Overview
brioHR is an all-in-one HR and payroll platform trusted by over 1,000 organizations across Asia to simplify HR, empower teams, and accelerate performance. Built in Asia for Asia, brioHR helps companies manage their people, payroll, and growth from a single, intuitive platform that balances powerful automation with genuine human care.
Since 2018, brioHR has supported businesses of every size and industry, from fast-growing startups to leading enterprises and government-linked organizations. The platform covers the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, time and attendance, payroll, claims, leave, performance, and engagement. Everything is connected in one place, enabling HR teams and leaders to focus on what truly matters: people.
At the heart of brioHR is a unique balance between Impact and Care. The company is built on the belief that technology should deliver measurable results while staying human at every step. Every feature, workflow, and support interaction is designed to help clients achieve meaningful outcomes such as faster payroll, higher employee engagement, and more efficient onboarding, while maintaining the warmth and responsiveness that brioHR is known for.
brioHR combines enterprise-grade reliability with the simplicity of modern design. The platform is ISO 27001 aligned and trusted by thousands of HR professionals for its 99.9 percent uptime, data encryption, and compliance with local regulations across Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the wider APAC region. With seamless integrations into banks, ERPs, and accounting systems, companies gain full visibility and control of their HR operations without complexity.
What makes brioHR different is the quality of its support. The company’s HyperCare approach ensures every client receives real-time help from actual experts in payroll, HR, and IT. With a response time under three minutes and over 95 percent customer satisfaction, brioHR’s support team acts as an extension of its clients’ HR departments, providing guidance and solutions that help businesses succeed.
Today, over 100,000 employees use brioHR daily to stay connected, manage their work, and grow in organizations that care about people. Whether you have 20 employees or 3,000, brioHR scales with you. It delivers constant innovation through weekly feature releases and continuous improvements, ensuring that your HR platform evolves as your company does.
brioHR is more than software. It is a partner for progress that helps organizations build efficient, people-centered workplaces across Asia. By combining advanced automation, human support, and deep local expertise, brioHR empowers teams to work smarter, perform better, and lead with care.
BrioHR + Xero
Streamline payroll accounting for Malaysia and Singapore by connecting brioHR directly to Xero. This integration eliminates manual double-entry, ensuring your financial data is secure, accurate, and always up-to-date.
- Secure Connection: Link your accounts instantly with secure, bank-grade OAuth 2.0 authorization.
- Multi-Organization Sync: Manage complex structures with ease. Map multiple brioHR entities to their specific Xero Organizations, ensuring payroll costs are always allocated to the correct company ledger.
- Chart of Accounts Mapping: Gain full control over reporting by mapping brioHR payroll items—including earnings, deductions, and statutory contributions (like EPF, SOCSO, or CPF)—directly to your specific Xero General Ledger codes.
- Automated Journal Entries: Automatically generate and push Manual Journal Entries to Xero immediately after running payroll, keeping your books audit-ready without the administrative burden.
Why Connect?
- Save Time: Reduce hours of administrative work every pay cycle.
- Improve Accuracy: Ensure employee payouts match your accounting records exactly.
- Local Compliance: Leverage a payroll system built for MY/SG regulations while using Xero’s world-class accounting tools.
Getting started
Getting started with brioHR and Xero is straightforward. The integration is designed to be simple to set up so businesses can quickly connect their HR and accounting systems. The easiest way to begin is by selecting the “Get this app” button on the Xero App Store listing. This starts the installation process and allows you to authorize the connection between brioHR and your Xero organization. Once connected, you can configure how payroll data flows from BrioHR into your accounting records.
Setup process
- Install the integration. Click the “Get this app” button on the Xero App Store listing to begin installation.
- Authorize access. Grant permission for brioHR to connect with your Xero organization so payroll data can be synchronized securely.
- Configure payroll account mapping. Select which Xero accounts should receive payroll expenses, deductions, and liabilities generated in brioHR.
- Run payroll in brioHR. Process payroll normally within brioHR using its payroll engine and employee management tools.
- Sync payroll data to Xero. After payroll is finalized, transfer payroll entries with Xero so they appear in your manual journal entries
Tips for a smooth setup
- Ensure payroll accounts are clearly defined in Xero before connecting the integration
- Review how payroll expenses and deductions should be mapped to accounting accounts
- Run a test synchronization after setup to confirm entries appear correctly
Support and guidance
brioHR provides onboarding assistance and product support to help businesses successfully adopt the platform. The system is designed to be intuitive and aligned with real HR workflows, allowing HR teams to manage payroll and employee operations while finance teams maintain accurate accounting records within Xero. With the brioHR and Xero integration in place, businesses can eliminate manual payroll data entry, improve financial visibility, and maintain consistent records across HR and accounting.
