Xero Australia Payroll Integration

Overview

Siloed HR and payroll databases cause administrative hassles, costly errors, and increased compliance risk. The Xero Australia payroll integration enables you to make updates to employee demographic data in BambooHR and have those changes reflected in Xero. With the Xero payroll integration, you can manage and pay your people with ease, creating a single, accurate source for all employee data.

Keep Employee Data in Sync

Eliminate manual data entry and ensure accuracy by automatically syncing essential employee information from BambooHR to your Xero. When you update key fields or add new employees in BambooHR, those changes seamlessly reflect in your payroll system.

First/Last Name
Birth Date
Gender
Address
Work Phone
Work Email
Hire Date
Pay Rate
Paid Per
Pay Type

Easy Setup & Activation

Getting started with the Xero integration is straightforward, whether you're a new or existing BambooHR customer. Our simple setup process ensures you can quickly connect your systems and streamline your HR and payroll workflows.

Existing Customers: Access the integration directly through your BambooHR settings, install the application, and authenticate your Xero credentials to set it up.
New Customers: Our dedicated implementation team will guide you through turning on the integration as part of your onboarding process.

Your Single Source of Truth

Say goodbye to juggling multiple systems and inconsistent data. BambooHR becomes your system of record for all employee data. This ensures you're always working with accurate information, reducing administrative burden and freeing your team for more strategic work.

Streamlined Data Management

Eliminate the headache of duplicate data entry and save time. The Xero payroll integration ensures that employee data, including critical demographic and compensation details, is managed efficiently in BambooHR and automatically reflected in your Xero when updates occur.

Integration

How It Works

Integrating with Xero Australia Payroll is simple. Once the integration is live, you can make any updates to employee demographic information or add new employees to BambooHR as normal. That action will trigger an event to sync those fields to Xero, keeping both systems up-to-date.

How To Install

If you’re an existing BambooHR customer, you can access the integration by going to the settings tab, selecting apps, and then the Xero payroll integration. From there, you can install the application and authenticate your Xero credentials, and then your integration is set up!

What data syncs?

BambooHR Field

Sync Direction

Xero Field

Field Logic or Notes

Status

Xero has Active and Terminated status

Employee #

Xero AU doesn’t do employee numbers

First Name

FirstName

Preferred Name

Middle Name

MiddleNames

Last Name

LastName

Birth Date

DateOfBirth

National ID

Not available from Xero

Gender

Map M and F from Xero. Non-binary not stated as available

Address Line 1

AddressLine1

Address Line 2

City

State

Region

Zip Code

PostalCode

Country

Mobile Phone

Mobile

Work Phone

Phone

Work Email

Hire Date

StartDate

Standard Hours

OrdinaryEarningsRateID

PayTemplate->EarningsLines->NormalNumberOfUnits or PayTemplate->EarningsLines->NumberOfUnitsPerWeek

*This field is required to be filled out for salaried workers

Title

Title is optional in Xero AU

Partner Specific Employee ID

EmployeeID

Employment Status

TaxDeclaration->EmploymentBasis

Part-time, full-time, etc.

Publisher

BambooHR

Updated: 09/29/2025

Phone Support:

1-844-429-7997

Email Support:

support@bamboohr.com

Payroll Support Hours:

* Email Support Coverage from 6 am - 4 pm Sydney Time | Mon - Fri

(2 pm - 12 am MT Sun-Thu)

* Phone/Email/Chat Coverage from 5 am - 10 am Sydney Time | Tue - Sat

(1 pm - 6 pm MT Mon - Fri)

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