Black Shepherd | Next-Gen Payroll Architecture

Global Payroll,
Solutions

Payroll, EOR, and Outsourced Payroll Solutions for growing companies in Africa, helping you expand regionally, hire without entities, and stay compliant. Simple. Compliant. Scalable.

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Rate
35.0%
Engine Status
ACTIVE
99.9%
Accuracy Uptime
256-BIT
Data Encryption
INSTANT
Bank/M-Pesa Payouts
2026
Compliance Ready

Infrastructure Health

Real-time monitoring of our Nairobi Data Nodes.

LATENCY: 12ms

Deployment Architecture

Phase 01

Discovery & Data Audit

We begin with a deep-dive structural audit of your current pay groups, historical statutory arrears, and employee master files.

  • • Legacy Data Sanitization
  • • Pay-Group Mapping
Phase 02

Logic Configuration

Hardcoding the 2026 Kenyan tax landscape (SHIF, Housing Levy, PAYE) into your custom instance.

  • • Statutory Logic Injection
  • • Bank H2H Tunnelling
Phase 03

UAT & Parallel Run

Rigorous User Acceptance Testing where we run Black Shepherd alongside your old system for 100% parity.

  • • Stress Test Scenarios
  • • Variance Reconciliation
Phase 04

Final Deployment

Live rollout of the Cloud Interface and Employee Self-Service portals. Full handover of automated exports.

  • • ESS Portal Activation
  • • Auto-Submit Workflow

Success Matrix

90%

Faster Processing

Reduced end-of-month finalization time.

  • • Automated Bulk Reconciliation
  • • One-Click Payslip Generation
100%

Statutory Accuracy

Zero-fault KRA and SHIF submissions.

  • • Real-time Levy Calculations
  • • Direct iTax CSV Export
Instant
Disbursements

Milliseconds between click and credit.

  • • Direct Bank Host-to-Host
  • • M-Pesa B2C Integration

The Service Engine | Tiers

“The SHIF automation saved our HR team 3 days of manual work every month. Pure efficiency.”

David Omondi

“Finally, a system that handles Kenyan statutory changes without needing a software patch.”

Sarah Wanjiku
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