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Full payroll compliance review
End-to-end examination of payroll applications, statutory calculations, and financial audit evidence for one employer group.
Who this review is for
Finance controllers, HR operations leads, and shared-service managers who need an independent reading of payroll compliance before a statutory audit, board query, acquisition, or system change. Typical clients run between 80 and several thousand employees on one or more payroll applications used in Malaysia.
Result you receive
A written compliance findings pack: what the applications calculate correctly, where rules or master data drift, how those issues appear in analytical extracts, and which financial audit applications or journals support each observation. Remediation is prioritised by statutory risk and practical effort — not by feature marketing language.
Scope included
- Walkthrough of payroll application configuration for EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, overtime, leave encashment, and common allowances
- Analytical sampling across employee cohorts using exports or app analytics reports you already hold or can generate
- Cross-check of selected payroll journals against financial audit application postings
- Interviews with process owners on exception handling, prior-period adjustments, and manual overrides
- Findings workshop and a final report suitable for internal audit or external auditor briefing
Scope excluded
- Live filing of statutory returns on your behalf
- Replacement or migration of your payroll software
- Legal opinions on employment disputes (we flag issues; counsel remains yours)
- Full financial statement audit
How we work
- Intake — Confirm entities, applications, pay calendars, and access constraints.
- Evidence request — Agree sample periods, exports, and on-site versus remote review of sensitive records.
- Application and analytics pass — Test configuration and sample calculations.
- Financial trail pass — Trace selected payroll totals into ledgers and audit applications.
- Findings workshop — Walk through observations with HR and finance before the report is frozen.
Preparation on your side
Nominate a single coordinator, prepare read-only access or scheduled screen-share sessions, and gather the last three closed pay cycles plus year-to-date contribution summaries. If prior auditor queries exist, share them early so sampling can target known friction points.
Pricing basis
Fees start from RM 18,000 per legal entity for a single Malaysian employer on one primary payroll application. Multi-entity groups, multi-application landscapes, and compressed pre-audit timelines are quoted after intake. A deposit secures calendar space; see the fee guidance and refund policy.
Next step
Request a compliance review with your headcount band and target date. We respond within two working days with clarifying questions and a draft engagement outline.