payroll experience, including payroll bureau work. It is being built around problems seen first-hand in payroll review: repeated checking, client-specific knowledge, revised payrolls, handovers and sign-off.
Common questions
Questions you might ask.
SecondProof is preparing for controlled bureau pilots. These are some of the questions we would expect a payroll team to ask before trying a new review system.
Security & dataWe already use payroll reports or Crystal Reports.
Those reports can be very useful. SecondProof is designed to do something different: remember what was expected, bring forward the items that need a closer look, record why they were accepted or changed, and keep that history with the payroll for the next reviewer and the next run.
I don't want to spend time uploading and setting up files every payroll.
Neither do we. For repeat payrolls, SecondProof is being designed to reuse known file layouts and saved mappings so the normal payroll outputs can move into review with minimal repeat setup. You should not have to map the same columns every month.
Why would I put payroll data into a new system?
Initial demonstrations use fictional payroll data. Real-data pilots will only start once the hosted product, user access, data handling, backups, documentation and independent security checks are ready.
Does this replace my payroll software or current checking process?
No. Your payroll software still calculates payroll. SecondProof sits alongside it to support the review. Early pilots would also run alongside your existing checks so you can compare the results before relying on it more heavily.
Won't this create more work?
The aim is the opposite: matched items stay out of the way while the reviewer focuses on exceptions that need judgement. During pilots we will measure the actual effect on review time rather than claim a saving before we have the evidence.
Is SecondProof right for every bureau?
No. It is most likely to help bureaux with a higher volume of clients, more complex client-specific checks, or review work that is becoming harder to manage consistently. A very small bureau with simple payrolls and an existing process that already works well may not need it.
Where it fits best
Most useful when the review load is growing or checks are becoming harder to manage consistently.
- A higher volume of client payrolls to keep on top of
- Several processors, reviewers or approval steps
- Client-specific checks or knowledge held in people, spreadsheets or email
- A growing bureau that wants to take on more clients or more complex checks without adding the same amount of review work
A small, stable bureau with straightforward payrolls and an existing checking process that already covers its needs may gain less from SecondProof. The first conversation is there to work that out.
Development partner stage
See whether SecondProof would improve the way your team reviews payroll.
A first conversation starts with how you check payroll today. We can then show the product using realistic fictional payrolls, without asking you to share live employee data.
Get in touch
Have a question?
Send a message directly to Alex if you want to understand the product better before deciding whether a demo would be useful.