Catch payroll errors before employees are paid
AI-powered pre-payroll review monitoring that prevents small mistakes from compounding into major costs.

Payroll errors are easy to miss
Payroll errors begin long before payday in rostering and timekeeping, classification and pay rules, allowances and entitlements, and data or process gaps. When left unaddressed, these errors can escalate into serious financial, reputational, and regulatory risk.
Yellow Canary’s Pre Payroll Review solution, powered by Celery, gives an extra pair of eyes to help eliminate manual spreadsheets and guesswork before the pay run.
Solution trusted by 5,000 companies worldwide
Up to 0.6% savings
savings on salary expenses
Up to 91%
Oversight time reduction
Up to $11.3m
saved on payroll annually
Spot payroll errors before the pay run
Run more than 100 tests to identify variances, suspicious one off payments, and unwanted patterns that affect payslip accuracy.


Customise policies
Define specific payment policies and let the platform verify every pay rule against them to analyse payroll data.

Never miss an error
Automatically identify errors and policy violations that manual reviews miss and prevent costly payroll mistakes.

Keep accurate records
Automatically document all issues, comments, and resolutions to maintain accurate records and a complete audit trail.
Frequently asked questions
Yellow Canary's Pre-Payroll Review Solution, powered by Celery is an AI-powered audit system that automatically audits payroll data before payments go out. It identifies costly errors, variances, and inefficiencies, helping payroll teams gain full control and clarity before the pay run.
No. Yellow Canary's Pre-Payroll Review Solution works alongside all major payroll systems. Simply upload payroll data, and the platform will audit it, no system changes or migrations required.
Yellow Canary's Pre-Payroll Review Solution flags overpayments, duplicate entries, misclassifications, unauthorised bonuses, overtime miscalculations, and policy violations. It also highlights inefficiencies by employee, pay period, work type, employment status or hours worked.
Yellow Canary's Pre-Payroll Review Solution audits your payroll data in minutes. Instead of manual reviews that can take days, you receive a full error and risk report before payments are finalized.
Security is a top priority. Yellow Canary's Pre-Payroll Review Solution uses enterprise-grade encryption and follows strict data privacy standards to ensure your payroll information remains safe and confidential. Powered by Celery, the platform is SOC2 certified to protect and safeguard sensitive financial data.
Timeframes vary, but most implementations take 4 to 6 weeks based on system complexity and data availability.
Celery, based in Tel Aviv, is a technology provider that helps organisations catch costly financial errors before they impact the bottom line. Founded in 2023, the company is trusted by over 5,000 organisations including leading U.S. healthcare providers. Learn more about the Yellow Canary and Celery partnership.