HR & payroll
Your people, paid right, and HR they can reach on WhatsApp.
HR and payroll for South African employers: people, leave, time, SARS-compliant payroll, recruitment, performance, training, employee relations and an employee portal.
The business problem
What Zentra fixes.
Without it
- Payroll runs on a spreadsheet that one person understands.
- PAYE, UIF, SDL, EMP201, EMP501 and IRP5 deadlines arrive as fire drills.
- Employees phone HR to ask for a payslip or their leave balance.
With Zentra
Payroll calculated to SARS tables with every statutory return produced, and employees who serve themselves on the portal or on WhatsApp.
Core functionality
Everything in one place.
People & organisation
Employee records, positions and reporting lines.
Leave & time
Policies, balances, approvals and timesheets.
Payroll
PAYE, UIF and SDL, with EMP201, EMP501 and IRP5 output.
Talent
Recruitment, performance and training.
Employee relations
Cases, hearings and outcomes, recorded properly.
Zen assistant
HR answers for managers and staff, including on WhatsApp.
Meet Zen, the Zentra assistant.
Built on the same governed pattern as every Alexon assistant.
- Off until an administrator enables it
- Sees only what the user may see
- Every question and action is audited
Built on the unified platform
The foundation comes standard.
The same security and governance practices sit under every platform. Read the trust centre.
Microsoft Entra ID SSO or email, with roles per organisation.
Row-level security in the database.
Every change and approval recorded.
Open exports and documented APIs.
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Engineering disciplines behind it
Who is Zentra for?
HR and payroll for South African employers: people, leave, time, SARS-compliant payroll, recruitment, performance, training, employee relations and an employee portal.
What problem does Zentra solve?
The usual starting point: Payroll runs on a spreadsheet that one person understands. With Zentra: payroll calculated to SARS tables with every statutory return produced, and employees who serve themselves on the portal or on WhatsApp.
Is our data kept separate from other organisations?
Yes. Each organisation's data is separated by row-level security in PostgreSQL, enforced by the database itself, and every sign-in, change and approval is written to an audit trail.
Do we have to use the Zen assistant?
No. Zen is switched off until an administrator in your organisation turns it on. When it is on, it sees only what the signed-in user is allowed to see, and its questions and actions are audited.
Can Zentra connect to our other systems?
Yes. Every Alexon platform has documented APIs and webhooks, and connections set up once in the integrations hub can be reused across products. We confirm the specific connectors you need during discovery.
Can we get our data out?
Yes. Your data can be exported in open formats at any time, and everything the interface can do is also available through documented APIs.
How quickly can we get started?
Discovery takes one to two weeks. You then work in an environment on your own data while we configure, integrate and prove the platform, typically by weeks four to eight depending on scope and data migration.
See Zentra on your own data.
A working session with an engineer, not a slide deck. Bring the process you want to fix.